Category Archives: Articles

Why I Write About Games When I Write About Games

So here’s a piece that’ll hopefully generate a little discussion.

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The Best Games for the Best of Gaming Situations

Blog’s looking a little empty and for a number of reasons I can’t get this put anywhere else.  There’s a little post-mortem at the end, as a few things came to mind/were pointed out while I was attempting to get it published.

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Why.

So, um, let’s talk about Duke Nukem Forever. I was, honestly, looking forward to this game. I didn’t spend my entire adult life reading about the endless delays and engine changes, the development mishaps and funding cataclysms. I didn’t work on those articles or attend the E3 presentations they were based on. I grew up reading them. For as long as I can remember, Duke has been gaming’s joke. The fat, dumb, lovable companion to the mainstream’s dashing hero.

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Dead Space? More like OH GOD MOMMY!

Wrote this some time ago as my shot at what I think is New Games Journalism?  Whatever, I don’t fucking know, it’s a lot better in retrospect than I thought it was at the time and thought I’d share it with the wider world.

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Two Now Playings

Sent these off to the proper authorities and never heard anything back so assume they weren’t of use.  Like to keep them somewhere, figure everyone else can enjoy them too.  Trackmania and UT2k4, for reference. Read more »

What if WoW had lasted as long as APB?

(Warning, many of the opinions expressed in this article are very extreme and written by one for whom WoW has played a major part in his life.)

Someone I know, upon hearing about the closure of APB after as little as three months, commented on how different his teenage life would have been had WoW lasted as short a time. Others agreed with amusing anecdotes about social lives. After the initial smile and a giggle, I actually started to think about it.

And holy shit.

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Oblivion Game Diary Part 3: RATS,

Motherfucker, can you fight them?

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Oblivion Game Diary Part 2: Fuck Bethesda

Seriously.

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Oblivion Game Diary Part 1: Introduction

Well I’ve never done one of these before!

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Music

This post brought to you by Sennheiser.

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