The Crisis on Infinite MMOs! – A DC Universe Online Review
Super hero MMOs have a hard playing field to break onto. City of Heroes, the benchmark super hero MMO, was incredibly popular, boasting a very Continue Reading
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Deadlight – Zombies of the Pacific North West
It’s no secret that I love me some side-scrolling platformers. So it should come as no surprise that when I saw Deadlight by Tequila Works, Continue Reading
Why I Am Finally Finished With World of Warcraft – No, Really, For Real This Time
Once upon a time, I had an amazing set of experiences playing World of Warcraft (WoW). I met my husband, my best friend, my roommate Continue Reading
Blades of Time – if only I could rewind time
Sometimes a game ends up sitting in my rental queue for a while and I completely forget about it until it ships. Usually it’s a Continue Reading
The Secret Sauce, Part 3
Welcome once again to The Secret Sauce, Dorkadia’s irregularly scheduled trip into the winding depths of roleplaying. Last time around, we went through some basic Continue Reading
Cthulhu Saves the World – Fhtagn!
The world may have been spared from yet another apocalyptic prophecy, but that doesn’t mean that another isn’t just around the corner. When the world Continue Reading
Knights of Pen & Paper
Two weeks ago I became the proud owner of a brand new Galaxy S III. It felt like I’d finally been given the golden ticket Continue Reading
Who says dogs can’t fly?
A few weeks ago I wrote a lot words, pretty much all positive, about The Megas and their most recent album, History Repeating: Blue. Just Continue Reading
An initiation into The Secret World
The Secret World recently converted from a subscription model to a free to play with a subscription option. Surprisingly, and completely unlike Star Wars The Continue Reading
LEGO Lord of the Rings – One does not simply block into Mordor
Actually, LEGO seems to be able to do whatever they want with a popular franchise and make it magical and entertaining. I can’t find many Continue Reading
Revisiting Limbo
While looking for a break from the current games on my plate, I remembered how much I enjoyed playing Limbo. Limbo is probably one of Continue Reading
The Secret Sauce, Part II
Welcome back to Dorkadia’s intermittently continuing series, “The Secret Sauce,” discussing how you can get a little bit of tasty roleplaying into your gaming experience. Continue Reading
Hawken – The mech combat you always wanted
Hawken is the perfect example of a game I didn’t know that I needed to play. I was genuinely unaware that arena combat between large Continue Reading
Guild Wars – The Mid to Not-So-Mid Levels
Guild Wars The last time I wrote about Guild Wars 2, I focused on my first Continue Reading
The failings of the SWTOR free to play conversion
On November 15, 2012 there was a great disturbance in the Force. It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out “are you Continue Reading
Rekindling the Geoscape: XCOM Enemy Unknown Review
You’d be hard pressed to find a motivator in nerd cultures stronger than nostalgia. When Firaxis announced XCOM: Enemy Unknown as a spiritual successor to Continue Reading
Roleplaying, the Secret Sauce: Part 1
Probably one of the most awkward experiences I’ve had with all my clothes on is trying to explain the idea of “roleplaying” to someone who Continue Reading
Free to play Star Wars The Old Republic – intergalactic jewel or pile of bantha dung?
It’s no secret that EA has decided to transition Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) from an entirely subscription based service to a free to Continue Reading
I Am Not, In Fact, Going to Wreck It
Last week I went to see Wreck-it Ralph. It was a good movie, I liked it. It hit all of the right cameos, had Continue Reading
Sick Youtube Weekend, Vidya Game Edition
Protip: adults can get kid-diseases. My last few days have been spent fighting the bacteria that turned my right eye into a goo factory. But Continue Reading
Guild Wars 2 – The Early Levels
I have a terrible illness when it comes to video games. I act like I’m a Jack Russell with a caffeine high and a bad Continue Reading