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Linux vs. Windows
Finally, the age-old debate has been settled.
Spec Ops: The Line
A videogame that judges its audience, criticizes its genre, and hates its premise. How did this thing get made?
The Brilliance of Mass Effect
What is "Domino Worldbuilding" and how did it help to make Mass Effect one of the most interesting settings in modern RPGs?
Quakecon Keynote 2013 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
Denuvo and the "Death" of Piracy
Denuvo videogame DRM didn't actually kill piracy, but it did stop it for several months. Here's what we learned from that.
Large numbers of names can be hard to keep track of, even if the game is running well and the players are engaged.
We almost invaded the wrong country once in an exalted game, because I got mixed up which nation was being occupied and which was the occupier. The GM didn’t pick up on it, because she felt that attacking the occupier directly was just as reasonable for us to do as trying to liberate the occupee.
Aragorn really got the lion’s share of memorable lines, didn’t he?