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Retro of the Week - Shadowrun
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 15 July, 2012 at 09:27AM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Retro of the Week - Shadowrun

I feel like gushing on good writing.

I have a distant memory of my older brother and a cousin-of-similar-age-to-my-brother looking through a thick book. It said 'Rulebook' on the front, but had very interesting cover art. The two of them seemed to think it was the coolest thing ever. I asked if I could read it, but of course, being the little brother, I wasn't allowed to. I wasn't cool enough, apparently. (how can someone tell if someone else is cool enough? Is there a unit of measurement...?)

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Modern of the Month: Mirror's Edge
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 1 July, 2012 at 1:26PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Modern of the Month: Mirror's Edge

I would like to induldge in a little personal history a moment.

See, I've always been a skinny guy. As a toddler, to elementary school, throughout high school, I never had much meat to me.

Oh yes! I was made fun of. Not an enjoyable youth. But let's not get into that. I still thought myself a fast person, able to run quickly and move quickly, but never for very long. Endurance was always my weakness. Years after graduating high school and working in the real world, I was still

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Modern of the Month: Deus Ex Human Revolution
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 2 May, 2012 at 08:13AM ↑ 1 ↓ 0
Modern of the Month: Deus Ex Human Revolution

I will admit to being a bit jaded and ornery when it comes to the games I like.

There are some games that people expect me to love, and yet I'll have only a few good things to say about them. And yet, other games that even I wasn't expecting to like, I absolutely adore. In cases like that, it's usually some indefinable quality that I can't put into words that makes all the difference. I'll say outright the flaws to be had in the game, and yet confess undying love for it regardless. I

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