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And so ends a most bizarre week of Spoiler Warning. Though, given where we are in the game, all this weirdness and stupidity is almost fitting.
Particularly in this episode.
This would have been up yesterday, but youtube ran into an odd audio sync error – one I’ve never encountered before – when I uploaded it the first time. I ended up having to upload the whole video over again.
Skyrim, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Mass Effect 2 each have their own ideas about how interactive dialog scenes should work. So do I, which I discuss in this week’s column.
It’s here. It’s been printed out and everything. I’m publishing a book. This is a thing that is happening. It’s one thing to hear people say they want to read it, or have them read it and pretend to enjoy it because they like me. It’s another thing to hold the completed product in my hands and realize, “Wow. If this doesn’t pan out I’ve wasted an amazing amount of time. This is terrifying. But these illustrations sure are nice.”
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These are the proof copies. I’ve gotta flip through one and look for errors. Then we apply the changes to the print copy. Then it goes up for sale, for real, and we’ll finally get to see if all of this pans out. If you’re one of my proofreaders, you’re getting one of the volumes you see above. I’ll be signing them and dropping them in the mail right away eventually.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Witch Watch: Proofs”
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This was a strange week for Spoiler Warning. We were all off our rhythm for some reason. Still, our foolishness and failure is your “entertainment”. So you’ve got that going for you.
And since this is apparently The Worst Week Ever, we might as well get this out of the way: Last week Rutskarn mentioned that someone sent us a picture of Jensen in a thong, so I have included the picture of Jensen in a thong below. WARNING: THERE IS A PICTURE OF JENSEN IN A THONG BELOW.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Deus Ex Human Revolution EP25:
Press F5 to Quicksave”
So, I’ve upgraded to Windows 7. I’ve been putting off writing a post about it because I’m going to have to say very nice things about Windows 7, and I’m dreading that. (No not really. (But actually yes.))
In the process of re-installing everything I found an old, old directory of screenshots. In those shots I found this:
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That’s Randy, Josh, Josh’s brother, and myself playing Borderlands in April 2010. Not pictured is Mumbles, who was in Vent with us at the time. Here is what was going on…
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Borderlands: Jousting!”
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Apologies for the late post, but the insanity of these episodes seems to be spilling over into all aspects of life at the moment. We’ll be working to contain the localized Cuftbert distortions in the space time continuum to minimize such disturbances in the future.
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And now we bring you the greatest Spoiler Warning episode of all time. We’re sorry.
I really thought one thing, but then something else. There's a bunch more to it, but you'll have to read the article.
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2017.
What makes the gameplay of Borderlands so addictive for some, and what does that have to do with slot machines?
Imagine if the original Star Wars hadn't appeared in the 1970's, but instead was pitched to studios in 2006. How would that turn out?
Valve still hasn't admitted it, but the Half-Life franchise is dead. So what made these games so popular anyway?
A novel-sized analysis of the Mass Effect series that explains where it all went wrong. Spoiler: It was long before the ending.
Raytracing is coming. Slowly. Eventually. What is it and what will it mean for game development?
A long-form analysis on one of the greatest horror games ever made.
You know how videogames sometimes do that thing where it's preposterously hard to go through a simple door? This one is really bad.
What is this Vulkan stuff? A graphics engine? A game engine? A new flavor of breakfast cereal? And how is it supposed to make PC games better?
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