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360 AWE

blog // Mark Yuasa

07 27 09

If this car's owner isn't an Xbox 360 fan, I'll be very sad.

Car License reads 360 AWE

50th Anniversary of the First Video Game

blog // Lindsay Stewart

10 15 08

I promise my review of Viva Pinata 2 is forthcoming. The good news is, I've been playing it a ton, the bad news, it's hard to tear me away long enough to write about it. I almost have the Jeli...

Consoles I Have Known: Article Series

blog // Lindsay Stewart

08 26 08

Starting with Atari and ending up at the PS3 and it's place in the recent console wars, Todd Levine's Consoles I Have Known article series for The Morning News is one of the funniest things I have read in awhile.

Countdown to Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

blog // Lindsay Stewart

08 19 08

One of my favourite games in the last few years is Viva Piñata. A sandbox game for kids that became a cult hit, I have been known to resort to hyperbole, calling Viva Piñata the best game ever.

Employment IQ Test/Game Inspired by Lost?

blog // Mark Yuasa

08 01 08
Cop and Robber characters from the game

Found this devious little Flash game/IQ test while browsing the new del.icio.us (now delicious.com) last night.

The set-up is just like those IQ test/mensa puzzles randomly advertised on blogs. Apparently in Japan (I think that writing is Chinese actually), some companies have handed this out as a job placement test. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather play this cute little Flash game than fill out one of those massive Myers-Briggs tests.

Free-To-Play MMO Games, You Get What You Pay For?

blog // Mark Yuasa

06 28 08

I've been keeping an eye on the Free-to-Play MMORPG scene for a while now.

Nothing too serious, just signing up for some accounts and dabbling. Now the Korean gangsters have my info! Just a little Simpsons reference there... I have nothing against Korean gangsters.

Arguably the most famous and successful of this breed* is the 2005 NCSoft release Guild Wars, which is still going strong, several stand-alone expansions later. I wont touch on SecondLife just yet, since SL isn't so much of a game as it is an online interaction space.

I haven't been completely smitten by any of the Free-to-play MMO games so far. Here are some, perhaps biased reasons:

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