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GRATS! All Aboard the Hype Train!

Are you aware that there’s an unseen force guiding your thoughts and telling you what to think? That whatever it is this force tells you is coming, you listen to it and wait with bated breath? My friends that is the power of Hype! It is a force like a Jedi waving her hand at you saying “This is the game you are looking for…”

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Walk like an Egyptian….again

No, sorry folks, this isn’t a new issue of GRATS! – but I can assure you there are two new issues in the works. Frankly, I couldn’t pass up my commentary on this new video from the Cataclysm beta build. Been watching the preview videos for Uldum, particularly the great commentary by Total Biscuit (the [...]

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DC Universe Online: On The Epic Trailer Bandwagon (Video)

SOE just released a rather epic cinematic trailer for DC Universe Online.  Like others, I’m wondering about several things with these really well done trailers.  I wonder why companies stop at telling short stories and just don’t go for the full feature length movie.  I also wonder if these short but usually awesome clips do [...]

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Blizzard Entertainment: A Whole New Level Of Fail

When a major event happens in the gaming community, many established and well spoken bloggers usually weigh in. I usually refrain from joining in because those people say it so much better than I could and usually have it covered. This is different, and I think it requires every gamer with a voice to sound [...]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic: If BioWare Succeeds, Do We All Lose?

Star Wars: The Old Republic: If BioWare Succeeds, Do We All Lose?

This question recently hit me when pondering Star Wars: The Old Republic: If BioWare, LucasArts and Electronic Arts reach the success they are striving for, do we MMO gamers actually lose out in the long run?  I think so, and I’ll spend a bit of time elaborating on that topic after the break as well [...]