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Bowser is simply misunderstood

I think villains get a bad rap. They are often blamed for the destruction of anything from a small town to the entire universe. They are constantly being attacked by would-be heroes who are out to make a name for

Why should gamers care about National Novel Writing Month?

There's still about 2 weeks left of National Novel Writing Month (or “NaNoWriMo”). What does that mean for you? You’re a gamer. You probably ignore those things that the nerds talk about (they’re called “books”). Why would you want to passively …

Blindside: Taking the video out of the game

 

Aaron Rasmussen and Michael T. Astolfi are trying to take the video out of the game. With their project, Blindside, they aim to create an audio adventure to rival that of any text or visual one.

Inspired by the …

Sympathy for the Devil: fal’Cie

 

Let me warn you of something right now: I’m writing about a moving target. There is a very real chance that anything I write here will either be confirmed or completely useless once Final Fantasy XIII-2 comes out. That

Sympathy for the Devil: Ultimecia

 

Before I get too far, I should warn you that I will be spoiling most major story points in Final Fantasy VIII. If you have not played the game, I suggest you stop reading immediately. Okay. Still here? …

Sympathy for the Devil: Metroids

 

Can creatures be evil? Can they have malicious intent and a will toward domination? Or are they just the tools of others? Welcome back to ‘Sympathy for the Devil’. This time: Metroids

 

 

Have you ever wondered why

Sympathy for the Devil: Ganondorf

 

What is evil? What if some actions help one group of people but harm another? If you had the power and will to promote your downtrodden people from obscurity to a place of prominence, would you do it? 

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Meet the Mob: Dan Cox

 

Hi! I guess I should have started with one of these posts, eh? Well, here it is!

If I were to boil down my personality into a few words, they would be the following: frequently obsessive and sometimes neurotic. …

Does a Prince of Persia game need a story?

 

What do I want from a Prince of Persia game? That's the question I came up with from playing the two latest games, Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, back to back over the …