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A Few Good (Casual) Games

I love match three games and I am not ashamed to admit it. While I wait for Candy Crush to get off their butts and make more levels, I have been defaulting on my old favorite Bejeweled. I have been playing it for as long as I can remember (at least since my mid-EQ days!)Continue reading “A Few Good (Casual) Games”

Evil Candy Crush

Yes. King is a slimy kind of entrepreneur that does not care about fostering community and developing a relationship with their players. And don’t get me started on the whole trying to copyright the word Candy – which thankfully (as far as this article goes, has been retracted). And the whole game industry hates King,Continue reading “Evil Candy Crush”

Making room (again) for sociality in MMOG’s

A recent blog post over at TAG got me thinking about the role of down time in MMOG’s. Something a lot of (but not all) gamers complain about. It seems that if a game is not chalk full of action, it is often deemed boring or not very good. Over the years, MMOG’s seem toContinue reading “Making room (again) for sociality in MMOG’s”

Dragon Age 2: Taking a stand

This came to my attention today via a friend on facebook, and thought it was worth sharing. It is nice to know that change can (and does) happen. Worth the read – even if it hurts the eyes =) “Straight Male Gamer” told to ‘get over it’ by BioWare BioWare adopted a (sadly) very specialContinue reading “Dragon Age 2: Taking a stand”

You Don’t Know Jack

Was SOOOOO happy to hear that they were releasing YDKJ for Xbox – I used to have all the cd’s for my pc – OoOOo how I’ve missed the smart-ass comebacks when I got a question wrong.

New Addition to the Family

I recently purchased a PS3 to add to our console collection (currently, the family consists of an Xbox360, Wii, Ps2 & N64 … really regret giving our SNES up for adoption so many moons ago!). Of course, I could not simply purchase a console with nothing to play on it (it would get lonely thatContinue reading “New Addition to the Family”

Limbo

While I am supposed to be diligently (re)playing a few certain titles for my dissertation, unfortunately, the gaming world will not hold still for me, so I have been dabbling in other games for the sheer pleasure of it (I suppose this is necessary and related to some form of sanity maintenance or other…). AfterContinue reading “Limbo”

Summertime Fun: Making a Board Game

I really thought that I would get a lot of work done this summer. I have always been able to write while visiting my family for the summer on the east coast (Canada). For whatever reason, this summer I have not been able to write. At one point, I just had to accept it, andContinue reading “Summertime Fun: Making a Board Game”

Borderlands: Initial thoughts

Picked up Borderlands last night. A little late to the party of course, but at least we showed up! So, we pop it in, waiting for the ‘intro’ .. waiting … waiting… and then I pipe up with a “are we going to hear the story?” – and no sooner than those words were outContinue reading “Borderlands: Initial thoughts”

Revelation of the Day

Now I know why gamers have been relegated to playing in the basement… On such a sunny day outside, I have to close the curtains and turn on only one meager lamp for light in order to see where the heck I am going in the sewers of Mirror’s Edge – imagine if I wereContinue reading “Revelation of the Day”