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Timothy C. Best sometimes seems away with the fairies, but the truth of the matter is far more math-e-magical. With all the 3D-accelerated musings grinding around in his head, pixies are plum out of luck. He’s where we shake him and see what falls out.

PIXEL DUST

Hi, I'm an Annoying Mac Ad

Mon, 23 July 2007
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I'm watching a trailer for Die Hard 4.0 and I'm seeing a certain comic side-kick and thinking about some of his other work.

Stupid ads. Stupid Warren Cheswick (Justin Long) being all hip and unassuming and unthreating, and John Hodgman being brilliant as the scene-stealing dry as dust PC, who you can't help but like even as you wish him on your worst enemy.

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Play it the right way, dammit!

Mon, 30 Apr 2007
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I've noticed something: I'm a gameplay snob. It's come from watched a bunch of people play games recently. My girlfriend for one. She likes to methodically go around collecting things, getting maximum health for every encounter and using the weapons that let her hide as much as possible. Me, I think that games should fly close to the wind. Save those potions, go into the battle a little hurt if it keeps your momentum up, get up and in the face of the guy you're fighting, score style points – live it up with a swashbuckling abandon. These things are meant to be fun and adventurous, for the love of Job.

PIXEL DUST

Why People who Say Games Used to be Better Need Hypnotherapy

Thurs, 19 Apr 2007
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Memory cheats and lies, and we slip it a fiver to do it. Can anyone really back up the claim that games used to be better?Sure, you can have a dog of a year, but do people really think that, universally, game developers actually get more stupid? Have we all missed the lead pipes in our empire?

I refute said claims and have an entire entertainment system to help me do it.

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All that Glitters

Sat, 12 Apr 2007
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When I was at the 2K offices getting a sneak peek at Shivering Isles a few weeks ago I came to a stunning realisation: roleplaying games have evolved. They are not the same beasts that used to cuddle up besides the old-school point-and-click adventures.

I only realised this liberating thought after I came to the conclusion I didn't have the time, in my limited play session, to do things “properly”. Of course, by properly I mean carting everything within visual range back to base camp to offload on some very long-suffering merchant.

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Can We Keep Him, Huh?

Sat, 07 Apr 2007
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If you've taken a spin around the web you might have seen the video footage of Peter Molyneux's presentations on Fable 2. The game looks great, but the real kicker comes with a waggly tail. A dog.