I’m not sure whether I can technically call this a postmortem, since I’m going to continue to play the game, but I finished Skyrim’s main plot last night. Not only did I finish the main story, but I found 20 shouts, read 50 skill books, got married, and I’m the guildmaster of the Thieves’ Guild. [...]

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I’ve been playing Skyrim a lot, and I’m loving the game. My character is level 39 at present, and my sneak skill is already at 99 - I hope to max it out the next time I play and then work harder at maxxing out my archery, enchantment, and alchemy.
But my favorite part of any Elder Scrolls game has [...]

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Well, I’m finished with Bastion and I’m playing Skyrim - my Bosmer elf Leroy is already 11th level. But enough about Skyrim - I want to talk a bit about Bastion. I’ll say right out that I loved the game. Its music is one of the best parts of the game, but I also enjoyed [...]

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I’m a huge fan of games that have tactical combat. I’ve been playing these types of games since Ultima III, Ogre, and Pool of Radiance. But other than Dragon Age: Origins, I haven’t seen a game with good strategic combat in years.
Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics was released four years ago, in 2007. But having only [...]

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Here’s an interesting topic I’ve never seen explored: video game RPG systems, and what makes each good. I’ll admit that the reason I haven’t seen it discussed much online is probably because most people really aren’t interested. But that’s what makes me different, I guess. The subject is interesting to me. Tally Ho!
CRPGs go back [...]

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My wife and I have always played video games together. Back when we were first dating, she bought a gaming PC and left it over my house so that she could come over and play Neverwinter Nights and Baldur’s Gate with me. Later, we played Dungeon Siege, Champions of Norrath and Gauntlet Legends together. These [...]

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CollegeHumor has been coming out with some pretty funny videos recently. Check this one out.

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I’ve made no secret of the fact that Dragon Age: Origins is the best game I’ve played in years, due primarily to the writing. The storyline and the characters are absolutely stellar. But as good a job as Bioware did with the game, I can’t claim to have loved everything they’ve done. Let’s take a [...]

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Although I’m smack in the middle of a big ole writing drought on this site due to real life issues, I thought I’d share my Dragon Age online profile. EA does a lot of stuff that gets on my nerves, and the integration of Dragon Age’s DLC has rubbed me the wrong way a bit, [...]

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As I continue to play through Borderlands, after having completed the main quest, I notice more and more the external influences that must have affected the game’s design. For example, the pillar of light that appears when you activate quick travel looks very much like the pillar of light coming from City 17’s Citadel in [...]

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