2005
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My 2005 Game of the Year
My most satisfying game play experience of the year was Guild Wars. I bought the game because I wanted to play an online RPG and did not want the committment or expense of a monthly fee. An expected outcome of such a game is that the content would be mediocre.…
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WOW, Inevitability
Erm. Well. A friend made me an offer I found hard to refuse: Dear World of Warcraft Subscriber, It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since World of Warcraft first opened to adventurers. As a thank you for your loyalty, we’d like to present you with 3 special coupons…
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Group Success
Over the weekend, I grouped with a couple of random people on a long-ish mission in Guild Wars. Normally, I play with one of my guildmates (the Guild Officer), but her coursework, shoddy wireless network connection at her hall of residence, and other committments, as well as my own time…
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I Was 1337 Before I Even Knew It
This article is actually quite a balanced one on LARPing (though there are a few inaccuracies). Some quotes and my comments follow. LARPing, however, has always been the upper echelons of dorkdom, an activity considering by some as too geeky for even the geekiest of geeks. As I related previously,…
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Start: Guild Wars
I started playing Guild Wars last night with Dyannamika. The experience for me was mixed. I haven’t played many PC games before. Really, I’ve only played some point-and-click adventure games, some RTS games, an FPS (Doom 2)… That’s about it. So, this fucking “WASD” malarky was frustrating and relatively new…