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  • New Series on Pop GO… Because I’m Crazy About Puzzle Games

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    Starting this month, I’m writing a new series over on geek/otaku website Population GO called “Puzzles and Pastries.” It’s devoted to puzzle games (and puzzle platformers) that you can download from Steam or on your smartphone or handheld consoles. Ideally, most games will be fairly inexpensive and fun to breeze through on a weekend morning.…

  • Combat v. Story in RPGs

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    At the end of most weeks, few things satisfy me more than forgetting the rest of the world for a few hours while I play a video game. Some gamers like to click their troubles away with nearly non-stop combat. Others — myself included — want to unravel a story. A good story makes a…