March 27, 2012
Mozilla's Massively Multiplayer HTML5 Experiment is pretty neat, more in terms of showing off the technology than anything else. Implementation notes are here, and the code's on Github.
March 14, 2012
A team of modders has rebuilt the venerable Black Isle CRPG Icewind Dale as a campaign for NWN2. Released on the newly-launched Neverwinter Nexus.
February 29, 2012
A new Baldur's Gate game? Or possible an HD remake, a la the recent MDK2 rerelease? Apparently maybe! [via]
December 8, 2011
Skyrim and the Problem of Audience It's huge. It's unending. It's the blockbuster, millions-selling, open-world RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. And sometimes it's just downright absurd.
August 31, 2011
Kate (of the excellent but infrequently updated gaming blog Falling Awkwardly) examines the metaphysics of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind as revealed in the copious in-game literature scattered throughout the land of Vvardenfell, and finds parallels between the game's denizens and the game's players: "Breaking the rules is just another way of playing the game. Sometimes the best way. Just ask Vivec, the Thief of The World, the ultimate cheat." [more inside]
August 30, 2011
Area man plays through every* PC role playing game ever made. (via) [more inside]
August 15, 2011
The Story of Boone Nathan Hardisty played Fallout: New Vegas. One of the courier's companions left a lasting impression on him: "From a simple little scripted story about a broken soldier, a dialogue choice mechanic and that age-old ‘shoot people’ mechanic I have made myself a story of heartbreak, redemption and peace."
July 18, 2011
Realm of the Mad God, eh? It's a free-to-play massively multiplayer online pixel-art 2D overhead-view RPG bullet hell browser shooter, if you can believe that shit. Superficially shallow, giddy fun with a microtransaction substrate for the hardcore fan but very playable indeed as a free game. [more inside]
June 14, 2011
Todd Howard and Notch interview one another! You like Minecraft! You like The Elder Scrolls! Then you'll like this!
May 28, 2011
A Brief History of Western Action RPGs at Hardcore Gaming 101.
May 4, 2011
Roll a D6. Excellent Role-playing parody of Like a G6 by Far East Movement.
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