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Tag: michael zenke

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Op-Ed

D&D Fourth Edition: Mainstream or Bust

Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition is incredibly ambitious. The newest version of the popular tabletop roleplaying game was announced at Gen Con this ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2007
Cutscenes at 11

The Breasts That Broke The Game

Halfway through 2006, a huge story went unnoticed by game journalists. Barely a cursory glance or raised eyebrow marked its passage. Early in ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
Op-Ed

Going My Way?

Nintendo and I have been friends for a long, long time. Going all the way back to the launch of the NES in ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2007
On a Pale Horse

From Black Isle to Bethesda

While Black Isle is probably best known for their work on the Baldur’s Gate series and Planescape: Torment, they made a name for ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007
Season's Gaming

Going “Home” for the Holidays

In late December of 2005, I found myself with little to do on a cold Friday evening. My wife works late, and since ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorDecember 19, 2006
The Rest of the Story

Game Journalists on Game Journalism

“Game journalism” has been a murky term ever since it became a buzzword a couple years ago. While some critics debate whether or ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2006
It Came From The Escapist

Dreading the Shadows on the Wall

“[Games] are, in their superior forms, simply by-products of excess intellectuality, which I haven’t the honour to possess. In their inferior forms they ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 27, 2006
Snow Day

Ripples in The Pond

Some things take the world by surprise. The popularity of Katamari Damacy came as quite a shock to Namco. Prior to 1997, no ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2006
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