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Record of Lodoss War (Dreamcast)...
I've begun picking up a few titles to play around with on my new Dreamcast. The one that I've played around with the most is an action-RPG called Record of Lodoss War (2001; developed by Neverland)....
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During the past couple of years I've become a really big fan of listening to instrumental soundtracks of movies and games while working on my computer (voices tend to be distracting while I'm writing)....
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Diablo III (PC)...
The original Diablo (1996; Blizzard) was quite an important PC game. At the time it was credited with ending a few years of RPG stagnation that had occurred on the platform as many developers jumped on...
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X-blades (PS3)...
The vast majority of the time, I'll only play games that garner praise and accolades from the press. There are only so many hours in the week, after all; no sense wasting time on sub-par experiences....
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Alan Wake (PC)...
It feels like I've been hearing about Alan Wake (2010 Xbox 360/2012 PC; Remedy) since the days of old DOS games. Ok, that's an exaggeration, but they were discussing it on podcasts as far back as 2006....
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Mouse Guard: Fall 1152...
It's been a few months since I read my last graphic novel, partially because I've been busy, but also because I managed to get caught up on the series that I've been following. I had to bite the bullet...
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Mortal Kombat (PS3)...
Fighting games are a genre that I've been largely avoiding since my teens. For one thing, they tend to be a very social experience - best played with buddies in the same room - and I think that I speak...
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Puzzling...
Forgive me for the lack of updates of late, but it's funding season. I've spent so many hours thinking of different ways to describe how awesome I am that even I'm beginning to believe it... I don't...
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Deus Ex: Human Revolutions (PC)...
The original Deus Ex (2000) is one of those classic PC games considered sacrosanct by the community. Many 'Top 100 Games of All Times' lists put it at #1 and a lot of PC gamers evangelize it at every...
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'Visual' Novels and Oddities of Design...
Some trends are strangely cyclical. The earliest computer games were heavily based on table-top games, and tended to be open-ended and expansive. In the late 80s and early 90s, new technology led the...
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