Tag: console gaming
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Vintage Gaming – Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Yes, another Koei game, actually I will cover the whole series of games, at least the ones I’ve played. Romance of the Three Kingdoms games are at their core turn based strategy games centered around the eponymous timeframe in Chinese history. You’ll remember that from my talk about Destiny of an Emperor. There have been…
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On Sequels
Reading some of the reviews and discussions out there on Dragon Age 2 got me to thinking – Did Bioware do a disservice to themselves by declaring this game a sequel? They call it a sequel on the game’s official site, and they put a ‘2’ after it, but it may have damaged the perception…
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Dragon Age 2 Demo Impressions
I played through one full run of the DA2 Demo (male rogue), and to be honest, it’s got me a little worried. The visuals are definitely different, probably better, but with the way combat jumps around so much it feels more like an older MMO. The powers recharge quickly, the action more frenetic (yes, I…
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Future Games I Want
Dragon Age 2. Still gotta try the demo, but really, I’m all over it.  (have it now, see my reviews) The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. My favorite characters in Morrowind and Oblivion were both Nords. Looks really, really cool. Portal 2. Please assume the party escort submission position. Batman:  Arkham City.  Sweet trailer, sounds like a…
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Old Game Tuesday – Uncharted Waters
This might be surprising, considering how much I love most other Sid Meier games, but I never got around to the original Pirates! game. I was deep into war games and looking at it, it just didn’t interest me. Another thing I found to be cool were Samurai (and by extension, ancient Japan), which led…
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Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, and the DLCs
I don’t think I ever officially review DA:O in this space (but I love it), but I thought that now that all the DLCs are out and the game is basically done, I’d take another look at the ‘story based’ addons.  SPOILERS ABOUND. First, in case you can’t tell, I love the game. Otherwise, I…
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Seeing Art
If you are like me, and you read Roger Ebert’s excellent Twitter feed and blog, you know he sometimes gets on a subject and won’t let go. Recently, one such topic has been how video games can’t be art. Now, video games are pretty close to my heart (as close as movies are to Mr.…
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Final Fantasy Turns 20
One of my favorite game series, Final Fantasy, just turned 20. 1up has several features on it this week, but I’m pressed for time so hit up this /. article for all the links.