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Peter Parrish Legacy Author
Peter Parrish Legacy Author
    Exploding Barrels

    Pills Here!

    No matter how brutal and nightmare-flecked the setting, no matter how many waves of unholy creatures assail the planet and no matter how ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011
    Symphony of Destruction

    The Devil Inside

    You are all the Devil. Old Nick. Lucifer. It doesn’t really matter which name you adopt, he’s inside every one of you. I’m ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2010
    Second Banana

    The Best Planet Companion

    It’s no coincidence that the most memorable party-based RPGs feature a fine supporting cast. Titles like Planescape: Torment or Barkley, Shut Up & ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorAugust 24, 2010
    Reviews

    1984 Out of 10

    In November 1936, the New English Weekly published George Orwell’s essay In Defence of the Novel. Orwell felt that the prestige of the ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2010
    The Fanfiction Issue

    Interviews With the Fandom

    Fanfiction is an easy target. Attacking it is akin to plopping the cast of Finding Nemo in a barrel from Donkey Kong and ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorApril 13, 2010
    The Spy Who Fragged Me

    Griefing in Black and White

    Spy vs Spy first appeared in Mad Magazine in 1961. Created, drawn and authored by Antonio Prohias, an exile from Castro’s Cuba, the ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2010
    My Game Done Me Wrong

    Save Our Souls

    I used to leave my ZX Spectrum on overnight, just so I wouldn’t lose my progress in Magicland Dizzy. Listening in the darkness ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2009
    My Player One and Only

    Artificial Thrills

    Masturbation is the ultimate single-player game. Let me put that a different way – it’s not a game you’d be leaping to play ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2009
    Off the Grid

    Tipocalypse Now

    Even though they’re probably online right at this moment, a healthy portion of internet users secretly believe the place is rotten to the ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2009
    The Fanatic Issue

    Penning the Perfect Fanfiction

    We know how it is. You’re tolerated in your videogame fan community but could stand to be better liked – respected, even. It’s ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorMarch 3, 2009
    Outside the Box

    Mod & Blade

    As every stereotypical young girl knows, horses are fascinating. This isn’t lost on games developers either; many include an equine buddy for the ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorJanuary 20, 2009
    The Future of Gaming

    Fast-Track to Fanaticism

    It wasn’t always this complicated. Being an eager, fresh-faced fan of videogaming during the birth pangs of the industry didn’t carry any particular ...
    By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2008
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