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Hi, my name is Denis. I originally started this blog over at Blogger in July 2008. I tend to write a lot about videogames, and have made various rounds of the web. Was formerly a staff writer for both GayGamer and The Border House. This blog serves to explicate my thoughts on any number of issues, not solely focused on videogames anymore (though they still make up the majority).Search:
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Sexually Transmitted Information
One of the charms of The Sims franchise is its ability to allow me to control much of its world and meaning. As I stated in my last post, this all does exist in a boundary and rules must apply, … Continue reading
Voluntary Insanity
Alcohol is pretty prevalent around the world. I recall being home during a heat wave in Europe and a German news station interviewing English people who were griping because there was a threat of low beer supply–as the weather grew … Continue reading
Endospore
I keep hoping that Spore is just in a gestation period in terms of my own interest. One day I’ll suddenly be struck with a ravening desire to load up its application, download a few patches, and tear into it … Continue reading
Tagged Emergent gameplay, Spore
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Seven for a secret never to be told.
In the past month I have invested over eighty hours in two games: Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead (the ratio is currently 3:1). While both certainly have their qualities that draw me in and make me enjoy playing the … Continue reading
Vote! Vote?
If you are an American citizen, I highly urge you to vote. While I can’t pretend to be without my bias in this particular election, I just believe it’s generally a good thing to exercise the rights you have. Don’t … Continue reading
The Repair Bill
The first game I can recall playing that had equipment with durability is Diablo. At the time, it annoyed me more often than not and I did not see it as trying to immerse me in the world by putting … Continue reading
Hush, little baby
It may be hard to believe, but I’m an opinionated person. Something with which I’ve always had difficulty is not saying certain things that come to my head–a trait I learned fairly early on when I first lived in the … Continue reading
So much depends on a red wheelbarrow
(Frank Stella’s Marriage of Reason) As I’ve mentioned, I’m replaying the Fallout series in anticipation of the third title, which (Amazon willing) will be on my doorstep the day it releases. It’s been at least six years since I last … Continue reading
A New Age of Gaming
When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one’s hands full just to be able to remove their trash. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I never completed Fallout 2. … Continue reading
Tagged acting, difficulty, Emergent gameplay, reward
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Night of the Living Gamer
The first evening Cap’n Perkins stayed with me, my friend Josh also came over and we all played Zombies!!! It was Perkins’s first time playing it with more than two players, and it had been so long since I played, … Continue reading
Tagged Cap'n Perkins, Emergent gameplay, review
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Vorpal Bunny Ranch 