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Drakensang: Phileasson’s Secret Released

The saga of the Drakensang: The River of Time expansion Phileasson’s Secret is just getting stranger and stranger. It has been released on Steam, on Impulse, and on Direct2Drive for North America only, for $9.99 ($9.95 and available in Mexico on D2D).…

What’s Wrong With Mass Effect 2?

Noting he’s not getting too excited about Mass Effect 3, Shamus Young editorializes on the Escapist on what he feels was wrong with Mass Effect 2, which focuses mostly on the flaws in the story. Spoiler warnings apply and are marked…

The Roguelikes, Part Three

Brian (Skavenhorde) Critser continues his series inspecting the roguelike games of the world in part 3, which shall not be the last part, and which highlights Linley’s Dungeon Crawl, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Legerdemain. Legerdemain was made by Nathan…

Attrition and Resource Management in RPGs

Jay Barnson editorializes on attrition and resource management in RPGs, inspecting the traditional and low-attrition model to compare how (video) games challenge players using attrition mechanics (or lack thereof). With the traditional approach, encounters can vary wildly in difficulty. The adventurer’s…

Fable: Cancel or Reboot

GameDynamo’s Jumping the Sharkticon series latest writeup features the Fable franchise, with the writers wondering whether the over-the-hill series (according to them) needs a reboot or a cancellation. I still have fond memories of the first Fable game. It was…

7 RPGs to Look Forward to

It’s a pretty good time to be an RPG fan, as highlighted by the My Gaming editorial on (MMO)RPGs to look forward to in the coming months, including TES V: Skyrim, Diablo III, Torchlight 2, Dark Souls, Guild Wars 2…

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Magazine Reviews

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is less than a week today, and as per usual the magazine reviews are hitting the stands slightly ahead of the release date. Polish Magazine CD-Action gives it a 9.5, and provides a bunch of tidbits from…

Star Wars: The Old Republic Sith Inquisitor Profiled

The official Star Wars: The Old Republic website is featuring an assortment of details on the Sith Inquisitor, a class in BioWare’s upcoming MMO that can be branched into assassins or sorcerers. Included among the coverage is a holonet record…