In the forgotten past (which is to say, February), my esteemed colleague Bob wrote an impassioned piece in support of Chaotic Good. He hailed Chaotic Good as the least selfish and most human of the altruistic alignments, contrasted against its imperious and robotic Lawful counterpart. Now, Lawful Good has something of a reputation. The alignment
Expecting any new Valve titles at E3 2011? Hoping for new levels for Portal 2, even a reveal trailer for Defense of the Ancients 2? Sorry, not gonna happen, according to an e-mail received by Dave Oshry. Valve has no plans to present any new titles for this year’s show.
Two days after the Playstation Network’s restoration, a URL exploit temporarily compromised users’ password security, allowing hackers to reset users’ passwords with their e-mail address and date of birth. And guess what had been made available to hackers over the month-long initial PSN attack?
The role-playing genre has begun to stagnate. It’s hardly crippled. Some giants still garner worldwide attention, such as the Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Fallout franchises. Even after the massive spectacle of genre excess that was Final Fantasy XIII, people still anticipate the next title. But these and lesser-known RPGs are islands in a teeming