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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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He kindly stopped for me
This post is in dedication to the brave and often terrified individuals I have known who are living with or passed on due to AIDS related complications: My mother had many gay friends. From stories, I have learned many of … Continue reading
Tagged engagement
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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
Thou dost not protest
Dan Golding of Subject Navigator brought up a point that has played back in my mind quite frequently over the last four years (the amount of time I have been a vegetarian). Being a vegetarian opened up my eyes to … Continue reading
Birth of a role
This will likely be my last Fallout 3 post for a while. I want to share a series of impressions, then enjoy and chew on the game, to return when a more fruitful discussion can develop. Spoilers are not really … 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
Post Mortem: The Darkness
There will be no specific bent to this entry, be warned. Instead, consider this my ‘review’ of The Darkness, which I completed early last week; you might also consider it a ‘debriefing.’ I’ve now had time to sit back, read … Continue reading
Tagged difficulty, engagement, performance, review
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Survival of the Grotesque
What do you get when you combine the following elements: Cliff Steele, a man who had a race car accident and woke up with his brain transplanted into a metal body; Crazy Jane, a woman suffering from sixty-four multiple personalities, … Continue reading
Tagged Cap'n Perkins, difficulty, engagement
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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
Between You and I
What is the purpose of dialogue? Generally, we use it to convey information on some level, to exchange ideas and advance one topic or a range of topics. Of course, this does not happen all the time; any time two … 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
Vorpal Bunny Ranch 