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Tag: RPGs

  • How Much Freedom Should We Have in RPGs?

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    In role-playing video games — my favorite genre — having lots of freedom often means enjoying a more interesting, personal role-playing experience. Obviously, story and character development are important in RPGs, but freedom — or maybe something like customization, or more player control over in-game details — is what defines the RPG genre, in my opinion. Sometimes…

  • My First Horror Video Game!

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    This week I played Alan Wake. It was my first horror video game, and it freaked me the hell out. Before I pissed my way through it, I was looking forward to playing Aliens: Colonial Marines in the future because it looks so awesomely scary. But if Alan Wake made me sweat, I don’t know that I can handle a…

  • Star Wars 1313

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    Though I’m not the biggest Star Wars fan in the world, the upcoming LucasArts video game Star Wars 1313 is by far my most highly anticipated game of the next year or so. Words cannot express how excited I am about this game… but I’ll talk about it anyway. In the game, you’re a bounty hunter navigating the criminal underworld…