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Returning to Eorzea: How Has Final Fantasy XIV Evolved In The 9 Months Since Its Release?

    Final Fantasy. The name alone carries a lot of weight. It’s the second best selling RPG franchise in the world after Pokemon and typically viewed as the de facto RPG franchise in gaming. A brand that has turned

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Returning to Eorzea: How Has Final Fantasy XIV Evolved In The 9 Months Since Its Release?

    Final Fantasy. The name alone carries a lot of weight. It’s the second best selling RPG franchise in the world after Pokemon and typically viewed as the de facto RPG franchise in gaming. A brand that has turned

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Is Bungie Working on a Steampunk Game?

Superannuation’s digging today has revealed something intriguing: there seems to be evidence for a steampunk game currently being developed by Bungie. The first piece of evidence: a steampunk photoshoot held at Bungie studios, which they state is “for a Steampunk

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Is Bungie Working on a Steampunk Game?

Superannuation’s digging today has revealed something intriguing: there seems to be evidence for a steampunk game currently being developed by Bungie. The first piece of evidence: a steampunk photoshoot held at Bungie studios, which they state is “for a Steampunk

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Playing to Pay: PLEX in EVE Online

Don’t you wish that you could pay for an MMO with in game currency? Player A says I’m an epic level elf cleric, I’m leader of the top guild on my server, and if I want it to stay that

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Playing to Pay: PLEX in EVE Online

Don’t you wish that you could pay for an MMO with in game currency? Player A says I’m an epic level elf cleric, I’m leader of the top guild on my server, and if I want it to stay that

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Thoughts on Nonplayer

Fun fact: I don’t read comics; they’ve never captured my interest much. Nonplayer though–this caught my eye right away, and it’s easy to see why. Yes, I’m very superficial. You throw something like the picture above my way, and I’ll

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Thoughts on Nonplayer

Fun fact: I don’t read comics; they’ve never captured my interest much. Nonplayer though–this caught my eye right away, and it’s easy to see why. Yes, I’m very superficial. You throw something like the picture above my way, and I’ll

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Final Fantasy XIV Open Beta starting August 31st

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxEvGj6Axs&fs=1&hl=en_US] It’s hard to muster up a lot of enthusiasm for Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix’s newest foray into the world of the massively multiplayer. On one hand, it sure is pretty. And everything I’ve read about it has been

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Final Fantasy XIV Open Beta starting August 31st

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxEvGj6Axs&fs=1&hl=en_US] It’s hard to muster up a lot of enthusiasm for Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix’s newest foray into the world of the massively multiplayer. On one hand, it sure is pretty. And everything I’ve read about it has been

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Review: Dragon Quest IX

I’ve been sitting on this review for a while now. Not because I have many strong feelings about Dragon Quest, IX in particular, but because it’s a game that is so flabbergastingly difficult to discuss. It’s the Level 5 problem:

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Review: Dragon Quest IX

I’ve been sitting on this review for a while now. Not because I have many strong feelings about Dragon Quest, IX in particular, but because it’s a game that is so flabbergastingly difficult to discuss. It’s the Level 5 problem:

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Torchlight Website Further Teases

Though it’s true that we can make out more from this picture than we could last time, we still don’t really know what the Torchlight website is teasing. Ultimately, the picture is going to end up showing a gate/door/mine of

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Torchlight Website Further Teases

Though it’s true that we can make out more from this picture than we could last time, we still don’t really know what the Torchlight website is teasing. Ultimately, the picture is going to end up showing a gate/door/mine of

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Grind For This Content

The (not so) recent stink on the internet has been reviewing massive multiplayer games. Rock Paper Shotgun’s covered it extensively, in part because one of their writers got in on the act, and embraced the most dangerous topic in video

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Grind For This Content

The (not so) recent stink on the internet has been reviewing massive multiplayer games. Rock Paper Shotgun’s covered it extensively, in part because one of their writers got in on the act, and embraced the most dangerous topic in video

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Final Fantasy XIV Release Date Announced

September 30th. For the PC, at least. I didn’t want to hold you in suspense. Of course, if you’re in suspense about Final Fantasy XIV, you’re probably one of three people in the world who care about this game. I

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Final Fantasy XIV Release Date Announced

September 30th. For the PC, at least. I didn’t want to hold you in suspense. Of course, if you’re in suspense about Final Fantasy XIV, you’re probably one of three people in the world who care about this game. I

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Diablo 2: Ten Years Later

Some things sneak up on you. The ten year anniversary of the release of Diablo II, a game I bought near launch and have lost and repurchased at least three times, is one of those things. It’s baffling to think

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Diablo 2: Ten Years Later

Some things sneak up on you. The ten year anniversary of the release of Diablo II, a game I bought near launch and have lost and repurchased at least three times, is one of those things. It’s baffling to think

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