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I am a PC gamer. EVE Online is my favorite game right now. I also enjoy Dragon Age: Origins, Skyrim, Starcraft II, and Planescape Torment.

I started out gaming on an old school Atari and a Commodore 64. Defender of the Crown was the shit back in those days. We also played things like M.U.L.E, Carmen Sandiego, Summer Games, and the Caveman-ugh-lympics.

After that I had an Amiga that I gamed on. I mostly played point-and-click adventures from Sierra and Lucas Arts. My favorite Amiga games are Empire, Lemmings, Future Wars, Buck Rodgers, and Battletech.

My other favorite games these days are The Witcher 2, Mount & Blade, Titan Quest, Europa Universalis, FTL, Dungeons of Dredmoore, and LOTRO. I like playing older games, because they are classics for a reason. I don't hop onto the latest thing just because the cool kids are playing it, and i think that 90% of what's released these days is absolute crap.

My day job is in retail, but I am hoping to be able to work as a writer fulltime soon. RIght now, I am contributor here on Destructoid, I contribute occasionally to Bitmob, and I have a blog of screen shots that I upload to. I used to write for Front Towards Gamer.

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Review: The Sims 3: Seasons

The Sims series will always have expansion packs. It's part of the experience to slowly add more content to the game. Usually these packs add active content like new town locations, new interactions, or new career paths for y...   more

Review: The Sims 3: Seasons photo

Watch Carthage get attacked in Total War: Rome II

If you have ten minutes, you should watch this city get attacked while James Russell, the lead designer on Total War: Rome II, goes into detail with the new mechanics.  I have played every Total War game to date, and th...   more

Watch Carthage get attacked in Total War: Rome II photo

The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade is one of my favorite games on PC. It's an open-ended world that allows just about anything. If you want to be a traveling merchant, a mercenary for hire, a thieving bandit king, or the champion ge...   more

The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo


The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo
The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo
The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo
The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo
The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo
The Weekend Modder's Guide: Mount & Blade photo



Review: Black Mesa

Half-Life is a great game, but it's been over ten years since its release. What if Half-Life were made in 2007 instead of 1999? Black Mesa is a re-imaging of Half-Life using Source, the engine powering Half-Life 2. ...   more

Review: Black Mesa photo

Complete GOG survey and get Realms of Arkania for free

GOG.com is doing their annual customer survey, and if you want to take part in it, you can get a free copy of Realms of Arkania 1+2. That's actually two games, so it's worth five minutes of your time. They are also guara...   more

Complete GOG survey and get Realms of Arkania for free photo

Impressions: Black Mesa is awesome

Black Mesa is now available, I am playing it, and I can tell you that it's awesome. It is an amazing recreation of the original Half-Life with updated graphics and sounds. We'll have a review up soon. In the meantime, here's...   more

Impressions: Black Mesa is awesome photo

Death of EVE player in Libya attack honored by fleet

On Tuesday, an American consulate in Libya was attacked by an extremist mob. During this attack, Sean Smith was killed. In addition to being a foreign service information management officer, he was also one of the pillar...   more

Death of EVE player in Libya attack honored by fleet photo

Paradox unveils launch trailer for Europa Universalis IV

Paradox Interactive has released a launch trailer and some screenshots for its latest grand strategy game, Europa Universalis IV. It's been five years since the third installment in the series, and Paradox has definitel...   more

Paradox unveils launch trailer for Europa Universalis IV photo

Leaked video of Wasteland 2 shows off isometric view

A video of Wasteland 2 has been leaked onto YouTube. The video is in Russian, but thanks to my excellent knowledge of Google's translator, I was able to deduce that this is supposedly from a talk given by Bria...   more

Leaked video of Wasteland 2 shows off isometric view photo

LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan

A new developer diary from Turbine shows the landscapes and scenery from Riders of Rohan, the upcoming expansion pack for Lord of the Rings Online. There are also some screenshots which feature some level-85 characters and endgame content. Riders of Rohan was planned to be released this month, but it was pushed back to October 15, 2012.   more

LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo


LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo
LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo
LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo
LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo
LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo
LOTRO dev diary shows off the landscape of Rohan photo



Secrets of Dragon's Spine updates headed to Age of Conan

Funcom has announced a rather large-looking set of updates for Age of Conan: Unchained, the massively multiplayer game based on the writing of Robert E. Howard. These Secrets of Dragon's Spine updates will allow level-80 char...   more

Secrets of Dragon's Spine updates headed to Age of Conan photo

Steam Community is getting a massive overhaul

You know that part of Steam called the Community? Right now, it has some interesting information, like what games your friends are playing and screenshots they have taken. It's not really used frequently because it's not that...   more

Steam Community is getting a massive overhaul photo

The Weekend Modder's Guide: Fallout

The Fallout series has become popular with the current generation of gamers thanks to Bethesda's Fallout 3 and Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas. If Fallout 3 was your first trip into the post-apocalyptic wasteland, you might wan...   more

The Weekend Modder's Guide: Fallout photo

Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark

Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO) has been around for over six years now. When it went free to play, the game picked up over a million new players and its revenue increased by 500%. I'd call that successful. It wa...   more

Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo


Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo
Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo
Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo
Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo
Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo
Impressions: DDO: Menace of the Underdark photo



LOTRO dev diary discusses mounted combat in new expansion

Turbine has released a new developer diary talking about mounted combat, a new feature being added to The Lord of the Rings Online in the upcoming expansion Riders of Rohan. Players will finally get a chance to kill orcs and...   more

LOTRO dev diary discusses mounted combat in new expansion photo

Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan

The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan continues to follow the epic story of the fellowship as they make their way towards Mordor. This new expansion adds the area of Rohan, a land filled with badasses on horses. Playe...   more

Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo


Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo
Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo
Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo
Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo
Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo
Hands-on with mounted combat in LOTRO: Riders of Rohan photo






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