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Memoirs From Torchlight: A Satisfying Spectacle
Torchlight is unlike other action-RPGs in that it gives you a palpable sense of power.
Monday, November 09, 2009 | Comments (14)
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Memoirs From Torchlight: Developers Are People Too?
Saturday, November 07, 2009 | Comments (6)
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Science Says Videogames Healthy (For Once)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | Comments (1)
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Post Mortem: Metroid Zero Mission
The conclusion to the Super Metroid retrospective.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009 | Comments (6)
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Thematic Dissonance
Monday, May 25, 2009 | Comments (0)
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Post Mortem: Super Metroid
A gamer finds Super Metroid for the first time. His thoughts.
Thursday, May 21, 2009 | Comments (12)
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Post Mortem: Metroid
A three-part examination of Super Metroid, its origins, and its legacy.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | Comments (0)
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COMMENTS BY THIS AUTHOR (22)
On Mike Gingras'  Musings of a Gamer: Gaming History...Is It Necessary?
"hink Edge Magazine had it right when they recognized, in E200's Top 200 Games of All Time issue, that very few "retro" games hold up over time (Super Mario Bros. 3 was perhaps their only top game from the pre-16 bit era). Should gaming history be preserved? Absolutely. Are old games worth playing? Not a"
Friday, February 05, 2010
On Jay Henningsen's  A Disappointing Return to Ostagar
"t is disappointing. Dragon Age: Origins quickly became one of my favoritest games ever last year, and the idea of getting to play new content with it for 2 years had me stoked. Here's hoping Awakening will impre"
Friday, February 05, 2010
On Adam Dorsey's  Training for Modern Warfare 2
"s more realistic than the real"
Monday, November 09, 2009
On Jay Henningsen's  The ABCs of Video Game Deaths
"ny"
Monday, November 09, 2009
On Mark T. Whitney's  I'm Already Tired of Modern Warfare 2
"with you on this one. I just want to stop hearing about it, and I dread the deluge I will begin to see in my feeds and podcasts starting on Tu"
Sunday, November 08, 2009
On Kris Pigna's  Hit or Miss Weekend Recap - Nov. 8, 2009
"Blizzard pet thing makes me angry, mostly at the audacity of it. Why can't 100% of the profits go to charity, ex"
Sunday, November 08, 2009
On Alex Martin's  Modern Warfare, Hotel Rwanda and "non-fun" games
"video's worth watching until the read too. Nice"
Saturday, November 07, 2009
On Matthew Kessler's  Kanji Tatsumi: A Look at Sexuality and Gender in Persona 4
"l this was a surprise. I didn't expect to find this theme in a Japanese RPG. Nice wri"
Saturday, November 07, 2009
On Michael Betts'  Memoirs From Torchlight: Developers Are People Too?
"are you to download the demo and not buy it after giving it"
Saturday, November 07, 2009
On Michael Betts'  Memoirs From Torchlight: A Satisfying Spectacle
"lso noticed you can accidentally un-enchant a weapon too. Completely. I did it to a blue axe I had that had like 20% more speed and 47 HP, and more. It became a plain old axe. I"
Saturday, November 07, 2009
On Michael Betts'  Memoirs From Torchlight: A Satisfying Spectacle
"mo, I can't be sure, but I seem to recall the developers mentioning during an Idle Thumbs interview that they put in a netbook mode for people to use on underpowered machines. You should give the demo a shot and see if it runs fo"
Friday, November 06, 2009
On Michael Betts'  Memoirs From Torchlight: A Satisfying Spectacle
"you enchant unique weapon"
Friday, November 06, 2009
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