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Realism != Immersability
It’s been around 3 months that I’m away from World of Warcraft. Not because I’m trying to give up my addiction or because I’m pissed with something Blizzard changed; the problem is that I don’t have a proper place to … Continue reading
First you don’t read; then you don’t know how to do math
Note: This is a WoW related post. If you don’t like MMOs, games, think Blizzard jumped the shark with the “Wrath of the Lich King” expansion, rage quit the game after a paladin killed you in one cooldown or simply … Continue reading
Every game has its trick
For some unexplainable reason, I decided to dig my DS from the old boxes and make it work again. No too hard, just recharge the batteries and we are ready to rock. One of the games I barely played before … Continue reading
Back to Basics Redux
I think I nailed why I thought Diablo 3 looked like an updated Dungeon Siege: It’s the jungle. The first level on Dungeon Siege is in a jungle and they look a little bit like each other. Other than that, … Continue reading
Back to Basics
On my teen years, when internet was something you could only use at uni (at 2400bps), I would spent my gaming time playing one of Blizzard’s first games: Diablo. I would play it over and over again, till I could … Continue reading
Lore vs (statistical) Data
As most of you already know, I’m playing World of Warcraft for a while. “For a while” means “time enough to create about 6 characters.” Anyway, this morning, playing with my Blood Elf, I got myself asking “what the hell … Continue reading
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Why Half-Life 2 failed
Portal. I’ll borrow the words of Ben Crosham and say that “If you don’t like it, you are stupid.” You can get dizzy, you can get movement sickness but you can’t get bored playing. It is fun and it is … Continue reading
Star Trek: Tactical Assault (PSP)
I would really like to get my “trekker” badge, but I can’t stand the original series. Anything after that is something I really like (even the so hated “Enterprise”). So, when I saw that there was a “Star Trek” game … Continue reading
My 18 year old quest
When I was 12, I got a Hotbit from my parents. Later, I bought a diskette drive for it and got a shoe box full of disks with games. Between those disks, there was “Nemesis”. I was not good at … Continue reading
Funniest Hero quote
The day my father Odin banished me from Asgard, I was bitten by a vampire and had radioactive waste dumped into my eyes. To make matters worse, my mutant ability to control weather activated just as a I was hit … Continue reading