Here is the bear-centric Valentine's Day card ; warning, it's got a bit of blood (it's an illustration, and nothing too graphic, but it's there), but I thought it was entertaining.
Word on the street is that it's Valentine's Day, and being that I'm just such a festive person, I'm already wearing a red t-shirt with a white long-sleeve shirt because today is the day of love, romance, infatuation, eating chocolate, and doing lovey-dovey things for the person you love the mostest in the world. So, in the spirit of the holiday, I'll be giving little Hobbes an abundance of Pounce throughout the course of the d
Somebody needs to start paying me too. I guess I'll get second place in line, since you already claimed first. I don't think I ever really realized just how much "cross-pollination" took place whenever the forum bit was checked. I'm not a big fan of forums in general, so I never really checked them out to find out that this was, in fact, posted in a forum. The option to place these in forums is generally checked by defaul
I think it's safe to say that this is the first time I've ever been called a shill. And if I'm a shill, then I certainly am a shill that writes a lot about games, my personal life, and trips to internship interviews at Stardock. I'm quite certain I've written about a date or two in the past as well. Man, am I a failed shill or what? And wow, do I ever wish I was paid by the word for these. Even if it was just a penny a word, I'd be sittin' at a comfortable 8-12 bucks per article. Anyo
Over the course of the last week I have become quite infatuated with the popular RTS released early 2005 (or was it late 2004?), Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War . Dawn of War is set in the futuristic version of the pen-and-paper universe (there's also a fantasy version of the franchise, which also has a <a href="ht
That's pretty much what I was going for.
Making fun of Derek Smart is really just a hobby.
At the moment, all I can really say is that I'm really quite glad that the list is finally done. I've gotten some really awesome feedback and comments from a number of people, and for the record, if you'd like to reproduce the list on whatever site you may currently be running, knock yourself out. As I've said to others, the only thing that may anger me is if you replaced my name on the articles with " De
Knowing how fun the early beta was (before the ships even had textures), I can't wait to play the final version. I purposely held off on playing much of the early beta, so this is going to be a pretty awesome surprise, and I have no doubt it'll surpass the original in every way thinkable. Congrats on finishing it, Brad (as well as everyone else)! Take a very well-deserved vacation!
Yeah, I forgot about that, but the time limited games in Civilization 4 are, without a doubt, the most annoying thing in the game. But, keep in mind that I believe Firaxis stated that their next project would be a sequel to Alpha Centauri. Yay! Plus, hell, Galactic Civilizations is coming out soon as well. Yay*2!
Okay, hopefully all the links here will work now.
Yeah, the one thing I really wish Civilization 4 had in it was the ability to customize units in the way that you could in Alpha Centauri. The problem with this, as I've heard it, is simply that you can't create "new" units in a history-driven game. There'd just be something inherently wrong with, for instance, taking in a heavily-customized tank into battle against a three-headed horse with a cannon built into each forehead. To compensate for the lack of unit creation in Civ 4, the makers inste
Awesome article, Koop. It's hard to believe how fast time goes by, even for a little 'un like myself! Just spending a total of an hour so at the (old?) office really helped me get a feel for just how cool of a place Stardock is, as well as all the people that I met there. Truly a fantastic place to work, to be sure. And here's to many more to come!
