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Minions on the Table

September 2, 2010 by Chris Sims

Monsters can lose a battle before it begins if they have bad tactical positions. This is even truer with minions. Even if we assume, narratively, that your minions have no way to know they’re little competition for the characters, the creatures have a reason to seize tactical advantages.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, borderlands, D&D, DM advice, dungeon master, encounter design, minion, monster, monster design

Review: Borderlands

May 5, 2010 by Mike Shea

Borderlands is a unique and rare game that, unlike many current games, pulls you in right away and never lets go. This Diablo-style first person shooter has all of the best elements of an action game and a loot-based roleplaying game packed with some beautiful artwork and enough content to keep you busy for fifty hours or more.

Filed Under: Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: borderlands

From Talking Heads to Downloadable Endings: Modern Console RPG Trends

February 11, 2010 by guest

Video games have been found to be such a tappable market for moneymaking that EA having a bad fiscal quarter affects the entire Dow Jones. It’s not a few guys in a basement anymore, its a CEO and boardroom environment now. The “suits” making the decisions on the games you play aren’t pushing the limitations of anyone’s imagination, instead they only care about how a game affects an earnings report. Because of this sad fact, there are too many questionable trends happening in gaming, and this year doesn’t forecast to be much different

Filed Under: Editorial, Video Games Tagged With: borderlands, chrono trigger, earthbound, fallout 3, final fantasy, final fantasy tactics, mass effect, mass effect 2, Rant, spore, sports games

Inq. of the Week: Video Game Playing, 2009

November 23, 2009 by Dave

Can I just say, there are a crazy amount of video games that have been released lately that I want to play?

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Video Games Tagged With: assassin's creed 2, borderlands, call of duty 2 modern warfare, dragon age origins, halo 3 odst, left 4 dead 2, lego rock band, new super mario bros. wii

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