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Rated NO for "No One Can Play"

June 28, 2007 by Dave

While many of the news outlets are running stories today about the Supreme Court decisions involving free speech, many of us are looking at related issues that run close to home. Manhunt 2 has been rated as AO by the ESRB, and both Sony and Nintendo responded that they weren’t going to have any AO […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

Free RPG Day is Saturday

June 23, 2007 by Dave

Just a reminder that Free RPG Day is today, June 23rd. Find your local game store, pickup some free adventures, and play on.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Inq. of the Week: May the Dice be with you

June 18, 2007 by Dave

Last week, we asked what kind of gamer you classified yourself as. The top pick was Explorer/Achiever with 9 votes… possibly because it was the most positive of all the options. I know that most of you like to talk smack and just won’t admit it. Second place was my pick, the Dysfunctional Game Designer, […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Comics, Critical Bits, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games

GLEEMAX

June 13, 2007 by Dave

Wizards of the Coast announced that they are working on a new online portal called Gleemax, both from an inside joke among the staff and (I assume) something that sounds vaguely like Google. Icv2 has the big interview with VP of Digital Games Randy Buehler, which explains what Gleemax will one day be. The site…will […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games, Video Games, Web Meme

Fallout 3 Teaser Trailer

June 6, 2007 by Bartoneus

I forgot to mention in my post earlier, but Bethsoft released the first teaser trailer for Fallout 3 yesterday.  Check it out or download it at the official Fallout 3 site.  While a lot of diehard fans of the series are really digging into this game without even seeing anything until now, I think this […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

We're back!

June 1, 2007 by Dave

Sorry for the downtime everyone- we became too popular! We’ll be sure this month to make sure we have plenty of bandwidth to last us, especially to accomodate all the new stuff we want to do… (mysterious!) We’ll try to fill in a few days worth of posts for the last week. The Inquisition of […]

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NerdNews Rundown

May 25, 2007 by drscotto

Despite being currently infatuated with the recent Pirates movie, I am bringing one final news rundown to you before I head out for the weekend.  As such, here is a pirate-free news report. He-Man Movie Planned Dark Horizons is reporting that Warner Brothers is planning a live action movie entitled “Masters of the Universe.”  The […]

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NerdNews Rundown

May 21, 2007 by drscotto

Hello fellow lovers of “NerdNews.” Here is the most interesting news surrounding the entertainment and technology industries to start the week. Get More of Jack Bauer… Online! Degree (yes, the deodorant) is sponsoring a website called DayZero. Beginning today, this website will feature a short flash animated adventure starring your favorite CTU operative and mine, […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Television, Video Games

2007 Spiel Des Jahres Nominations

May 21, 2007 by Dave

All of the above titles are being brought to the US by Rio Grande. I’ve played both Yspahan and Zooloreto, but neither particularly blew me away. Arkadia was described as “stock market tetris” to me, and Jenseits von Theben sounds a bit more “gamery.” And nobody seems to be gung-ho about Thief of Baghdad. There’s […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News

CH Exclusive Info: Blizzard's Big Announcement

May 18, 2007 by Dave

Despite rampant speculation otherwise, Critical Hits has obtained a screenshot of tomorrow’s update of Blizzard’s homepage which confirms that the big announcement will be a new property: Cowboycraft.

Filed Under: News, Video Games

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