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[Preview] Let’s Chill Out with Love+

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just want to play a game that’s more relaxing than challenging. At the end of a long week, or even a long weekend, I haven’t got the energy to endure through something like The Binding of Isaac or Star Wars: Dark Forces on Hard mode (where the difficulty lies in subtly respawning enemies, loads of booby traps, and trigger-happy Trandoshan bastards). Even all the bright, beautiful colors start to get to me [...]

[Rant] Online Gaming Just Isn’t the Same

Raised with a Nintendo controller in my hands, most of my experiences with gaming included a friend or one of my family members sitting side-by-side with me on the living room floor in front of the television set. I remember my brother and I waking up before the sun rose and playing Super Mario Bros. and feeling like everything was right with the world. To be honest, I don’t think I could have been much happier. With the spiking popularity [...]

[Featurama] Locked Out: A Dalliance With Offline Gaming

About a month ago, my cable and internet began behaving erratically. Two weeks ago, they ceased to function at all. No television, no Xbox Live, no Playstation Network; just a blinking red light above the word ‘Broadband’ on the modem. It wasn’t until a week ago that our services were restored. During that interruption, I was unable to see what my friends were playing or what new games, content, and demos were available for download. These are minor issues to [...]