Retro: articles salvaged from GamerDad.com – from 2005
GamerDad is in the Dallas Morning News today. Since they don’t allow article linking, and since you might not live in Dallas, here’s the article.
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The associate at GameStop asked “Would you like to preorder Fallout 3 for the PS3 or XBOX360”? After deciding that I would not immediately kill the kid for forgetting that this is a PC franchise we’re talking about here, I said “PC version, standard not collector’s edition”. He said ‘oh’, rather surprised, but proceeded to take my money and give me the item that was the reason I pre-ordered the game about four months in advance: a DVD case containing a large poster and what looked like a 45RPM I might have bought thirty years or so ago.
Yeah, yeah … I know that is lame and has been done a million times since it was revealed that the finale would be ‘all David’. But after watching the performance segment of the finale, it seemed blatantly obvious to me that the judges and producers worked very hard to make sure that a certain outcome would occur, ensuring that it would be a ‘win’ for *both* Davids … and for many others.
I’ve been knee deep in planting – really, I’m a landscape gardener over here at the GamerDad hideout . . . see what playing video games can do? They can make you want to raise fruit, veggies and pretty, pretty, flowers – so I totally forgot to link the latest Ask GamerDad! Most of you know you can find it at WhatTheyPlay every Friday night anyway, right? Just in case, here’s the one where I give advice to parents.
In a few short weeks, the mother of all MMORPGs is getting an upgrade. No, not Everquest. I’m talking about the first game to incorporate options such as races, classes, levels for your character, and magic items: None other than Dungeons and Dragons. Today, anxious fans get a taste of the new rules through the new module, Keep on the Shadowfell.
How do you describe to someone what you like about games? Aside from telling someone “I want Fable” or “I like RPG’s” (which might net you a copy of ‘Asheron’s Call’ when you really wanted ‘Dungeon Siege II’), how do you give someone enough information about your likes and dislikes in games that they could actually buy you a game as a gift? I have updated an article I originally worte for the former RPGDot (the site founders all left and created RPGWatch) in which I endeavored to detail my ‘gaming preferences’ and would like to share them – and have you share yours in return.
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It was one of the finest days in GamerDad history. March 2007 the ESRB placed a month-long advertisement at GamerDad.com. The ad’s purpose was to recruit new full-time ESRB judges. It was an honor.
The renowned video game maker SNK is known for its fighting games with personable characters and other action-packed arcade favorites. In honor of SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 being released on the PSP and PS2, I thought I’d briefly go over each game on the collection, share my own SNK opinions and experiences, and look at some other recent SNK collection releases. And just a warning, if you don’t have any interest in SNK, this blog will bore you to tears (or make you learn something new). So apologies in advance!
If you are a PC gamer and a RPG fan you are likely very excited about the upcoming release of Bioware’s Mass Effect. I was thrilled that it was being released a mere 6 months after coming out as an XBOX360 ‘exclusive’, and have had it on my ‘buy on day of release’ list ever since. However, if you take a look on Bioware’s forums or Amazon’s product page or pretty well anywhere PC games are discussed, you will find massive threads calling for a boycott of the game and a general tar-and-feathering of everyone at EA and Bioware. Why? What is the cause for all this hysteria about the game? DRM, or Digital Rights Management.
