The Shapers Guild

The Shapers Guild is a new fan site and forums dedicated to the currently in beta game, Dawngate.  What makes it special is it is lore focused instead of just dry material.  Also, it is run by our good friend: Gaarawarr from WAR!  The...

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It's All About The Map

My ever changing side project, Stellar Fortune, is a multi-player sandbox game.  One of the core ideas behind it is to have meaningful exploration.  To accomplish this, I need a large game world for the players to be able to explore.  That...

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Metallica Pinball

I am a pinball fan, in fact I own a couple of pinball machines.  It has been a while since I added or changed my collection.  So I was quite surprised when I found out that Stern had made a new pinball machine, this time Metallica themed!  I...

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Frustration

I only remain happy playing games for a limited amount of times.  It eventually just leads towards me wanting to make my own game.  This weekend I reached that point.  It seems to be a never ending cycle.  I do work on making my own...

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A Crossroads

When it comes to strategy games, I'm a bit of a cheater.  Before major decisions I tend to make saves and will not hesitate to go back to them if it doesn't work out the way I wanted it to.  During my game of Europa Universalis 4 I've recently...

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Stratics Turns 16, And Brings Presents

The mother of all fansites, Stratics.com, is turning 16 this month.  As such, they are having a celebration.  Instead of bring them presents, they have some for all of us.  If you have any interest in MMO's, you'll want to check this out. It...

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Europa Universalis 4 Has Arrived

It has been at least a decade since the grand strategy game, Europa Universalis, was released.  Paradox is now on its fourth iteration of the product, and it just keeps getting better.  I had pre-ordered the game on Steam so I could get the...

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Galactic Starfighter

So it turns out I was somewhat wrong about BioWare's plan for the new space system.  In a previous post, I said that it would probably be released as a patch.  Instead, the space project is being released as a Digital Expansion.  It is...

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Time

Over the past few weeks, I have been finding myself with decreasing amounts of free time.  Part of this is due to my new real life job.  I want to make the most of that opportunity, so I tend to work later than I really need to.  Things...

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What Could Have Been

As a part of Mythic shutting down WAR,  Carrie Gouskos reflected a bit on WAR and revealed some interesting details.  Carrie was a Producer for WAR, one of many the game seemed to have over its lifetime.  I had to opportunity to meet her...

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Incredible

November is shaping up to be one heck of month.  Not only is the XBox One coming out, Egosoft's latest edition in the X series is also being released: X Rebirth.  If you are not familiar with the X series, think of it as a universe simulator...

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Riots Crazy Tournament Schedule

It's World Championship time in League of Legends.  They have run a pretty awesome tournament for it so far, except for one aspect: the schedule.   I love watching LoL, and do whenever I get a chance (especially on my Roku).  But there...

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SWTOR, see Rift's Subscriber Bonuses

Both Rift and SWTOR are free to play.  Their plans are wildly different though, specifically what subscribers get.  They can be broken down into two different philosophies, one where subscribers get everything they had before, the other where...

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