Author Archives: Dylan Holmes

The Campfire presents: The Longest Climb

  The Campfire is a new column where we regale you with tales of our video game adventures. In ‘The Longest Climb,’ the Khajiit adventurer M’Rohk attempts to climb to the top of Skyrim’s tallest mountain, and finds himself wishing

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The Campfire presents: The Longest Climb

  The Campfire is a new column where we regale you with tales of our video game adventures. In ‘The Longest Climb,’ the Khajiit adventurer M’Rohk attempts to climb to the top of Skyrim’s tallest mountain, and finds himself wishing

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Testing the Waters: Five Games from the Molydeux Jam

By now you’ve probably heard of What Would Molydeux?, the 48-hour game jam inspired by the tweets of Peter Molyneux impersonator @PeterMolydeux. The concept is brilliant enough to deserve repeating: in late 2009, an anonymous game developer formed the @PeterMolydeux

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Testing the Waters: Five Games from the Molydeux Jam

By now you’ve probably heard of What Would Molydeux?, the 48-hour game jam inspired by the tweets of Peter Molyneux impersonator @PeterMolydeux. The concept is brilliant enough to deserve repeating: in late 2009, an anonymous game developer formed the @PeterMolydeux

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The Artist: A Conversation with Cart Life's Richard Hofmeier

“There are three classic semantic problems. The worst one is art.” On paper, this sounds like the beginnings of a dry lecture from Linguistics 101, but Richard Hofmeier delivers it with such earnest enthusiasm that I can’t help but lean

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The Artist: A Conversation with Cart Life's Richard Hofmeier

“There are three classic semantic problems. The worst one is art.” On paper, this sounds like the beginnings of a dry lecture from Linguistics 101, but Richard Hofmeier delivers it with such earnest enthusiasm that I can’t help but lean

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Mechwarrior: Tactics announced, internet goes into shock from 'mech overdose

At 11:00 AM PST, the timer on the Mechwarrior: Tactics Teaser Site hit zero, revealing a press release detailing exactly what the mysterious title would be all about. “MechWarrior Tactics is a brand-new MechWarrior game set in the BattleTech® universe

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Mechwarrior: Tactics announced, internet goes into shock from 'mech overdose

At 11:00 AM PST, the timer on the Mechwarrior: Tactics Teaser Site hit zero, revealing a press release detailing exactly what the mysterious title would be all about. “MechWarrior Tactics is a brand-new MechWarrior game set in the BattleTech® universe

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Should Games Reexamine the "Super Soldier?"

  Few tropes are as prevalent in the action game as the super-soldier. While early shooters didn’t even bother to explain why the player character could absorb a dozen bullets, the last decade has seen more and more games try

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Should Games Reexamine the "Super Soldier?"

  Few tropes are as prevalent in the action game as the super-soldier. While early shooters didn’t even bother to explain why the player character could absorb a dozen bullets, the last decade has seen more and more games try

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The comfortable return: an in-depth review of Battlefield 3’s multiplayer (PC)

As we all know, EA’s been hyping up Battlefield 3 as the game that’s going to take down Call of Duty. The internet fanboy legions have been sadly easy to manipulate, and now battles wage across forums and blog comments

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The comfortable return: an in-depth review of Battlefield 3’s multiplayer (PC)

As we all know, EA’s been hyping up Battlefield 3 as the game that’s going to take down Call of Duty. The internet fanboy legions have been sadly easy to manipulate, and now battles wage across forums and blog comments

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Mechwarrior reboot dead, Mechwarrior Online rises from the ashes

There’s no single-player action game from the last twenty years that I enjoy as much as Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries. There are games that I think are better. There are games that are more important. But Mercenaries is the rare action

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Mechwarrior reboot dead, Mechwarrior Online rises from the ashes

There’s no single-player action game from the last twenty years that I enjoy as much as Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries. There are games that I think are better. There are games that are more important. But Mercenaries is the rare action

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A sincere thrill ride: a review of Battlefield 3’s single player campaign

“The most realistic shooter yet.” This line from an early review has been heavily quoted in EA’s aggressive marketing campaign for Battlefield 3. It’s absolute nonsense. BF3’s single-player campaign belongs squarely in what I like to call the “theme park

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A sincere thrill ride: a review of Battlefield 3’s single player campaign

“The most realistic shooter yet.” This line from an early review has been heavily quoted in EA’s aggressive marketing campaign for Battlefield 3. It’s absolute nonsense. BF3’s single-player campaign belongs squarely in what I like to call the “theme park

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10 tips and tricks to become a better Battlefield 3 player

Battlefield is back. Veterans and newcomers alike are flocking to DICE’s trademark take on combined arms warfare, and already the digital body count is greater than any war in the history of mankind. It’s a lot of fun, but it

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10 tips and tricks to become a better Battlefield 3 player

Battlefield is back. Veterans and newcomers alike are flocking to DICE’s trademark take on combined arms warfare, and already the digital body count is greater than any war in the history of mankind. It’s a lot of fun, but it

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EA Says Battlefield Single-Player Integral To Franchise

Battlefield 3’s multiplayer has been getting rave reviews, but the single-player has been getting the cold shoulder. You’ll hear my take on Monday, but suffice it to say that a lot of folks are wondering why EA and DICE spent

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EA Says Battlefield Single-Player Integral To Franchise

Battlefield 3’s multiplayer has been getting rave reviews, but the single-player has been getting the cold shoulder. You’ll hear my take on Monday, but suffice it to say that a lot of folks are wondering why EA and DICE spent

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