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    Fallout 3 Bringing User-Generated Content via G.E.C.K.

    Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

    Well, it looks like I’m going to have to buy the PC version of Fallout 3 now. They just announced the upcoming release of their world-builder tools (amusingly called the “G.E.C.K.”, which any Fallout fan will recognize), along with three pieces of downloadable content that will be rolled out as 2009 progresses. While the game [...]

    Fallout 3 Impressions From PAX

    Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

    Fallout 3 is one of my most highly anticipated games this year. It’s got so much going for it: an immensely strong and unique setting pioneered by the first two excellent games combined with a company responsible for what’s arguably my favorite series ever (though I strongly preferred Morrowind to Oblivion). While my confidence in [...]

    Dragging at PAX 2008

    Friday, August 29th, 2008

    I’m sick as a dog right now — my fiancee brought home a nasty cold and infected me, and I was feeling miserable last night. This morning I felt a little better, so I got up and headed downtown to PAX to check out the floor and use my two hours of press time to [...]

    Classic Emulation: Missed Opportunities and Piracy

    Sunday, August 17th, 2008

    While thinking about the issues raised in my last post, I started thinking about emulators, specifically for systems that would now be considered “classic”: SNES, NES, and Sega Genesis. I first discovered emulators when I was 11, at my public library, while I was reading about Final Fantasy on fan sites. At the time, I [...]

    Game Piracy: An Open Discussion

    Sunday, August 17th, 2008

    Courtesy of Jay Barnson’s excellent indie RPG blog, I found this really interesting news item: Game designer and one-man indie outfit Cliff Harris of Positech Games (Kudos, Democracy, Rock Legend) opened a frank and honest discussion of why people pirate his games, and then blasted it all over the internet. Surprisingly, a ton of people [...]

    Passing Time Until Lich King

    Monday, August 11th, 2008

    The more I see about the upcoming changes to World of Warcraft, the more excited I get about Wrath of the Lich King. For all of my complaints about WoW, it’s still my favorite MMOG by a wide margin. Now that they’re bringing in some of the few UI mods I actually use into the [...]