Recent content by Steven Rokiski

I'm old school enough to think that Ring of Red [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Operational_Art_of_War], is another of my favorites that nobody I know seems to like. Myst (and sequels) and in general the whole adventure genre is something that can still entrance me. I can even find room...

As I clicked on the latest announcement trumpeting the arrival of the latest issue, I noticed the extra paragraph at the top announcing a webcomic as the newest addition to The Escapist's media menagerie. With trepidation, I clicked. I saw. I chuckled. As my smile faded, I read the...

I played a lot of Diablo. I played a lot of Diablo 2. Before them, I played plenty of dungeon crawls, from Nethack to many DikuMUDs. After Diablo, I played a ton of Neverwinter Nights and Infinity Engine games. Playing alone, these slowly became experiences on the level of "I'm bored, I'll...

1. Steam encourages purchases. You can't tell your friends that you bought a game, when in fact you downloaded and cracked it. Though you can pirate Steam games, the multiplayer component doesn't work properly. 2. VAC seems to be a non-intrusive (I'm looking at you, punkbuster) anti-cheat...

Disclaimer: I bought a PS2 to play Gran Turismo 4. I also bought the Logitech Racing Wheel. You could say I'm a fan. A micropayment strategy for online games is still novel in the US; compare that to Korea, where developers have created a bustling market for addons purchased online. Many...