Category: Gaming

Agency and Constraint – How Much is Too Much?

While at PAX Prime, I was lucky enough to attend a Dragon Age panel held by a group of Bioware’s creative team for discussion of the series’ future. The room was packed. Fans cheered at most of the announcements, particularly those that suggested a departure from Dragon Age 2 towards their beloved Origins. When it

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Gaming
James Trauben

Sega Announces Brick People for Sega iOS

This fall, Sega is bringing Brick People, based upon a hit arcade title of the same name, to Sega iOS for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. Players are tasked with feeding the eponymous Brick People by dragging and dropping bricks into the playing field, allowing them to hop and climb their way to presumably delicious

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Gaming
Stephanie M.

Minecraft 1.8 – What Should We Expect to See?

PAX Prime has been abuzz with the preview of Minecraft Beta 1.8, which is probably the most anticipated release for Minecraft in its young life. So, just what can players expect from this release — which might be coming this week? UPDATE: Notch has stated that 1.8 might still be a while out.

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The Friday Fix August 26

Howdy beautiful readers! It’s Friday and that means I reckon it is time for another helping of never nutritious, yet always delicious, Friday Fix.  The summer is almost over, and kids everywhere are heading back into school just as all the games that would have pass the time on those long summer days are about

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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #28 Game On

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! I’m certainly glad Doc let us borrow the Delorean for this episode. Our heroes travel to the far reaches of the future to discover what gaming is like there. Will we still need our dice and books for table top RPGs, or

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PC Gaming Is Not Dead: Razer’s Tight-Lipped Teaser

Recently, Razer began to Tweet, Facebook, and otherwise viral-market the URL for a (as of now) rather bare website: www.pcgamingisnotdead.com. As the link suggests (and as one might surmise based on Razer’s product line), the gaming and computing gear company intends to wow us with irrefutable proof that PC gaming is, well, alive and kicking.

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“This Sword’s Made of Diamonds, so Come at Me, Bro!”

I think you got some Minecraft in my Usher. I say I think because I’ve never truly been able to pick out the lyrics of your average R&B chart-topper, and since the introduction of auto-tune, I’ve had even less luck. So there may have been some obscure Minecraft reference in the original that I missed,

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Gaming
James Huneycutt

Real Talk – You Got Some Medal of Duty in My Battlefield

Greetings, ladies and gentle-geeks. It has been a minute. Or two, but don’t worry, I’m still angry. I’ve been taking a break, to let the vitriol settle. Not to reduce its potency, but in fact to allow it to age in oak casks and triple-distill. Today’s target: The FPS. I say that like it’s a unified

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Speak for Yourself

By all rights, gamers and geeks should be free of shows like The Big Bang Theory by now. Let’s start with some figures, courtesy of the Entertainment Software Association’s 2011 survey. Seventy-two percent of American households now play video games. Over half of the gaming population lies within the 18-49 year-old range, and, in strict

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