Category: Games

Lookout, Hollywood — GTA V makes $800 million in 24 hours

Lookout, Hollywood — GTA V makes $800 million in 24 hours

| September 18, 2013 | Reply

Over the past decade, I have found it interesting that Hollywood continues to be portrayed as a glamorous, serious business, while the video game industry is seen as a haven for nerds at best, and a cause of real-life violence at worst. What that overlooks is that the video game industry is more lucrative than […]

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“Dishonored DLC: The Knife of Dunwall” — a brief review w/spoilers

“Dishonored DLC: The Knife of Dunwall” — a brief review w/spoilers

| April 21, 2013 | Reply

“Dishonored” (2012) is one of my favorite games in quite some time. I haven’t put as many hours into it as I have into, say, “Endless Space” or “XCOM: Enemy Unknown”, but it has a moral resonance, stealth flavor, and a multipath openness that’s refreshing, particularly when compared to “Tomb Raider” (2013). I’ve played the […]

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Tomb Raider 2003: A no-longer-brief (and now final) review w/spoilers [UPDATED]

Tomb Raider 2003: A no-longer-brief (and now final) review w/spoilers [UPDATED]

| March 6, 2013 | Reply

[UPDATED AND REVISED 03/08/13 1423 MST] I completed Tomb Raider last night; while I did use walkthroughs for a few segments (without shame, I might add), I mostly did it on my own. Total playing time was a bit over 20 hours. Even though — as I note below — there are some aspects to […]

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<i>Endless Space</i> from Amplitude Studios — a review

Endless Space from Amplitude Studios — a review

| July 6, 2012 | Reply

[Since this page gets landed on a lot, I should note that Endless Space was not only released shortly after this review was written, but has had quite a few upgrades since then, as well as at least one expansion pack. I still highly recommend it.] I have been playing computer games off and on […]

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This could almost be a “SunDog” music video

This could almost be a “SunDog” music video

| June 11, 2010 | Reply

SunDog was the Apple II computer game (later ported to the Atari ST) that Wayne Holder and I (with others) did at FTL Games some 25+ years ago.  This video looks as though it came right out of the game. ..bruce w..

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Ah, if Dante were only alive today

Ah, if Dante were only alive today

| February 2, 2010 | Reply

I must confess affection for a video game ad that starts by quoting the opening lines of “The Inferno” by Dante — and then segues into into battle sequences that look like a cross between “God of War” and “Left 4 Dead”. ..bruce w..

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Monday yawns

Monday yawns

| April 6, 2009 | 1 Reply

MORNING LINKS — get ’em while they’re fresh ITEM:  “Should war be a game?“ is the fatuous subhead of the day, from an article talking about a new videogame recreating the battle for Fallujah (Iraq). The reporter shows no awareness that wargames have been around for centuries and that most of them do indeed “use […]

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Saturday matinee

Saturday matinee

| March 28, 2009 | Reply

MORNING LINKS (Gotta post!) ITEM: Hey, “Earth Hour” is tonight, another blip of self-congratulatory, feel-good environmental idiocy and irrelevance. Here’s how I think we should really celebrate Earth Hour (from Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle; and if you haven’t read it lately, why the hell not?): Be the First In Your Block […]

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Why video games matter

Why video games matter

| February 26, 2009 | Reply

They prepare us for that which is to come: Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse? Heh.  ..bruce w..

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And speaking of scary…

And speaking of scary…

| June 9, 2008 | Reply

…the Onion plays with all our minds: ‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ Heh. ..bruce w..

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