Games Archive
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Before the Storm, Episode 1: Awake
Posted on December 27, 2017 | No CommentsONE OF MY FAVORITE recent videogame surprises was 2015’s Life is Strange. I went into the five-episode adventure not expecting much, and was rewarded with an unexpectedly moving story of […] -
E3 2013: Monday’s Headlines
Posted on June 11, 2013 | No CommentsE3’s show floor officially opened Tuesday, but the traditional flood of headlines from the various press conferences was in full swing Monday. The buzz: New Console Pricing: PS4 $399, XB1 […] -
Mists of Pandaria: Into the Valley
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsI’VE BEEN TAKING IT SLOW with WoW: Mists of Pandaria, so I’ve only now finished the second high-level zone, Valley of the Four Winds. There’s an extremely familiar feel to […] -
Mists Of Pandaria: Entering the Jade Forest
Posted on September 27, 2012 | No CommentsAFTER SUCCESSFULLY getting the realm first for fishing when Mists of Pandaria opened this week, I hit the new continent of Pandaria to start my journey from level 85 to […] -
WoW: Angling For a Realm First
Posted on September 25, 2012 | No CommentsWHEN CATACLYSM LAUNCHED two years ago, I made a completely unplanned and half-assed attempt to get the achievement for being the first person on the server to max out their […] -
WoW v5.0: Rolling With The Changes
Posted on September 14, 2012 | No CommentsAS I OFTEN DO, I took a summer break from WoW, because I live in southern California and I’m a weird brand of geek who enjoys things like sunlight and […] -
Rock Band Blitz: I Like To Score
Posted on September 4, 2012 | No CommentsYOU MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED it was coming, but Harmonix released a new Rock Band game last week. Called Blitz, it’s an arcade game that ditches the plastic guitars and […] -
Diablo III: v1.0.4 and Hardcore 60
Posted on August 29, 2012 | No CommentsI WAS ORGINALLY going to write something about the recent slap fight between the ex-Blizzard North folks and the current Diablo III team (and I still might), but for now, […] -
TF2: “Mann vs. Machine†Mode Released
Posted on August 20, 2012 | No CommentsA FEW DAYS AGO, Valve released a free “Mann vs. Machine†update for Team Fortress 2, offering a new riff on the co-op/survival gametype. In MVM, a team of up […] -
E3 Loves L.A. Through 2015
Posted on July 30, 2012 | No CommentsTHE ESA ANNOUNCED TODAY that they’d signed an agreement to keep E3 in Los Angeles for the next three years, running through 2015. The news was met with the predictable […]