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The Omnibus

I always have topics for the Coin-Op that are simply too short to stretch out into an entire post. It’s really unfortunate, but I’ve found a way around that — the mystical, Internet omnibus. I decided that it was time to go over a few of my grievances and solutions. Price and Content Games are [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Free To Play Games.

With the advent of online gaming, and software sharing applications such as Steam, we are gaining a newer and greater modes of gameplay.  The most recent earth-shaking revelation has been ‘free to play’ gaming, or FTP.  Games of this nature follow the trail of microtransactions, a model by which you play the entirety of the [...]

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The Burnout Revenge Problem

The Burnout series has long been a favorite of mine; I adore the destruction physics and the cinematic perspective on street racing always given. I’ve loved it since the still-arduous-to-play Burnout and to this day I enjoy Burnout Paradise over and over again. But there remains on a near-perfect record of great games one giant [...]

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Horror From Beyond Time

If you’ve played any recent games touted as ‘survival horror’ you have almost definitely played Dead Space 2 or Resident Evil 5, or if you’re a big indie player you may have played Amnesia: The Dark Descent.  If you played either of the first two you’d understand that, while those games make you jump in [...]

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The Toss: Back to Basics

The players in the NBA are flashy and are always trying to be the ‘big play guy,’ but they seem to forget about the fundamentals of the game. For starters, the emergence of “the big three.” The most notable team is the Miami Heat, who now have a collection of some of the biggest names [...]

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Throwback: Love Stinks

Valentine’s Day brings out the best and the worst in people. The romantic become extra-gushy, and the cynics turn even more vile. I would classify myself as a cynic, proudly. I’m not a big fan of over-the-top cheesy love. But I do love music. So I threw together some songs for Cupid’s holiday. Being a [...]

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The Toss: The (Semi) Pro Bowl

It’s the end of the playoffs and now it’s time for the most important game of the year — the Pro Bowl. With its amazing rules like: not being able to even try to block any form of kick, no blitzing, no three-wide receiver sets and no motion on offensive plays the game is a [...]

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Throwback: The Zutons

The Zutons have been given the title of “the band that wants to be the Corals.” If you first listen to the Corals and then listen to the Zutons, you might agree with that statement. The Corals had huge commercial success in the early 2000’s; their 2003 album Magic and Medicine topped the UK album [...]

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