Demeter’s Skyrim Diary: part 8
—Heartfire, 10Th, 4E 201— I’ve finally sorted out some confusion. The statues of the Nord standing over the serpent are of Tiber Septim, first Emperor. The Nords believe him to have ascended to...
View ArticleDemeter’s Skyrim Diary: part 9
—Heartfire, 13Th, 4E 201— Much has happened since last I penned my journey. The guards in Markarth arrested me for nothing more than asking questions. I killed their first group of three, but somehow,...
View ArticleDemeter’s Skyrim Diary: part 10
—Heartfire, 17Th, 4E 201— The winds of the north are harsh indeed. My journeys have taken me past the mountain ranges north of Whiterun, where the snows fall and the cold rushes around you. I nearly...
View ArticleDemeter’s Skyrim Diary: part 11
—Heartfire, 20Th, 4E 201— That bastard. I trudge my way across mountains and rivers, through rain and snow, with bears, wolves, dragons, bandits, to a fortress not full of friendly faces but hostile...
View ArticlePro Game Growing Pains
As the collective hoopla surrounding The International winds down and players return to their own games of DOTA 2, wondering how close they too could get to that $10 million dollar vindication of their...
View ArticleModern Game Design: part II
It was a dark day in the lonely city. A day like any other, and the worst day of my life. A man like me looks his whole life for that one dame, the one who takes your love, caresses it, and then...
View ArticleDemeter’s Skyrim Diary: part 12
—Heartfire, 25Th, 4E 201— I could get used to this whole Dragonborn thing. In the last few days, I have encountered many dragons and acquired many new Thu’um. The dragons all fall easily, though not...
View ArticleStill Life’s Red Herring
It’s often astounding, given modern titles like The Walking Dead, that adventure games used to all be about puzzles. Well, no, scratch that. Adventure games were about exploring interesting people and...
View ArticleDemeter’s Skyrim Diary: part 13
—Heartfire, 29Th, 4E 201— I have finally made my way to Ustengrav; it was not what I was expecting. A hole in the ground. But hiding a massive cavern. And littered with the corpses of bandits and...
View ArticleDressing like a Witcher
Jestem Geralt z Rivii: Wiedźmin. Last autumn, I did something I’ve never done before: I did cosplay. Of course, I knew that I wanted to dress as Geralt from the Witcher series. These games, this...
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