Wired’s Lore Sjoberg has taken the time to dissect online game forums. (Spotted at Broken Toys.) The real payoff is in the opening paragraph. If you play an online game that you enjoy, there’s one surefire way to spoil the experience: read the forums on the official site. There you will find a vast underworld […]

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In case you’re not tired of talking or reading about this yet, this month’s Escapist Magazine is all about games journalism. It has the expected bit on how blogs will/will not save the world and a round table that, naturally, goes round and round. I will isolate two quotes though. From Simon Carless of Gamasutra […]

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Some lists are less important than others. And Gamesradar’s list of Gaming’s Greatest Moments is useless to me because I’m not quite sure what a gaming moment is. Does a cutscene or intro movie count as a gaming moment? Apparently, because many (if not most) of the 101 moments are cinematics of one form or […]

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The first Medieval 2: Total War review is up at personal whipping boy Strategy Informer, and it’s glowing, naturally. It is a very descriptive review with only one major error (Princesses aren’t new, since they were in the first Medieval: Total War game. I’ll leave off any commentary on Mr. Priest’s writing. My copy should […]

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If it’s a December issue, you know it has a gift guide in it, full of things that I didn’t even know existed. Like IPod cradles. I mean, I knew they were out there, I just didn’t know they came in so many versions. The Goodfellow stuff is in good supply. My reviews of JTF: […]

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