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Let’s Play! – Aura: Fate of the Ages – Part 1

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In this first part of a walkthrough for the game Aura: Fate of the Ages, we meet the unlikely named Umang as he is sent to the valley of Ademik (or possibly Ademika; no one seems quite sure) to continue his lessons from the slightly less unlikely named Grifit. Grifit turns out to be missing, [...]

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Fallen London – Walking the Polythreme Streets

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After being away for about six months I have returned to Fallen London. Actually, I can’t say I’m in Fallen London. I’ve taken my Zee Clipper across the Underzee and have made my way to the city of Polythreme, the home of the Clay Men. I’ve been wandering the streets here while trying to make [...]

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The More Things (Don’t) Change…

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I had finished Skyrim for the third time and was trying to figure out what to do next. I thought about loading up a bunch of mods and starting a fourth playthrough, maybe taking the Nords side in the Civil War this time, then I thought maybe I would play through Morrowind and Oblivion again [...]

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Stories and Worlds

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So I finished Mass Effect 3 last week and I immediately went back to playing Skyrim again. I think it is telling that I am done with Mass Effect after what Raptr tells me is around 35 hours (for now anyway) while I am still engrossed by Skyrim even though I am closing in on [...]

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Skyrim – Nobody’s Right if Everybody’s Wrong

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When you first start your experience in Skyrim you are a prisoner on your way to be executed. You are a prisoner of the Empire, who captured you along with a number of the rebel Stormcloaks. One Imperial realizes that you aren’t supposed to be there, but his superior insists that you be sent to [...]

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Trust and Betrayal in Skyrim

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So I’ve been spending a lot of time in Skyrim lately. I’m the Harbinger for the Companions, the Listener for the Dark Brotherhood and a Nightingale and the Master Thief of the Thieves Guild. I’m also apparently the Dragonborn, whatever that means. I guess I should get around to completing the main plot at some [...]

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Steam Sale – Winter 2011 Continued

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And so it’s over. The Steam sale has come and gone again. The “coupons” they were giving out this time turned out to be pretty much useless. I guess it worked as far as advertising their coupon platform went, but there was never anything there that interested me. Still, I managed to pick up enough [...]

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Steam Sale – Winter 2011

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As regular as the changing of the seasons the Steam winter sale has started. As usual, there are a lot of games from independent producers marked down to ridiculously low prices as well as a handful of AAA titles to keep things interesting. The gimmick this time seems to be coupons. There are Steam Achievements [...]

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Skyrim – The Dark Brotherhood

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The first thing I encountered upon entering Windhelm was a pair of Nords harassing a Dunmer woman. It turns out that the native Nords of Skyrim don’t just want freedom from the Empire, they don’t like anyone who isn’t a Nord either. Earlier an innkeeper had told me that a child in Windhelm was attempting [...]

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Skyrim – Blades of the Dragon

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After finishing the Companions quests and being named Harbinger I decided to go back to the main quest line for a while. By this point I had collected enough money and loot that I was able to buy Breezehome, the house in Whiterun. It is convinently located beside Warmaidens, the forge near the entrance to [...]

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