After more than a decade away from the game, I’ve picked up playing Magic: the Gathering once again. 1 When I started playing around 1996, my nerdy-ass self had a great time collecting the cards and devising tactics. But my tiny allowance made it difficult to be competitive, and I grew frustrated after losing all [...]
I finally caved and got an Xbox 360 over the winter holiday, allowing me to delve into some of the great gaming I’ve been missing out on lately. Hearing about Left 4 Dead from a friend at work was one factor in the decision to get the console — it’s excellent, non-stop, zombie killing fun, [...]
The World of Warcraft Miniatures Deluxe Edition was released today! (San Francisco’s Gamescape was, once again, very accommodating and might be starting up a WoW Miniatures game day on Sundays.) The Deluxe Edition set comes with 6 random World of Warcraft miniatures, 6 character cards, 12 action bar cards, 12 ten-sided dice, 6 UBases (which [...]
I have, at various times, been a player of World of Warcraft, and more frequently, a avid fan of the rich game universe. Sure, Blizzard produces well-designed, balanced games. But they’ve also led the pack in creating strong characters and epic plot arcs that exemplify the gaming-as-storytelling function that makes certain games and game universes [...]