Back in early June I was fortunate enough to attend the Fallout 3 Press Event at Bethesda Soft, where we got to see about an hour’s worth of game play and ask a whole lot of questions with Todd Howard, Emil Pagliarulo, and Pete Hines. Right off I would like to extend a huge thank […]
Lovecraft: Terrifying Beginnings
I’ve been familiarized with the entire Lovecraftian mythos over the last eight years, but oddly enough I’d never gotten to picking up any of his actual writing. Just last night I started into a collection of his stories and I am already greatly impressed. I was shocked to find out more about the man himself, […]
Inq. of the Week: Transformers?
When asked which Star Wars games you liked most, Knights of the Old Republic came out on top with 58% of the votes which is not entirely surprising but I was still a bit shocked as I had assumed one of the more classic games/series would pull ahead. The amazingly classic Tie-Fighter/X-Wing series came in second […]
A Comic Issue
Not too long ago The O lent me all of the Sin City graphic novels, as well as Wanted; I’ve read through the latter and half of the others so far and all they are doing is making me miss reading comic books every week. I stopped last November because it got to the point where […]
Inq. of the Week: Gamer Types?
Last week you all cast your votes in the quest to determine which TV show’s season finale was truly the best. Heroes came up with a whopping 55% of the votes, with Lost in second place at 24%. I didn’t actually see any of the season enders other than Lost’s, and I imagine this is […]
Why Do We Play Games Anyway?
Dave’s out of town this week, doing whatever it is that those “gamey” types of people do, and so I’m posting a (late) Critical Threat to keep the trend. Every week he discusses a new idea or concept that comes up to him about game design, playing board games, and living in the world of […]
Fallout 3 Teaser Trailer
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 […]
Mighty Adventures of Text
This started quite simply with the question, “What would Candyland look like as a text adventure?” Clearly it went a bit further than that, but as a game we’ve previously discussed as having no decisions what-so-ever and therefore not being a game, the concept is tantilizing. Is there a sole decision in Candyland, and is […]
Why You Should Be Excited for Starcraft 2
It’s not surprising at all that many people feel underwhelmed at Blizzard’s recent announcement of Starcraft II. Afterall, it was pretty well certain that they’d be announcing it – it was taking place at a show in Korea, where they were holding Starcraft tournaments – there were several “leaks” from within the company – and […]
Inq. of the Week: For Aiur!
We were really curious to see which movie-watching experience you would prefer, and not surprisingly the majority chose to watch an excellent movie (RotK) even though it involved getting punched repeatedly in the stomach (either hard or light, possibly causing internal bleeding, unless they’re delivered by DrScotto at which point your head will explode!) with […]
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