My Top Ten Games of 2005 list started on a whim on a bleak afternoon on January 3, 2006. I thought, hey, I like to write and I sure have played a ton of games so I might as well contribute to the gaming society by writing a top ten list. Yeah, that would be fun. I also like ranting about nothing, so I'll just make every article a few pages long, with most of the text not even directly relating to the game at hand. So, I did. And it took me over thirty-two days before I was finally even able to w
And, now, we've finally arrived at this. The last article in this infamous top ten list -- sure, people had their doubts about it. Sure, people said it would never end. Sure, people hate it more than they do than the revelation that they woke up after a rough night in a bed shared with the creature from the dark lagoon, but that's all behind us now. Except the lagoon thing -- that still haunts my nights. Resident Evil 4 -- Published and Developed By: Capco
Hmmm. I always liked Alpha Centauri due to how original the actual aspects of the game were. The developers didn't have to heed any necessary aspects of history, they could just make up cool stuff, let the player make their own units, and not have to worry about historical accuracy ever entering the picture. That was the coolest aspect of the game, everything was new and cool . That said, though, I would definitely say that Civilization 4 has more refined</i
Alright, alright, yeah, yeah, my list is the new and fair more unknown Duke Nukem Forever. There, I made the obvious joke. Burn in hell. Civilization 4 -- Publisher: 2K Games, Developer: Firaxis Anyone who's anyone knew that Civilization 4 was going to end up on this list. The only question was whether or not it would take the number one spot -- and, just for the record, it didn't. It was
Okay, at this point in time I've resolved to finish up that damn Top Ten list on Thursday and Friday night later this week. I simply don't have the time to do it any of the other nights this week, and currently I just don't have the desire to do it. Though, you do have my promise, barring any sort of illness which prevents me from standing, or simply a better way to spend my time, that list will have its penultimate posted Thursday night/Friday morning and the finale will be posted on Friday nig
I do apologize for my continued procrastination on that silly top-ten list. Honestly, I'll get around to finishing it eventually but as for now I'm on this relaxation kick where I want to get back from class, go running for a while, maybe lift a few ridiculously miniscule weights, come back, do some necessary homework, and then... Relax . You'd think the idea that there are only two more game articles for me to flesh out would make the idea of finishing it a lot more appealing, but
I'm going to try and finish up that damn list soon-ish, but given my current schooling situation , I'm finding it a bit hard to write a semi "professional" (haha) article. Though things should cool down a bit later this week, so hopefully Thursday and Friday/Saturday will lead me in the direction of articles #2 and #1. Until then, though, it's just emo blog-boy back on the scene . School has been kind of a painful mistress lately. And not just any painful mistress, no sir,
I could have a nice, long introduction for this game, but I really don't have anything prepared. I did see a bat in the gym today, though. That was kind of neat. I had all sorts of Batman quotes that I wanted to share with the little guy, but he seemed scared -- it's okay, I get that a lot. God of War -- Published and Developed By: Sony Computer Entertainment It should come as no surprise that this game, which had spent a nice chunk of its time in deve
Yes, yes, I'm only six days late on this. And it'll probably be significantly shorter than the previous ones, but, hey. Gift horse, baby. Guild Wars -- Publisher: NCSoft, Developer: ArenaNet Back in the days of yore, when MMORPG gamers were regarded with a kind of label best defined as "Oh my God, I can't believe you're paying extra -per-month to play a silly number game -- nerd," there were a select few MMORPGs that were actually worth paying
I don't generally post this kind of stuff here, but since I've been hearing talk of the likes that my top ten list will never be finished, I thought I'd mirror this particular blog entry here. I have a habit of writing completely nonsensical entries where I simply ramble, ramble, and ramble some more until I feel content that I've written enough to satisfy my readers. Consider yourself informed, and enjoy the rambling. This blog title (and the corresponding subtitle) are both f
I saw an opossum today. I was just walking down the sidewalk and the little bugger just jumped out right in front of me -- I kid you not. At first I was just about to step on it, but that was the course of action when I thought it was a big trash bag that blew into the middle of the sidewalk. When I realized that the trash had eyes, which were oddly enough attached to a rodentish head, I realized that this wasn't just any trash bags. It was a trash bag that was starting me down. I
I absolutely agree -- the humor is part of what made this game great I wish every gamer alive could play Lungfishopolis, just to see that games can actually be quite laugh-out-loud highlarious . I serously have never laughed at anything quite as hard as I did throughout that entire level; there were definitely a number of other rofflecopter-esque laughter moments, but Lungfishopolis is part of what made the game great in my mind.
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