Nowadays, many video game enthusiasts are more obsessed with building up a library of games to play instead of actually playing the game, which is kinda missing the point of being a gamer. In fact, I used to be one of these people. I remember back when…
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The Teacup Invititational SWR Tourney Has Begun!
The first Teacup Invitational SWR Tourney has officially started! The match-ups can be viewed here. Video replays along with the actual replay data will be posted here as soon as they are available.
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The Fine Art of Spamming in SWR Part 1: Patchouli
Ok, don’t let the title fool you. This is all about spamming, but it’s hardly an art. In fact, this strategy is sure to annoy players who like to use flashy, flamboyant limit combo chains and tactical zoning combined with advanced techniques suc…
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The First Teacup Invitational SWR Tourney
I talked quite a bit about SWR in my last post. This was actually a teaser for The First Teacup Invitational SWR Tourney. This is basically just a little tourney among our rather insular group that rarely lets anyone else in. Click here to view the rul…
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A Little Intro to Touhou – Specifically, SWR (Scarlet Weather Rhapsody)
Have you ever played any of the games in the Touhou series by ZUN? If you haven’t, then maybe you should spend a little time attempting to rectify this void in your gaming experience as soon as possible. The Touhou games are basically advanced versio…
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Game Stores – Remember Them?
Last Friday, I was meandering around my local shopping centre in the pious hope of getting some Christmas shopping done when I noticed a game retailer. Now it’s been a considerable time since I’ve actually been inside a dedicated gaming store or outlet that sells games, because I buy pretty much anything new via Steam. [...]
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All Your History – MMO
All Your History Are Belong To Us (Game Development History) have produced a short series of documentaries that explore the history of the MMO genre. From the early days of MUDS right the way up to SWTOR. These four short films have become quite a talking point on various websites, blogs and forums. If you [...]
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – The Vet & The n00b Trash Talk – An Accurate Reflection of the FPS Community?
The latest COD MW3 commercial featuring the “The Vet and the n00b” has been released and it is spot on in its observations. However for me, it is paradoxically very amusing but at the same time quite tragic. This is because once the humour of the situation dissipates, we are left with a rather unflattering [...]
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