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Rock Options (Guitar Hero and Rock Band)

August 23, 2007 by Dave

It wasn’t all that long ago that if you wanted to play a rhythm game, your option was to play Dance Dance Revolution and all the neighbor-disturbing fake-dancing silliness that it implies. There were other entries that hit mainstream- Donkey Konga and Karoke Revolution come to mind, but none of them hit hard enough to […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Video Games

Game Carnival (If Only It Had Funnel Cake)

August 22, 2007 by Dave

Yehuda has posted the newest Game Carnival, which includes two of my Critical Threat articles. It also contains a number of other articles about games, from a few theory articles to some video game reviews. I haven’t gone through all of them yet, but already I’m digging an article by Corvus that I missed when […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Reviews, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

Doritos Contest: Total Joke

August 22, 2007 by Dave

Wired has a funny article up about the winners of a recent contest sponsored by Doritos to pitch games for Xbox Live Arcade. The kind of games selected are hilarious by themselves, but the article goes the extra distance of mocking them. A friend of mine entered a few ideas into the contest, mistaking it […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Video Games

Inquisition of the Week: YouTube Tuesday

August 13, 2007 by Dave

Last week, with vacation on the brain, Bartoneus asked how you like to spend your vacation time. Most of you said that you would hibernate, which I suppose is cheaper than all the other options, unless you mean actually go somewhere to hibernate. Second place went to those of you who love roller coasters and […]

Filed Under: Comics, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

A Compedium of Critical Threat Worthy Posts 8/10/7

August 10, 2007 by Dave

Here’s a few articles that I’ve been reading over the past few weeks that I highly recommend for any of you in the field of thinking about games or even just those with an interest in games.

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

Nerd News Update 8/8/07

August 8, 2007 by Bartoneus

There is a Warcraft Movie Blog, and it has some psuedo-news gathered through what I assume was some form of scrying or dark ritual performed at Blizzcon.  Today at BlizzCon 2007 we have heard our first solid and interesting information with regards to the Warcraft, or to some, the World of Warcraft Movie. This movie […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Video Games

Inq. of the Week: Vacation

August 6, 2007 by Bartoneus

Last week’s awesome list of announcements from Comic-con definitely got me excited, and it looks like the announcement of new Futurama episodes is what gets the most of you going as well.  The Dark Knight teaser was great to listen to but lacking in any sort of visual content other then the logo, and I […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Inquisition of the Week: Ridiculous Critiques

July 2, 2007 by Dave

As I write this, the results of last week’s poll are still in the air. Calling it now means that most of you said that you will see “more than meets the eye” on opening night, just narrowly edging out those who will wait for the following weekend. I’m very surprised to see so few […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Flog the Horse Once More

July 1, 2007 by Bartoneus

So apparently the back of my head made it onto Kotaku, from the auditorium at the Fallout 3 Press Event: Is this a benevolence beyond all recognition, or is it an evil that will never wash off?

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

Fallout 3: Developer Q & A with the Press (Part 2)

July 1, 2007 by Bartoneus

(Continued from Part 1- be sure to have read that first!) Q: Will there be character titles that you gain from certain actions / quests? (Like “Destroyer of Worlds”) A: Yes, there will be titles related to your level and your alignment on the sliding scale of Karma/Reputation. Q: How is the AI different from […]

Filed Under: Interviews, News, Video Games

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