Author Archives: Tom Auxier

New Pokemon Anime! Insert Fangirlish Squeals!

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I care about as little as you do about any reboot of the Pokemon anime. It’ll probably be terrible unless you’re under the age of ten, whereupon it will be “omgsocooldadbuymeallthetoys” (a strong disclaimer of

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New Pokemon Anime! Insert Fangirlish Squeals!

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I care about as little as you do about any reboot of the Pokemon anime. It’ll probably be terrible unless you’re under the age of ten, whereupon it will be “omgsocooldadbuymeallthetoys” (a strong disclaimer of

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Games Can Now Be Art!

Roger Ebert said so! Right here! Whether he did it because he was tired of ten year olds trolling his blog for no reason, well, that’s another show. I feel like this is an important moment, because it lets us

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Games Can Now Be Art!

Roger Ebert said so! Right here! Whether he did it because he was tired of ten year olds trolling his blog for no reason, well, that’s another show. I feel like this is an important moment, because it lets us

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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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Public Service Announcement: The Void for 5$

Those of you with computers and access to Steam should be amazed and astounded that *the* banner game for games as art is now on sale on Steam for a piddly 5$. That’s right. 5$. What is The Void? Well,

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Public Service Announcement: The Void for 5$

Those of you with computers and access to Steam should be amazed and astounded that *the* banner game for games as art is now on sale on Steam for a piddly 5$. That’s right. 5$. What is The Void? Well,

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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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Kid Icarus Developer Talks About Western Developers; So Do I

Actually, that’s kind of a misnomer. He talks about most developers, just signals out the west for sake of easy comparison. And sure, there’s a big interview here about Kid Icarus (which I’m increasingly excited for, since it sounds like

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Kid Icarus Developer Talks About Western Developers; So Do I

Actually, that’s kind of a misnomer. He talks about most developers, just signals out the west for sake of easy comparison. And sure, there’s a big interview here about Kid Icarus (which I’m increasingly excited for, since it sounds like

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Review

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a game developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by Kōichi Hayashida and produced by some guys not named Shigeru Miyamoto, along with Shigeru Miyamoto. My

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Review

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a game developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by Kōichi Hayashida and produced by some guys not named Shigeru Miyamoto, along with Shigeru Miyamoto. My

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The Sunday Gaming Collective: Motherland

We have had new change in management directive. This video game, she is no substitute for the long, hard embrace of Motherland. You must embrace your be, be backbone of proletariat uprising against evil capitalist pigdogs. Motherland! Motherland! Motherland! However!

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The Sunday Gaming Collective: Motherland

We have had new change in management directive. This video game, she is no substitute for the long, hard embrace of Motherland. You must embrace your be, be backbone of proletariat uprising against evil capitalist pigdogs. Motherland! Motherland! Motherland! However!

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The Friday Post: Now For Dinner!

Toothpaste for dinner! Webcomics! I just finished speed running a novella (as in, writing about a dozen pages) so I got nothing. Let’s hope other people do. -Patricia literally posted everything. Literally. Everything. If you scroll back a week, you

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The Friday Post: Now For Dinner!

Toothpaste for dinner! Webcomics! I just finished speed running a novella (as in, writing about a dozen pages) so I got nothing. Let’s hope other people do. -Patricia literally posted everything. Literally. Everything. If you scroll back a week, you

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You Can't Shoot Me!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfY4YB1fBKs&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I have absolutely nothing to add to this except that it’s all about the first line. I mean, Privates looks fun, and the trailer’s funny, at least. It’s a Zombie Cow game. It is what it is, and some

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You Can't Shoot Me!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfY4YB1fBKs&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I have absolutely nothing to add to this except that it’s all about the first line. I mean, Privates looks fun, and the trailer’s funny, at least. It’s a Zombie Cow game. It is what it is, and some

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