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I’ve never much cared for Wil’s portrayal of Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. It just never clicked. But, I can’t deny that we share very similar, if not the exact same, views on gaming and how to appropriately handle them when it comes to children. Wil’s latest blog post [...]

With the latest poster child for anti-gaming coming out tomorrow, Grand Theft Auto IV, and the recent attempts to ban or further limit gaming to children in general you would think that people would ease back on the advertisement of the violence and sex shown in the game, even if it is a game intended [...]

I’m kind of sick and tired of Stan Lee. Not that I don’t agree that he has been an influence in the comic book industry, both good and bad, but is it really necessary for him to keep making more and more crud just for the money? First it was the two seasons [...]

Mark Methenitis posted a good response to the current legislation issues regarding video games.
This, of course, begs the question: Why games? There are a lot of theories about this particular issue, but I see it as a combination of factors: fear of new things, an easy target, unscrupulous politicians, and a largely uneducated public. Legislators [...]

I’m a veteran of more than a few MMORPGs and I’ve spent enough time with more than a few roleplaying game systems to know that archetypes really don’t work in today’s day and age. No matter how well structured you want to make your game, the people aren’t going to be happy with just [...]

Awesome, just plain awesome.
Bit of background for the uninitiated, these are just normal gamers who record players acting out as their characters in the MMORPG World of Warcraft. The MMOvie is a stab at parodying movies and other popular culture elements using World of Warcraft as the medium. A lot of the elements [...]

Found a well written and heartwarming article by Adam Rogers of The New York Times today. Not that there has been a lack articles appropriately extolling the impact that Gygax had on the gaming genre as a whole, but the article also came with a graphical representation of how much of what we have [...]

I’m a late comer to these guys and luckily discovered them on YouTube before I found out about their iTunes podcast (you can also download the HiRes video). If you’re big on podcasts, you can subscribe and get them on time on iTunes, but if you’re like me you’ll greatly enjoy the video display [...]

Before I get into the issues I have with Rogue Galaxy, let me just say that this is a great game. While the story is a bit adolescent at times (“I’m finally going into space!”), it’s still a good story and is presented with quality. The gameplay is fun and interesting, involving real-time [...]

So, haven’t been here since I got a nice migraine and a lovely eye thingy of some sort. Not much news to report other than the Cooper apologized and took back what she said about Mass Effect, even going so far as to agree that it was tamer than episodes from ‘Lost’.
A big score [...]