Crafting My Ideal MMO

I’ve never cared much for MMOs. I’ve tried out several different ones, only lasting a few hours in each, among them Age of Conan, Rift, The Lord of the Rings Online, and even the most lauded – or nefarious, depending

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Crafting My Ideal MMO

I’ve never cared much for MMOs. I’ve tried out several different ones, only lasting a few hours in each, among them Age of Conan, Rift, The Lord of the Rings Online, and even the most lauded – or nefarious, depending

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When the lights go out

The Saturday before Halloween, 2011, Nighttime: When the world ends, it’s never as much fun as Fallout. It was around six PM and I was sitting in my room playing Dungeon Defenders for a review. It had been snowing for

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When the lights go out

The Saturday before Halloween, 2011, Nighttime: When the world ends, it’s never as much fun as Fallout. It was around six PM and I was sitting in my room playing Dungeon Defenders for a review. It had been snowing for

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Minecraft easter egg discovered in Skyrim

While the relationship between Bethesda and Mojang has been a tad strained lately thanks to a silly legal battle, it seems the good will between the developers still holds true with this great discovery in Skyrim. Alledgedly found in the

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Minecraft easter egg discovered in Skyrim

While the relationship between Bethesda and Mojang has been a tad strained lately thanks to a silly legal battle, it seems the good will between the developers still holds true with this great discovery in Skyrim. Alledgedly found in the

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To retro is not enough

When I was in eighth grade in 2000, I had a lot of trouble with school. It’s a familiar story. I had been popular as a younger kid because, while I was a good student, I cursed before the other

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To retro is not enough

When I was in eighth grade in 2000, I had a lot of trouble with school. It’s a familiar story. I had been popular as a younger kid because, while I was a good student, I cursed before the other

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Review: Rochard

Not at all what I was expecting. When you hear the title Rochard you think of something discreet, something possibly French, something with gravity based platforming and shooting (okay, I knew that before I went in). You expect an experimental,

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Review: Rochard

Not at all what I was expecting. When you hear the title Rochard you think of something discreet, something possibly French, something with gravity based platforming and shooting (okay, I knew that before I went in). You expect an experimental,

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Skyrim 360 install makes you choose graphics or fast load times

No launch these days isn’t without a few hiccups. Thankfully Skyrim is one of those rare “singleplayer” games so none of the launch issues had to do with an online pass. This minor issue with the 360 version of Skyrim

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Skyrim 360 install makes you choose graphics or fast load times

No launch these days isn’t without a few hiccups. Thankfully Skyrim is one of those rare “singleplayer” games so none of the launch issues had to do with an online pass. This minor issue with the 360 version of Skyrim

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SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 – The Double Dip Awful Edition Review

SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 is a videogame developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by KOICHI HAYASHIDA. I’ve played Super Mario Galaxy 2 from start to finish. That was probably the mistake, as the more

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SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 – The Double Dip Awful Edition Review

SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 is a videogame developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by KOICHI HAYASHIDA. I’ve played Super Mario Galaxy 2 from start to finish. That was probably the mistake, as the more

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The Throat of Gaming: Skyrim

I’ll say this: Skyrim is a counterfeiter’s masterpiece. …Two minutes in I’m hunting a creature through the wintered foliage—an elk or something, I don’t know. Whatever it is it’s too stupid to know I’m out to kill it; that the

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The Throat of Gaming: Skyrim

I’ll say this: Skyrim is a counterfeiter’s masterpiece. …Two minutes in I’m hunting a creature through the wintered foliage—an elk or something, I don’t know. Whatever it is it’s too stupid to know I’m out to kill it; that the

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Sequels that should have been: Doki Doki Panic

Somewhere, if we ascribe to the comic book based theory of alternate worlds, in another earth we are playing Doki Doki Galaxy instead of Mario Galaxy. In America, we would have localized it to Heartbeat Galaxy, and we would be

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Sequels that should have been: Doki Doki Panic

Somewhere, if we ascribe to the comic book based theory of alternate worlds, in another earth we are playing Doki Doki Galaxy instead of Mario Galaxy. In America, we would have localized it to Heartbeat Galaxy, and we would be

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Bad press led to Team Bondi's closure, says McNamara

LA Noire has become second only to Duke Nukem Forever as a cautionary tale to would-be game developers: this gig ain’t easy. While Noire didn’t reach the status of an industry in-joke, it’s hard to disconnect the game from its

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Bad press led to Team Bondi's closure, says McNamara

LA Noire has become second only to Duke Nukem Forever as a cautionary tale to would-be game developers: this gig ain’t easy. While Noire didn’t reach the status of an industry in-joke, it’s hard to disconnect the game from its

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