Random thoughts on recent happenings
sonictempest Starcraft II is out this week and I’m not buying it. I can’t believe I’m saying that, but I’m not. Part of it has to do with how I left…
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The King of Steam
It looks like EA has finally decided to set up shop on Steam. The most interesting part of this venture is that the Steam-purchased versions of their games will not…
Disappointment beckons
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/mirrors-edge-review.ars It looks like my worst fears about Mirror\’s Edge might have come true – great platforming mechanics hobbled by substandard level design. The best I can hope for is…
Razor sharp
A demo for Mirror\’s Edge hit PSN today, so I took it out for a spin. The demo consists of a tutorial level and what I assume is the first…
Convention Tales
I spent most of the day at PAX today, since I\’d never been to a gaming convention and there were a few games I wanted to check out. I actually…
A tale of two cities
I\’m a big fan of the SimCity games…or at least I was, until the two-pronged attack of SimCity DS and SimCity Societies made me retreat to the safe haven of…
Miracles do happen!
EA scales down copy protection for Mass Effect and Spore Angry people on the Internet actually caused change…I WA SHOCK!The new scheme still limits you to three installs, which is…
Beating the dead horse
I was hoping that I could write about something unrelated to gaming today…it\’s not like I\’m lacking for topics in any way. But then EA goes and pulls a stunt…