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Category Archives: Games
Will Wikis Kill off the FAQ?
FAQs are so Web 1.0. In a traditional FAQ, the writer is the sole custodian of knowledge and his word is the definitive voice. The way forward is the democratic, collaborative wiki. Wikis allow all of us to contribute, whether … Continue reading
Dust 514: Ambitions and Priorities
You set your smoking dropship down in the cover of a grassy hillock and follow the charging marines already running for cover. Plasma mortars scream down around you, taking out the idiots stupid enough to run into the open. To … Continue reading
Party Games: Election
Most of us aren’t from the UK, where a general election has just been called for May 6th. But wherever we’re from, we share a passion for games and (hopefully) at least a passing interest in the politics of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentlemen Please!, humor, Overlord, Politics, Satire, Six Days in Fallujah, Space Invaders, The Sims, Time
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5 Screw-Ups Worse than the ApocalyPS3
Sony did its best to ruin St. David’s Day (Monday, March 1) for Welsh gamers with the “ApocalyPS3” – clearly an anti-Celt effort to overshadow Wales’s national day. While the problem — due to faulty internal clocks on older PS3s — … Continue reading
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Tagged DRM, PS3, Soulcalibur 3, Starforce, Viewtiful Joe 2, World of Warcraft, Xbox 360
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Review — Kana: Little Sister
Kana: Little Sister is a mindfuck. Not like The Matrix or A Scanner Darkly, but in a much more down-to-Earth way. It’s a Japanese visual novel (think choose-your-own-adventure book with illustrations and sound) about a young man called Taka, and his relationship with … Continue reading
Braid Game Club Collection
This is a collection of my contributions to Bitmob’s Braid Game Club. It was originally posted here, here, and here. It was edited by James DeRosa. Week 1 Oh! Hello again, Braid. It’s me from before, but I’m using a … Continue reading
