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Why Use Two When One Will Do?

Mon, 7 August 2006
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: The Fourth Wall | thanks: That funny little button on the side of my G7

How very apt that Tim's most recent blog makes mention of Relic's Dawn of War. I say apt because it is both this game and their upcoming WWII RTS, Company of Heroes, that have inspired today post though probably not in a fashion you would expect.

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Naughty Games

Fri, 4 August 2006
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: C'mon. Give us an R rating! | thanks: The writers of the Australian Constitution for having the forethought to not put in a bill of rights. No, I'm not being sarcastic.

The law versus gaming debate has always amused me. As a gamer I feel duty bound to protest against people like Jack Thompson and his irrational arguments regarding the impact of video games on people ("Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hit man or a video gamer" says Thompson) and cheer when another law attempting to restrict the sale of video games gets struck down. It is a blind faith thing; video games are inherently good and therefore anything which attempts to restrict them is something draconian we must oppose. Somewhere along the line, though, we really do need to sit down and ask; exactly what are speaking out against?

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Bad Graphics Whore!

Wed, 2 August 2006
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I like to think of myself as one of those gamers who proclaim that, like love, gameplay conquers all. There are a lot of older games I still play regardless of their crude graphics. I mentioned in my last blog that I have been playing Anachronox. Even when the game came out it wasn't particularly pretty. By the time I got to playing it a month or so back it was borderline ugly. Nonetheless I have enjoyed it and many other titles regardless of their graphical prowess. Last night though, I was forced to confront an uncomfortable truth… I do have a bit of the graphics whore in me.

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MMO Guilt

Tue, 1 August 2006
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There must be some form of MMO gene. As I sit here writing this blog I note my Xfire friends list is filled with people playing World of Warcraft yet, despite having made some fairly quick progress on my return to Azeroth earlier this year, I don't feel compelled to load her up. If there is such a gene I am becoming increasingly convinced it isn't a part of my make up.

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Out with the old and in with...

Mon, 31 July 2006
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: Paris Hilton at E3 getting the name of her own game wrong. | thanks: My housemate for joining me in a marathon bakeoff on Sunday. Mine fridge is stuffen.

It is probably the biggest piece of news to hit the gaming scene recently; E3 as we know it is over. Well perhaps not over, none of the usual suspect news sources appear to be able to come to an agreement on exactly what is going down but whatever the truth of matter turns out to be, E3 is going to change and despite an initial level of disappointment I say 'Hooray'.