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  • Playing with Magic in Video Games

    Playing with Magic in Video Games

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    Any time a video game lets me play with magic, I take it. When given character class options, I almost always go with mage… or the sci-fi equivalent.

  • My Personal Video Game Awards, Pt. 1

    My Personal Video Game Awards, Pt. 1

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    At the end of the year, I like to do a wrap-up post of all my favorite things from video games that came out that year. It’s not a top 10 list of games, it’s to talk about what different games did best — like which game had the best combat, which had the most…

  • What Comes First: The Story or the Open World?

    What Comes First: The Story or the Open World?

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    Video games seem a little infatuated with open world design these days. You get a great open world game like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and suddenly everybody wants to show off how engines can now produce gorgeous, sweeping, detailed landscapes with no (or very few) loading screens. It’s like an epidemic. I mean, I’m…