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Parallel Context: January 2015
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Thursday, January 29, 2015. It's Just One Wafer Thin Mint. You'd think that January would be a prime MMO gaming time. After all, in the Northern Hemisphere it's Winter, and you're not exactly going to be doing a lot of outside work when it's below freezing. Additionally, the high school (American) football season is long over, so my oldest doesn't need to go to marching band practices multiple times per week.*. But (You knew that was coming, right? It's a strange feeling, being in MMO limbo. You read oth...
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Parallel Context: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. Transgender game developer Rachel Bryk committed suicide. The other day after a steady stream of online harassment. I wish I could write something uplifting about this, but I can't. Not after what happened to Leela Alcorn. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Explain to me again how watching sports gets you fitter. The broadcast of Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN2 has been generating a bit of controversy. But of course, some people had to bitch. And The Mary Sue. There are games that qualify a...
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Parallel Context: May 2015
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Wildstar Going F2P Soon. This Autumn, actually, according to Massively OP. The real question for me is whether they waited too long to go F2P and save the franchise. That, I'm not sure of, but I'd be more than willing to check it out again when it does. Star Trek Online followed a similar trajectory but without the EA brand name behind it. Same with Rift and LOTRO. So, it can be done, and more importantly HAS been done before. Friday, May 22, 2015. How long do you think it'd be be...
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Parallel Context: Explain to me again how watching sports gets you fitter
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Explain to me again how watching sports gets you fitter. The broadcast of Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN2 has been generating a bit of controversy. But of course, some people had to bitch. You don't have to watch to get the gist of it. ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd doesn't like eSports, and he wants you to know that ESPN made a mistake (saying it mildly) by putting Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN2. Sportsgrid. And The Mary Sue. There are games that qualify as sports that make me raise my e...
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Parallel Context: August 2015
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Needless to say, game playing has taken a real back seat. I've kept up with some of the news, particularly the Wildstar F2P Beta. For some strange reason I never removed Wildstar from the main computer, even though I only tried out the original Beta. Perhaps it was me being cynical, but I figured that eventually the game would go F2P - after all, every other game not named EVE or WoW* * has- so why not wait it out? Wildstar should be no different. No, really. Yes, it's earli...
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Parallel Context: Soon....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. In a short time, this will be swamped. From GenCon's Facebook page. Unlike, say, San Diego Comic Con, Gen Con is all about the games. I know that some people have been around since yesterday, playing games and going to pre-Con parties, but Gen Con officially begins Thursday morning. Set up for Gen Con, and. Boardgame Geek/RPG Geek has their own streaming. Set up for Gen Con right here. Time to play the games. July 31, 2015 at 11:25:00 AM EDT. August 1, 2015 at 6:08:00 AM EDT.
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Parallel Context: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Teaching kids the basics of PvP since. oh. A month ago. For the past month, the most popular game on the Wii U has been Splatoon, Nintendo's answer to multiplayer PvP games. And, naturally, what our youngest got for her birthday was Splatoon. You're a kid now, you're a squid now.". Splatoon is the first new Nintendo property in what feels like ages, and it has been a big hit. The games may be a variation on area control PvP games, but they're still fun.*. Saturday, June 27, 2015.
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Parallel Context: November 2014
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Message, Spock? One of the best things that can happen in LOTRO is an impromptu concert in Bree:. Yes, the mini-Reds are in among the crowd. Five minutes after this screen shot, I had my answer. A troll came running into the midst of the concert, trying his best to disrupt it.*. I shook my head; I could only imagine what would happen if people tried to do this in a game where trolling is far more frequent. Oh wait, we do.
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Parallel Context: Legion-aires
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. So, the new WoW expac is called Legion, and will focus on the Burning Legion's massive invasion of Azeroth. After having seen the highlights (Illidan? I can only say one thing:. Why didn't they do this instead of Warlords of Draenor? It would have made a LOT more sense to tinker with a few things and keep a normal timeline rather than going Azeroth-2 like they did with Warlords. And they've got the Marvel and Star Wars properties to attract buyers of Disney Infinity as well.
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