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Gaming Culture
Battlefield 3: Holy @#$%
It was a simpler time back in the late 70s, when I would sit next to my dad on our bright-yellow-corduroy couch and play video games on our state of the art Intellivision game console. We were the envy of the neighborhood. In between fierce dogfights and thrilling touchdowns, he would say to me, “you [...]
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Gaming Culture
FPS: Console vs PC
04.11.09 | Permalink | 42 CommentsThere are many different genres which exist in the gaming world today, but my personal favorite has been, and most likely always will be, the First Person Shooter. This genre has been around for almost four decades and has always been predominately geared towards the PC. With the advent of next generation console gaming, however, [...]
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Gaming Culture
Team Fortress 2: First Impressions
09.27.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsChaos……Mayhem……Carnage……..Fun! OK, I’ve played for 8.2 hours so far according to my steam page and I’m having a freaking blast. At first I was a little worried that the game was too simplified, but my fears were quickly squashed as I started to learn all the nuances of the game. Tactics, strategy, diversity, and team [...]
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Gaming Culture
Team Fortress 2 beta tonight!!
09.17.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsMy god, it’s about time. For those who have pre-ordered Valve’s The Orange Box, there will be a chance to play the beta starting tonight. I just happen to be one of those people. Yay! To tell you the truth though, I’m a little bit nervous. Some of us have been waiting for this sequel [...]
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Gaming Culture
id software now on Steam
Wow. Um,…wow. This is a pretty big leap forward for Steam and the digital distribution of games. Steam is a service created by Valve which allows you to buy and download full featured games right to your computer. And when I say full featured, I’m not talking about the deluxe version of Bejeweled. I’m talking [...]
