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Steamroll 8/7/12: Exceed Death Valley's Virus Machine

Games covered this week: The Political Machine 2012, A Virus Named Tom, Awesomenauts, eXceed – Gun Bullet Children, eXceed 2nd – Vampire REX, eXceed 3rd – Jade Penetrate Black Package, Death Rally, A Valley Without Wind, The Void Shoot-em-ups (shmups)

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Steamroll 8/7/12: Exceed Death Valley's Virus Machine

Games covered this week: The Political Machine 2012, A Virus Named Tom, Awesomenauts, eXceed – Gun Bullet Children, eXceed 2nd – Vampire REX, eXceed 3rd – Jade Penetrate Black Package, Death Rally, A Valley Without Wind, The Void Shoot-em-ups (shmups)

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Welcome to the Big Leagues: 10 Tips for Expert League of Legends Play

After several dozen matches, you’ve finally hit the level cap in League of Legends. You’ve grown up, and now you face rivals with hundreds of wins under their belt. The old tips (split into novice and intermediate articles here; be

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Welcome to the Big Leagues: 10 Tips for Expert League of Legends Play

After several dozen matches, you’ve finally hit the level cap in League of Legends. You’ve grown up, and now you face rivals with hundreds of wins under their belt. The old tips (split into novice and intermediate articles here; be

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Steamroll: Multi Kung Fu Resonance

Now that the Steam Summer Sale has finally ended, the steady trickle of indie games has resumed. We’ve got games covering every corner this week: a Horde FPS, a kung-fu brawler, an old-school adventure game, and a co-op adventure RPG

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Steamroll: Multi Kung Fu Resonance

Now that the Steam Summer Sale has finally ended, the steady trickle of indie games has resumed. We’ve got games covering every corner this week: a Horde FPS, a kung-fu brawler, an old-school adventure game, and a co-op adventure RPG

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Summer Sale Steamroll: $25 for 5 Great Games

It’s the last day of the Steam summer sale. Don’t think you can afford to spend any more on games? Well, how about $25 for 5 great games you may have overlooked? See if you can stretch your wallet a

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Summer Sale Steamroll: $25 for 5 Great Games

It’s the last day of the Steam summer sale. Don’t think you can afford to spend any more on games? Well, how about $25 for 5 great games you may have overlooked? See if you can stretch your wallet a

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Welcome to the Jungle: 10 Tips for Intermediate LoL Players

Beyond the stability of the lanes is the jungle: a maze of trees populated by monsters and the fools crazy enough to hunt them. These “junglers” have given up the steady cash flow of the lanes for the freedom to

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Welcome to the Jungle: 10 Tips for Intermediate LoL Players

Beyond the stability of the lanes is the jungle: a maze of trees populated by monsters and the fools crazy enough to hunt them. These “junglers” have given up the steady cash flow of the lanes for the freedom to

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Steamroll: Adam's Venture

Christian games infuriate me because I was a Christian. Although I have lapsed into apathetic atheism, I still hold enough fondness for Christianity that seeing bad games pay it lip-service to profit off well-meaning parents feels like watching sleazy merchants

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Steamroll: Adam's Venture

Christian games infuriate me because I was a Christian. Although I have lapsed into apathetic atheism, I still hold enough fondness for Christianity that seeing bad games pay it lip-service to profit off well-meaning parents feels like watching sleazy merchants

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Learning to LoL: 10 Tips for League of Legends Novices

When I began playing League of Legends a year ago, I joined the LoL University chat room to learn how to play. Now I moonlight as a professor there, occasionally showing a new player the ropes. Even teaching them the

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Learning to LoL: 10 Tips for League of Legends Novices

When I began playing League of Legends a year ago, I joined the LoL University chat room to learn how to play. Now I moonlight as a professor there, occasionally showing a new player the ropes. Even teaching them the

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Steamroll: Penny Arcade's Precipice of Darkness 3

A Farce Taken Seriously Aside from a quattro of free-to-play online games released last week, there was only one game released on Steam for the gamer on a budget: Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3. Hothead Games

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Steamroll: Penny Arcade's Precipice of Darkness 3

A Farce Taken Seriously Aside from a quattro of free-to-play online games released last week, there was only one game released on Steam for the gamer on a budget: Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3. Hothead Games

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Heroes without a Cause: The Allure of Avernum

Today I saw that Avernum: Escape from the Pit was on sale on Steam for under $4. This is a steal for one of the landmark pre-millennial indie role-playing games. (Avernum is a re-remake of Exile: Escape from the Pit,

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Heroes without a Cause: The Allure of Avernum

Today I saw that Avernum: Escape from the Pit was on sale on Steam for under $4. This is a steal for one of the landmark pre-millennial indie role-playing games. (Avernum is a re-remake of Exile: Escape from the Pit,

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Steamroll: Tiny Coaster Magic

When your gaming criteria depends solely on how cheap a game is, it’s easy to get clunkers or unexpected surprises. It’s rare to get both in the same week, though. This is one of those weeks. At least I managed

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Steamroll: Tiny Coaster Magic

When your gaming criteria depends solely on how cheap a game is, it’s easy to get clunkers or unexpected surprises. It’s rare to get both in the same week, though. This is one of those weeks. At least I managed

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