Monthly Archives: July 2019

DDO: Looking at the game through an NPC’s eyes

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

Originally posted on Bio Break:
One of my Dungeons and Dragons Online cohorts made this video a while back and asked if I would share it with you all. In his words, “It’s called ‘The Sister Contract’ and it tells…

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Gamer Spotlight: Stephanie Tinsley

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

Stephanie Tinsley (Tinsley PR) Stephanie Tinsley is the final boss at boutique PR mercenary consultancy Tinsley PR. Prior to founding her own business, Tinsley worked on the PR agency side for brands like Atari, NVIDIA and Microsoft Games Studio. A…

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I’m Pretty Keen on the Nintendo Switch Lite

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

Originally posted on VIRTUAL BASTION:
It’s true that my Nintendo fandom has worn thin with time. In 2013, I lightly considered getting a 2DS, but I just wasn’t in a mobile gaming mindset. I’ve watched as the Nintendo Switch has…

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How serious is Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO?

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

Originally posted on Bio Break:
To be honest, it’s hard to know how serious we should be taking the announcement that Amazon’s teaming up with Leyou Tech to make a Middle-earth MMO. I mean, back when it was just a…

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I’m becoming less bothered by mobile game shenanigans

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

Originally posted on Occasional Hero:
I remember a time, when smartphones were new and novel, that I thought that the original Angry Birds, specifically the free version, was the absolute worst. It had the audacity to show ads between levels.…

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Blaugust ho!

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

Originally posted on GamingSF:
So it’s approaching Blaugust time again, a slightly terrifying revelation as that means the summer is sliding rapidly past. It also means I’m half way through the RPG Writer online course that I’ve been avidly following…

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Blaugust wants your word-thoughts!

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Originally posted on Bio Break:
It’s that time of year again when we bloggers and writers pack up and head out to our version of summer camp, which we call Blaugust. Yesterday, Belghast announced the official start of this year’s…

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Casual, hardcore and everything in between

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Originally posted on Later Levels:
Although I don’t watch every year, I made a point of sitting through Microsoft’s Xbox briefing at last month’s E3 event. The potential for news about Fable 4 lured me in but I was sadly…

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E3 2019 – Microsoft

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Originally posted on OUKASnation:
These are going to take a while because being the person I am I like to juggle too many things at one time, buuuutttttttt, we are back with the second conference of E3 being Microsoft! So let’s…

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The Curse of the Third Video Game Console System

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Originally posted on 3rd World Geeks:
Here’s a vocabulary lesson for you: Apophenia. This word generally means that humans tend to see patterns when there are none. This is why people believe that they can win big in the lottery…

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