Author Archives: Tom Auxier

Blog: Movies and Novels

Allow me to be philosophical for a moment (and yes, kids, you’re riding with me today! Patricia’s off doing important, Patricia-y things. It’s kind of like having your crazy ex-hippie uncle pick you up for the weekend, the one whose

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Blog: Movies and Novels

Allow me to be philosophical for a moment (and yes, kids, you’re riding with me today! Patricia’s off doing important, Patricia-y things. It’s kind of like having your crazy ex-hippie uncle pick you up for the weekend, the one whose

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Ni no Kuni Announced for PS3

You know what game looks fantastic? Ni no Kuni, the collaboration between Level-5 Studios (you may remember them from games such as Dragon Quest VIII and IX, saviors of Square Enix, Rogue Galaxy, and the Dark Cloud series. Oh, and

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Ni no Kuni Announced for PS3

You know what game looks fantastic? Ni no Kuni, the collaboration between Level-5 Studios (you may remember them from games such as Dragon Quest VIII and IX, saviors of Square Enix, Rogue Galaxy, and the Dark Cloud series. Oh, and

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The Sunday Gaming Club: Daniel-San

So, a remake of seminal children’s movie The Karate Kid is a thing that exists now? And it doesn’t suck? And it stars Jaden Smith, who will soon have additional credits like “The Fresh Prince of West Philly” and “Other

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The Sunday Gaming Club: Daniel-San

So, a remake of seminal children’s movie The Karate Kid is a thing that exists now? And it doesn’t suck? And it stars Jaden Smith, who will soon have additional credits like “The Fresh Prince of West Philly” and “Other

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Video Games Are Too Cheap

Oh, I’m not complaining. I’m glad you can get so many hours of entertainment for so cheap. I really am. But at some point, enough becomes enough. Eventually, you have too many games, especially too many games over 50 hours

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Video Games Are Too Cheap

Oh, I’m not complaining. I’m glad you can get so many hours of entertainment for so cheap. I really am. But at some point, enough becomes enough. Eventually, you have too many games, especially too many games over 50 hours

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The Friday Post: Time to Do the Ham Song!

Hit it, Bachelor Bob Bachelor! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvnxV3W92ss&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Now that that’s out of the way, I bet you want some ham. Not just ham, but bacon, chicken smothered in cheese, and a nice, vibrant wine, perhaps from Spain. How was your week,

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The Friday Post: Time to Do the Ham Song!

Hit it, Bachelor Bob Bachelor! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvnxV3W92ss&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Now that that’s out of the way, I bet you want some ham. Not just ham, but bacon, chicken smothered in cheese, and a nice, vibrant wine, perhaps from Spain. How was your week,

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Post Pretty

I’ve been meaning to write about Enslaved, the new game from Ninja Theory, for a while now. I’ve not gotten around to it, though, which is likely to be the fate of the game itself, entering a market crowded with

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Post Pretty

I’ve been meaning to write about Enslaved, the new game from Ninja Theory, for a while now. I’ve not gotten around to it, though, which is likely to be the fate of the game itself, entering a market crowded with

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We Don't Understand Change

Brief life story moment: at present, I’m replaying both Golden Sun games. We’ve just got to the point where we’ve input the password into Golden Sun: The Lost Age. So, I remember these games *very* well, because the first one

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We Don't Understand Change

Brief life story moment: at present, I’m replaying both Golden Sun games. We’ve just got to the point where we’ve input the password into Golden Sun: The Lost Age. So, I remember these games *very* well, because the first one

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ThatGameCompany Announce Journey, Holds On to That Feeling

It’s unconfirmed whether there will be streetlights or people, or wailing, but this is what it is. ThatGameCompany, developers of the absolutely incomparable Flower, have announced Journey. This was done, apparently, through a forum post, though it’s also present at

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ThatGameCompany Announce Journey, Holds On to That Feeling

It’s unconfirmed whether there will be streetlights or people, or wailing, but this is what it is. ThatGameCompany, developers of the absolutely incomparable Flower, have announced Journey. This was done, apparently, through a forum post, though it’s also present at

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Why We Paint

If a single trend in gaming pulled a comeback at E3 this year, it was games based around creation, the process of or the tools of. Outside of the obvious games in the Dream Build Play line from Sony and

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Why We Paint

If a single trend in gaming pulled a comeback at E3 this year, it was games based around creation, the process of or the tools of. Outside of the obvious games in the Dream Build Play line from Sony and

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A Paean for the Old School Gamer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alsWeDp_z0k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Like a lot of games journalists, you sit down watching E3 thinking about what you’re going to write. You try to build it up as you go, and write the article in your head. Then, put it on paper.

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A Paean for the Old School Gamer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alsWeDp_z0k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Like a lot of games journalists, you sit down watching E3 thinking about what you’re going to write. You try to build it up as you go, and write the article in your head. Then, put it on paper.

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