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Carcasonne IOS App Finally Updated
Rivers, beautiful rivers. Words cannot express my joy with the new carcasonne tile sets. Behold! There are also double meeple tokens, new ways to score roads and cities and more tiles. A couple of test games showed that they make it much harder to block a city by creating a non-playable space. The supplements do [...]
Paper vs. Pixels. Part 4: Cannibalism, Incest and Pedophilia. One game.
Previously, I got talking about the plots in electronic games, and how they can be simplistic, amateurish, and mediocre. I could even call many of them lethargic. One of the clear ways you can determine this involves watching the many video game movie adaptations that had been made…if you can. Ask yourself, if “this” game [...]
Paper vs. Pixels. Part 3: You Call That a Story?
I’ve preached until blue in the face that I require good and/or immersive stories in order to enjoy a game. Although I’ve occasionally found myself hooked in by the preposterously ludicrous fun that is Plants vs. Zombies, the games I spend $50+ dollars on should have an objective that I wish to achieve rather than [...]
Paper vs. Pixels. Part 2: Mass Effect is a Dirty Whore
This is a bizarre time we live in, where gamers praise if not outright command open world settings in which to explore. It’s one aspect of digital gaming that paper gaming often does better. With the right GM, a group can go anywhere and do pretty much anything and still encounter an interesting story when [...]
Skulls of the Shogun!–Undead Samurai!
Undead and Samurai and two of my favorite things about the gaming life. Fearless Japanese warriors embody the heroic warrior class while undead are just…fun. Regardless, a video game is coming out that combines both into one amusing package. “Skulls of the Shogun!” It is a video game, but the trailer struck me as clever [...]
Game Day Report – The Dragon Age RPG
I am in love! Maybe it is a Valentine’s hangover? Nope. Maybe it is the beautiful Arizona winters? Nah. Maybe it is puppies and kittens, unicorns and rainbows? Oh heavens no. It is sword and steel! It is blood and vengeance! It is the coming of the Blight! It is the Dragon Age Roleplaying game! [...]
Duty Calls: Amazing Call of Duty Parody
I normally do not post about video games, but this one is justifies the post with its scathing satire on “Call of Duty.” “Duty Calls” is a parody game put together by EA as a great marketing gimmick for their new game “Bulletstorm.” “Duty Call” gives those oh so serious “Call of Duty” players the [...]
Review: Dragon Age: Origins – The Best Video Game RPG EVER!
So….. Where shall I start with Dragon Age: Origins, the latest video game by BioWare. I started playing this game last week, when it first came out. Trask asked me for a review, and I whole-heartedly agreed. Unfortunately, I got so addicted to this game, that I couldn’t break free to write it until now [...]
Beyond Protocol Launches on November 21st
“Beyond Protocol,” an interesting MMORTS game I wrote about previously, releases next week. Just an FYI for those that actually play games on computers occasionally, instead of tabletops. ;-) Trask, The Last Tyromancer