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Who Needs a Dragon Shout When You Have a Rapping Bard?
There’s nothing quite like a bard in a tavern, strumming his medieval proto-guitar of choice (here a mandolin, there a lute, sometimes a harp) and humming dulcet tones. Then there’s this bard. He’s a little more 21st century than those other minstrels and troubadours. As he says: “You see, I bear some rare amazing information…
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Madden Challenger Closes Up Shop for Good
Once cited as proof—by no less than the boss of EA Sports at the time—that Madden NFL in fact had competition, the free-to-play browser-based sports management game QuickHit NFL is done for good as of the middle of next month. Bought out by Majesco a year ago, the QuickHit operation declined to renew its NFL…
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60s Robin Is A Hilariously Unsuitable Sidekick For The Dark Knight
The new era of Batman might be a little too…dark for the likes of 60s Robin. 60s Robin is the kind of guy that poses with his hands on either hip. His lines are full of cute puns and childish cuss words. I mean, his outfit doesn’t even match the glossy black of Batman’s. How…
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Hoodwink is the Biggest Con Job I’ve Played This Year. And That’s a Good Thing.
Slow jazz? Check. Disheveled office? Check. Intimations that someone will walk through the door at any moment? Check. All the signs of a classic film noir-inspired game are well in play. Except our detective seems awfully young. And grabby. And in fact not detective-like at all. Really, the whole opening of the game is a…
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This Is What A $30,000 PC Gaming Room Looks Like
I am not what you would call a hardware fetishist. I came to be a PC gamer because when I was a child and, later, a student and early twentysomething, I never had the money for consoles but there was a computer in the house. I came to it from convenience first, and only later…
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The Secret World, Log Two: I Am Not Always Good at Staying Alive
It’s not that I’m terrible at combat. On the contrary: I’m pretty good at slicing things up. I’ve got solid DPS and a couple of powerful heals that make me a force to be reckoned with. It’s just that my judgment and self-preservation instincts seem to be more or less entirely absent. In other words:…
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Want To Make Chess More Fun? Add Portals.
Take a chess board. Add portals. Now you have Portal Chess. The concept is fairly straightforward. Each side has their own portal, which they can move one step in any direction. Going through a portal means your piece’s particular style of movement continues through your opponent’s portal. There are a couple of other details and…
By Tina Amini
