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Chuck Wendig Legacy Author
Chuck Wendig Legacy Author
    Making Morality Matter

    First Kisses (And Deaths-By-Molester)

    A man drives up and would like directions. He tells me that his nephew goes to school with me, but he doesn’t know ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2011
    Better Than Before

    Evolution, Not Deviation

    The sages and scholars have predicted, by reading the bones and entrails of game reviewers, that when the year 2014 rolls around all ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorMay 3, 2011
    Rise From Your Grave

    How Games Get Zombies Wrong

    Dear Game Industry, I regret to inform you that you have failed your Zombie Aptitude Test, or the ZAT. You got a score ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011
    Editor's Choice

    Who Needs Friends?

    We all need friends. We can agree on that, can’t we? That having friends is A Good Thing? Having friends is part of ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorMarch 22, 2011
    System Lords

    The Husband & Wife Videogame Super Team

    You’re doing it wrong. Playing videogames, I mean. That’s okay; I was doing it wrong for a long time too. This is how ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2011
    Deathmatch

    The 12-Year-Old English Kid Who Carried Us to Victory

    “‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!'”–William Golding, Lord of the Flies I used to tell people, “You ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorSeptember 7, 2010
    Industry of Inclusion

    The Pasty White Person Is King

    I’m clicking through the Fable III villager creator. I name the villager “Dave.” I answer the game’s questions: Dave is born in the ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorAugust 31, 2010
    Second Banana

    A Paean To Floyd

    Seems I’ve gone and gotten myself into a pickle. I shouldn’t be alive, what with me being a lowly space janitor and all. ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorAugust 24, 2010
    Cold Dark Heart

    Punching the Baby Seal of PC Gaming

    See this baby seal? So cute! A blobby white puffball straight out of a Miyazaki film. Oh, look! The widdle baby has rolled ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorAugust 3, 2010
    Constructive Criticism

    In Twitter We Trust

    So, I get on the Twitters, and I say, “Hey, I see that Lord of the Rings Online is free to play. Anybody ...
    By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2010
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