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Archives for 2006

YouTube of the Week: Pink Floyd's Frickin' Laser Edition

October 17, 2006 by Dave

(Awesome animation of famous album covers battling it out. Truly some Critical Hits in there. Let’s hope that we can keep doing this feature, even though it’s about to become GooTube)

Filed Under: Music, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Nostalgia Reigns

October 16, 2006 by Bartoneus

Spawning from last week’s question about movies and their use of intellectual properties comes a controversial thread on how we should view and criticise older games.  Their graphics suck, the gameplay is elementary, story and characterization are practically non-existant, these games suck!  At least that’s what some people think, other feel that we should look […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Wii Sparks More Hype Than Anticipated

October 15, 2006 by drscotto

On Friday, October 13th, EBGames/Gamestop began accepting pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii. In a matter of minutes, they were no longer accepting pre-orders. The company issued a statement regarding the pre-order status of the Nintendo Wii, which can be read here. Now, I don’t know about you, but I was not expecting the Wii to […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

Batman: My Parents Are Dead (PVP Online)

October 15, 2006 by Dave

Our newest feature is something I call Webcomic Weekened. Every week we pick one Webcomic, and pick a particularly good comic or series from its archives. So we’ll showcase the best webcomics the internet has to offer by showing you the best its done (with a preference towards Critical Hits related topics.) Enjoy! We’ll start […]

Filed Under: Comics, Webcomic Weekend

Let's talk about Elegance, baby (Part 1)

October 13, 2006 by Dave

All games should strive to be elegant. All games should strive to be elegant. ALL GAMES SHOULD STRIVE TO BE ELEGANT. OK, so then what’s elegant, and why should games strive to be it? It’s a little complicated…

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats

When Things Get Nerfed, Angels Cry

October 13, 2006 by Bartoneus

Tons of blogs and sites rushed to cover the half-surprising / half-publicity seeking involvement of World of Warcraft in Southpark, and all quickly hurried to confirm that the Sword of a Thousand Truths was in fact a sword model found in the game but just happens to be a drop few will have for a […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

Anniversary LAN Party Bonanza!

October 12, 2006 by Bartoneus

We started Critical Hits over a year ago now for many reasons.  One of those reasons was to create a kind of community here where all of our friends, and even people we don’t know, could come to talk about the things that interest us most.  In an effort to further support these ideas, we held […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

How White and Nerdy Are You?

October 12, 2006 by Dave

How White and Nerdy Are You? And can anyone beat my 56% (without cheating) ? (and if you need a refresher, check out Weird Al’s video)

Filed Under: Music, Web Meme

I call it abstract with the influences of a 3 year old

October 11, 2006 by joshx0rfz

“Here’s this neat drawing tool” give the URL and then say “and here’s what we did with it” – The Game “Dude, I just want to show off the beholder with a rocket launcher and an axe” – josh The drawing is a collaborative effort between Sucilaria, joshx0rfz, and lastly Bartoneus. See if you can […]

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, Web Meme

YouTube of the Week: Holy Heisenberg Compensator, Batman Edition

October 10, 2006 by Dave

A two-parter (so far): Make sure to watch after the credits for a preview of the next part.

Filed Under: Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, YouTube Tuesday

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