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The Ancient Roots of Role-Playing: Edward III's Medieval LARP

Today, everyone knows someone who’s played Humans versus Zombies. You, dear reader, have probably played it yourself. But did you know that when you run around your college campus with a yellow bandana and a Nerf gun, you are participating

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The Ancient Roots of Role-Playing: Edward III's Medieval LARP

Today, everyone knows someone who’s played Humans versus Zombies. You, dear reader, have probably played it yourself. But did you know that when you run around your college campus with a yellow bandana and a Nerf gun, you are participating

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(Do it like a brother), do it like a Molydeux

Game Jam, noun. The event of a group of indie game devs get together and create a game in a limited period of time. Peter Molydeux, noun. A parody Twitter account that creates outlandish video game concepts in 140 words.

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(Do it like a brother), do it like a Molydeux

Game Jam, noun. The event of a group of indie game devs get together and create a game in a limited period of time. Peter Molydeux, noun. A parody Twitter account that creates outlandish video game concepts in 140 words.

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The freedom of having no choice

Linearity in games never bothered me. Not back in the days when Final Fantasy VII  was the god tier of video game storytelling, nor that in the current age where open-world is seen as a mandatory “good” tick box to

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The freedom of having no choice

Linearity in games never bothered me. Not back in the days when Final Fantasy VII  was the god tier of video game storytelling, nor that in the current age where open-world is seen as a mandatory “good” tick box to

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Buy Terraria! Also Steam Giveaways

Alright people, this better be the last time I tell you to buy Terraria. Today on Steam the game is only $2.50, and being December 1st the game has nearly doubled in size thanks to the 1.1 patch dropping. I

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Buy Terraria! Also Steam Giveaways

Alright people, this better be the last time I tell you to buy Terraria. Today on Steam the game is only $2.50, and being December 1st the game has nearly doubled in size thanks to the 1.1 patch dropping. I

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The Jack Claw Project

Those among us who picked up the latest Humble Bundle, or even the one before, may have noticed a little demo included with the package for something called Jack Claw. If you didn’t pick up the bundle, then I will

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The Jack Claw Project

Those among us who picked up the latest Humble Bundle, or even the one before, may have noticed a little demo included with the package for something called Jack Claw. If you didn’t pick up the bundle, then I will

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CBS Sports Doesn't take Kindly to Professional Gaming

Earlier this week, IGN teamed up with Utah Jazz player, Gordon Hayward, to release a humorous video that he’d be spending the ongoing NBA lockout as a professional Starcraft 2 player in order to promote his appearance and participation at

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CBS Sports Doesn't take Kindly to Professional Gaming

Earlier this week, IGN teamed up with Utah Jazz player, Gordon Hayward, to release a humorous video that he’d be spending the ongoing NBA lockout as a professional Starcraft 2 player in order to promote his appearance and participation at

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A protagonist is NOT you

Most protagonists are empty, hollow shells in need of something to fill them. Thus was our verdict, as handled by our own Stefan Samurai (this is the link to which this article is a response, by the way… CLICK IT!). What

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A protagonist is NOT you

Most protagonists are empty, hollow shells in need of something to fill them. Thus was our verdict, as handled by our own Stefan Samurai (this is the link to which this article is a response, by the way… CLICK IT!). What

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SPAZ giveaway winners!

Which ruthless individuals won a copy of Space Pirates and Zombies? We picked three winners for the giveaway, two from the comments section and one from our Twitter feed. The winners either convinced us of their treacherous inclinations as a

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SPAZ giveaway winners!

Which ruthless individuals won a copy of Space Pirates and Zombies? We picked three winners for the giveaway, two from the comments section and one from our Twitter feed. The winners either convinced us of their treacherous inclinations as a

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Space Pirates and Zombies Giveaway

Nightmare Mode has three codes for SPAZ, the fantastic top down space combat game that made our own Chris Sommer turn into a horrible human being. So, what do you have to do to have a shot at winning one

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Space Pirates and Zombies Giveaway

Nightmare Mode has three codes for SPAZ, the fantastic top down space combat game that made our own Chris Sommer turn into a horrible human being. So, what do you have to do to have a shot at winning one

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A protagonist is you

Many a time the statement the main character has no dept has been uttered since games have gotten more complex, and nearly every time I could not help but think someone was missing a point. While not always true in

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A protagonist is you

Many a time the statement the main character has no dept has been uttered since games have gotten more complex, and nearly every time I could not help but think someone was missing a point. While not always true in

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