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The Best of GDC: Mid-week

If you’re like me, you are sitting on the sidelines this week as the big boys get to run around the Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco this week. I’ve been keeping up with the announcements, and want to share with you my favorite things that have been revealed so far this week.
Havok Announces AI [...]

Review: Dawn of War 2

The first thing you must realize about the Dawn of War 2 campaign is that it has little to do with your average RTS. There is no resource management or building up a horde of units. Instead Dawn of War 2 reaches back to its table top roots. In the start of each mission you [...]

Video Games in Libraries Part 2: Ye ol’ Tourney

Holding gaming tournaments in libraries isn’t a new idea by far. Libraries have been a safe haven for Dungeons and Dragons nerds since it came out in ‘74. Before then, board gaming tournaments (chess, checkers, Scrabble, etc…) ruled the gaming space in Libraries. However, sponsoring video game tournaments is new (and scary) [...]

Desire for Greater Control

With great numbers of electronic toys comes the desire for increased control.  A couple weeks ago, I made the decision to better organize my music, videos, and pictures on my computer by installing XBMC (Xbox Media Center).  XBMC is a cross-platform, open source media center application that is fairly configurable and supports skinning.  [...]

Review: Resident Evil 5

Background
Resident Evil 5 is the follow-up to the ever-so-popular Resident Evil 4. In this installment, Capcom brings the two protagonists Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) to Africa to uncover another controversy involving Umbrella Corporation. The story is well told, including important elements of foreshadowing, recall of previous events [...]