The Gamer’s Quagmire #66: DLC: It’s Easy as 1-2-3
Apr 04Everything you wanted to know about gaming, and less by Jamison DeLorenzo This week marked a first for me in gaming. It wasn’t anything as groundbreaking as my first perfect song for Guitar Hero on Expert, completing a Mario game without dying, or roasting the CPU in a regulation hockey game by over 200 goals (thank you, NHL ’94). This week marked the first time I participated in...
The Gamer’s Quagmire #65: Getting Fallout Boy a 9 to 5
Mar 28Everything you wanted to know about gaming, and less by Jamison DeLorenzo Understanding the role of a game critic has become a rather difficult task. Game critics have many different facets to their job – advertising for games, informing the public, washing hands with publishers, entertaining viewers, and so forth. Knowing how to handle all of these so-called responsibilities can be...
The Gamer’s Quagmire #64: An MMO With Sprinkles on Top
Mar 14Everything you wanted to know about gaming, and less by Jamison DeLorenzo We have all been witnesses to the recent acquisition of Blizzard and the attempted acquisition of Take Two. Both of these companies are rumored to be in the development stages of a new online game, and these speculations have largely revolved around Starcraft and KOTOR. Whether you believe these rumors or not is your...
The Gamer’s Quagmire #63: The Inaugural All-Uninspirational Gaming Awards
Mar 07Everything you wanted to know about gaming, and less by Jamison DeLorenzo One of the great ideas that I have supported for a long time, the Ironic Punishment Division, is something I find myself wanting to write about multiple times per year. While it always felt like a genuinely funny idea, it never felt like a legitimate one until its appearance in Halloween Special IV on the Simpsons. The...
The Gamer’s Quagmire #62: Rewards Systems as Mandated by Yoda
Feb 22Everything you wanted to know about gaming, and less. by Jamison DeLorenzo Achieving something great in a game has been a fascination of mine for a long time. The first order of business, ironically, is having fun. It is difficult to pinpoint the transition period from enjoying games and excelling at games. I believe that this sentiment about excelling in gaming is the central ideal that makes...
The Gamer’s Quagmire #61: Repeatedly Shedding Tears
Feb 15Everything you wanted to know about gaming, and less. by Jamison DeLorenzo Every once in a while my friends over at The Guardian Games Blog manage to hit up on a topic that forces me to hunker down in my cave and take a lesson to heart about gaming. Not only does this get my creative juices flowing or allow me to have a good internal debate, which some people might think is a clear-cut sign of...
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