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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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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #29 – Heroes Assemble

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! With the more then sad news of Atomic Comics our heroes take a moment to remember our favorite comic shops while discussing the current state of the industry. Then it’s time to monkey around as resident host: Anthony Silva returns from his

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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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Art
Andrew Plein

Featured Artist: Kari Smith

Like the great explorers of the past, I too went on an adventure. I journeyed through the deep jungles of Deviant Art, to discover what would turn out to be the latest addition to the already long list of webcomics that I read. I’m speaking of Plume. I had the opportunity to sit down with the

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TV & Movies
Stephanie M.

There’s No Escaping the Greatness of this Live-Action Portal Movie

If anyone is as big of a Portal fan as I am, then a live-action Portal movie has been something we’ve thought about for a while.  I’ve never been entirely sure how a game centered on puzzles and problem solving could really translate to film, but what I just watched has proven Portal can be

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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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