12 Sep

Friday Top 7: Most Idiotic Gaming-related Crimes Ever

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by Ravi Sinha Contrary to the popular misbelief, crimes inspired by games are not a dime a dozen, and rarely have we seen a case where some external factor, something contributing to the perpetrating mind-set as a whole, does not come into play and where games remain the sole impetus. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, councilors and aggrieved [...]

14 Aug

Of boss fights that never end

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by Ravi Sinha For those just tuning in, game development has recently devolved to a new level of torment which no longer involves driving your staff like a machine and yourself like a slave. BeyondtheLimitation, a linkshell or online clan devoted to MMORPGs, famous for defeating Absolute Virtue in FFXI in about 18 hours have [...]

26 Jun

Players Killing Players Killing Players

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by Nike Okami An In-depth look at player killing Imagine this plucky scenario: You’re fighting hordes of monsters in your favourite MMORPG alongside your friends to off the end boss and snag the shiny loot. The action is intense but the group makes use of smart tactics and even smarter smack-talking to put the beasts [...]

22 Jun

Philosophy and Gaming – Part 1

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by Nike Okami Will Wright (co-founder of Maxis, which is now a part of Electronic Arts) has been feeling the pain lately, but it’s not over the recent Chinese earthquake or the World Food Crisis. The sultan of Sim has lived through the ultimate Grand Theft Auto experience — that of butchering an innocent in [...]