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    Escape to the Movies: The Phantom Menace 13 Years Later

    Not sure what you mean that a new star wars movie couldn?t come out that would bring me back the thrill of the original series. The knights of the old republic games (1, 2, and the mmo) were all amazing from a story perspective. Loved that they got me excited about star wars again. If a movie...
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    Zero Punctuation: Star Wars: The Old Republic

    While not really wrong about anything that he said I feel Yahtzee did the review a disservice by playing the Smuggler class. Out of all the classes in the game the Smuggler and Consular have the weakest storylines by far. I realize that they are still a part of the game and all, but if your...
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    Poll: The Greatest Star Wars Game

    Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
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    Why can't fantasy RPGs be more original?

    Personally I like the D&D high fantasy settings. While true that planescape broke away from the usual races, it was still set in the same D&D cosmology. I found that one of the things that made the game great for me was my prior knowladge of the planes and there inhabitants. As for Biowares...
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    Games worth buying at full price/or release

    I'd have to agree with Vampire the Masquerade - bloodlines being a game that was worth buying at release, and would take that a step further and say that the first game in the series, Vampire the Masqurade - Requim, is also worth it. The collecters edition of morrowind for the PC is definitly...
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    Cliches in Video Games...

    Please make my day now and tell me you are one of those fellows who brings a sword to a gun fight.
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    Poll: Free XBox Live Gold For Life, Would you take it?

    Its funny that you say that because my friends and I start up a guild called the {SOBs} in any online game we play now. We started doing this just for those whiney people out there and just had so much fun with it we couldn't stop. As for this post; I don't see how this hypothetical future...
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    Does anyone feel a sense of morality when playing an RTS?

    In RTS games I tend to think of my units/buildings as an extension of my will and therefore not subject to the concept of morality as individual entities. Losing a platoon of troops amounts to the same thing as a skinned knee, not exactly a pleasant sensation but to be expected during a scuffle...
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    Why so much hate for Turn Based Games?

    One of the best games I've ever had the privilege of playing is Warhammer: Chaos Gate. This is a tun based game where in you control a squad of space marines whom you select and outfit before each battle then enter a grid map where you have x number of movement points per turn. There was so...
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    Poll: Is StarCraft really the quintessential RTS?

    I'm curious as to why people keep mentioning how careful Blizzard was to not break any new ground and just polish the same old ideas. I mean if you take a good idea and smooth a few of the wrinkles in it, or even just shinny it up a bit, that makes it no worse; Indeed it even makes it better...
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    Game Design Sketchbook: Immortality

    I don't understand the thinking that being immortal will lead to boredom and eventually wishing you could die because you've "seen it all". It is in my nature to be as lazy as possible and living forever probably wouldn't change that about me. Sure i might eventually get around to sky diving or...
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    Poll: The journey or the end?

    I like RPG's and when a game sucks me in so completely that I just have to know what happens next I am more than satisfied and will overlook any bugs of flaws in the combat system. So that would put me in the journey catagory, however when a game has a bad ending especially if the journy has...
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    Non-MMO Fans! What would get you to play one?

    Nice one SamuraiAndPig That is so totaly true.
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    Non-MMO Fans! What would get you to play one?

    If they took a combat system like Gunz the Duel has as a base template. Try it out, its a fun, fast paced game; Although I wouldn't suggest expecting to much from the community there, it is by and large made up of wankers.. http://gunz.ijji.com/?from=desktop
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    Pc Gaming Dying????

    I've played games on both Consoles and the PC, and have come to the conclusion that I enjoy PC games better. When I play a FPS I'm all about the multiplayer, and usually my brother will be my ally; He fights the close range weapons I get the longer ranged ones. On the PC we are an unstoppable...