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Review: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing was one of those diamond in the rough games that came out of nowhere to surprise me with its quality. It may not have been terribly original or offered a lot in...
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TSW: Konnichiwa, Tokyo
I’ve learned not to take any release dates for The Secret World as gospel until you’re playing the new content, but currently, Issue #9: The Black Signal, otherwise known as Tokyo, is slated to be...
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TSW and Defiance: Entering Tokyo and Starting Over + New Article
The Secret World: Tokyo Summer It’s finally here. Tokyo in The Secret World is one of those things that we spent so long waiting for it almost seemed more myth than reality. It might not be quite in...
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Defiance: Further Thoughts
In my last post, I talked about my return to Defiance after briefly trying it once before, but I didn’t have space to get properly in-depth, so I thought I’d do a follow-up. It’s not a great game, but...
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Review: Defiance, “The Opposite of Hallejulah” + Steam Summer Sale...
Another Steam sale is upon us, my friends, and the wallets of PC gamers everywhere quake in terror. With so many deals on offer, it might be hard to know what to look for. I’ve got you covered, though,...
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Thoughts on Bioshock: Infinite
One of my purchases on this year’s Steam sale was Bioshock: Infinite, and as of yesterday, I’ve reached the utterly bizarre ending. I thought of doing a proper review, but it didn’t seem necessary....
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TSW’s Second Anniversary + Review: The Chaoswar Saga: A Crown Imperiled
As of today, The Secret World is two years old. Of course, that’s a great accomplishment for the game, but more importantly, it’s time for us all to drown in a sea of free loot. The Guardians of Gaia...
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Cheating on WoW: Guild Wars 2 Revisited
Ah, Guild Wars 2. There’s a game I have an odd history with. It was a rare case of my drinking the hype Kool Aid before launch. Once it finally did release, I hopped on the bandwagon immediately, and I...
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What I Still Like About WoW
Yes, it finally happened. After being away for the lion’s share of a year — by far my longest break to date — I have finally reactivated my subscription for World of Warcraft. I’ve always had a...
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WoW’s Subscriber Losses: Why Both the Haters and the Apologists Are Right
Well, here we are again. Blizzard has done their quarterly conference call and announced a massive drop in World of Warcraft’s subscription numbers. This time, it lost 800,000 subscribers, taking it...
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There Is No “One True MMO” + Warlords of Draenor Cinematic and Release Date
If you spend any time in the MMO community, you’ll know there’s a tremendous amount of bitterness and cynicism to be found among players. Part of this is undoubtedly just down to the usual Internet...
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Review: Defiance, “Bottom of the World” + Heroes of the Storm Alpha
Well, this was unexpected. After months of waiting and more or less giving up on being able to play Heroes of the Storm before the hypothetical open beta, imagine my surprise when a big cheery email in...
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Interview With The Secret World Writer Joshua Alan Doetsch
Recently, I had the great privilege to sit down and interview The Secret World’s lead writer, Joshua “Scrivnomancer” Alan Doetsch, for All Day, All Night, All In. As a big fan of TSW and its story, it...
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Heroes of the Storm Alpha Thoughts
I’ve been playing around with the technical alpha of Heroes of the Storm for a couple weeks now, so I thought it was time to put together my thoughts so far. For the most part, I’m enjoying it a lot,...
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WoW: Cloak Crazy
As of last night, I completed my third and final run through Wrathion’s quest chain in World of Warcraft, earning my rogue her legendary cloak. She follows in the footsteps of my warlock and my monk,...
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MMOs Have Group Content All Wrong
One of those unwritten rules of MMO design seems to be that group content should always be the most challenging content, and that the most challenging content should always be group content. There’s...
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BlizzCon 2014 Wishlist/Predictions + New Article
We’re now a little over a month away from this year’s BlizzCon, so now feels like a good time to go over my predictions for the convention’s reveals, as well as what I’m hoping to see. Warcraft: I...
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TSW: All-Seeing, All-Knowing
This weekend saw another repeat of the Gilded Rage event in The Secret World, bringing with it the usual double ability points and world bosses. As soon as it was announced, I knew my time had come. At...
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WoW: Patch 6.0.2 Thoughts
It’s finally here. At long last, the pre-expansion patch for Warlords of Draenor has arrived, signifying the first significant patch for World of Warcraft in over a year. It’s not really that big a...
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WoW: It Was a Good Day + Unconventional Game Heroes
Monday was a day of rather absurd good luck for me in WoW. I’m sure I’ve used up all my luck for months to come, and I’ll have nothing but bad drops and fail groups for the foreseeable future, but it...
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