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Blizzard co-founder and Diablo designer thinks new ARPGs have 'cheapened' the genre with fast leveling, throwaway loot and enemies
ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)
Speaking to VideoGamer, Blizzard co-founder and Diablo programmer/designer David Brevik expressed a dim view of the current state of Diablo-like ARPGs, arguing that inflated enemy numbers and a delug ...[Continue Reading]
PC Gamer
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Kicked off by the Super Bowl, irreverent bro humor and sex appeal-based marketing is officially making a comeback
Kristina Monllos
Theres a certain early aughts sensibility think bro-y humor, racier advertising or general objectification of everyone that seems to be making a comeback.Just look at last nights Big Game. Bud Ligh ...[Continue Reading]
Digiday
1 day ago
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The Tragic Collapse of Ecuador
Joseph Addington
Last year, Ecuadorians watching the popular television show El Noticiero were shocked when chaos erupted on screen. Masked intruders with shotguns, handguns, and explosives stormed the live set, forc ...[Continue Reading]
The American Conservative
1 day ago
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Bannon: Back and Back Big
Curt Mills
Paleoconservatives arent pussies. As editor of The American Conservative, I feel honorbound to extract an explanation on my interview subjects recent utterance to the New York Times: Conservatives a ...[Continue Reading]
The American Conservative
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The Great March of Hope: Gazas Defiance Against Erasure
Ramzy Baroud
The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on January 27 felt as if history was choreographing one of its most earth-shattering events in recent memory. Hundreds of thous ...[Continue Reading]
Antiwar.com
1 day ago
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Tribalism: The Key to Understanding Islam
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Despite its religious veneer, Islam can easily be defined and understood by one non-religious word:tribalism. This is key. The entire appeal of Muhammads call to the Arabs of his time lay in its p ...[Continue Reading]
Americanthinker.com
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