Year: 2010
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Some role-playing games are designed from the ground up to be as accessible as possible. It might be their intent in doing this is to appeal to an audience that is new to the genre, or maybe their focus is to impart a feeling awesome power to the player. Some RPGs are for everyone. Breath…
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For me one of the most compelling reasons to purchase a PlayStation 3 was that I really enjoyed role-playing games, and (in early 2008) I assumed that it was only a matter of time until Sony would carry on their dominance in this particular genre from the PS2 era into the foreseeable future. And while…
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For me, there are no video games that are more addictive than those belonging to the tower defense genre. My obsession began when I heard (if memory serves… from the classic 1UP Yours podcast of days past) about a free flash game called Desktop Tower Defense, from which the genre gets its name. After spending…
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Several years ago, while pretending to listen to a lecture on software systems analysis and design, I with my trusty Gameboy Advance in hand bested the final boss of Final Fantasy I. I immediately started playing Final Fantasy II, and this turned out to be a grave mistake in two respects.