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December 14, 2011
I probably haven’t clocked nearly as many hours in Skyrim as the average RPG nerd, yet I’ve amassed a large cache of little personal stories culled from my journeys. Every time I boot it up I manage to stumble across some strange encounter, some random circumstance, some oddball situation I get myself into that makes me chuckle and go “WTF.” You can read about my first round of bizarre, bite-sized exploits here. I’ve added a few more to the pile for your amusement. Fellower adventurers, I give you: Weird Things I’ve Done In Skyrim That Were F#*%ing Awesome (Volume 2)!
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Tags:commentary, crazy, dying, funny, game journalism, hilarious, humor, nathan meunier, skyrim, skyrim horses, weird stuff, WTF skyrim
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November 17, 2011
Skyrim owns you. It is, as they say, everywhere you are. I don’t usually make a lot of time to play games just for shits and giggles in the middle of the holiday season coverage rush, but my craving for nerdy fantasy epicness overruled my better senses. I pre-ordered Bethesda’s latest jaunt in the Elder Scrolls saga on a whim. It arrived. I set it aside for a few days. Then I cleared my schedule for 24 hours, cracked open the cellophane wrap, inserted the disc into my Xbox 360, and BOOM: nerdgasm. Wizards! Glowing axes! Melting people’s faces off with jets of flame from my hand! YES!
But for all its grand quests and diversions, one of the things that I’m enjoying the most about Skyrim is the all the weird WTF moments that pop-up during my travels. With such a vast open world to explore, I’m finding myself prone to wandering around and getting into trouble rather than sticking to the main story line for any length of time. Here’s a short and snappy chronicle of some of my random oddball experiences in the game presented in easily digestible list form.
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Tags:awesome, elder scrolls, experiences, Feature, greybeards, magic, mountains, nerdy, nergasm, PC, rpg, skyrim, weirdest things in skyrim, wtf, Xbox 360
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August 23, 2011
Welcome new readers! I’ll be writing Shop Talk features a few times a week going forward. While I’ll be covering many different topics related to freelancing in the video game world, I’d love to hear from you!
Do you have any specific questions you’d like answered or topics you’d like covered? Comment below and I’ll do what I can to work your requests into my future articles. Thanks!
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July 26, 2011
“In some ways, the rise of the indie game scene and the recent retro game revival are inextricably linked. Beyond paying homage to classic graphic styles and gameplay mechanics that have long been surpassed by modern day technology, a large number of small studios are cranking out games using limited tools and meager budgets. When the result is an excellent game like Tobe’s Vertical Adventure, who can complain? Old-school charm, a tough challenge, and simple-but-fun gameplay outshine the few murky moments found in this lovingly crafted platformer.”
Check out the full review here at GamePro.
Tags:download, GamePro, indie, PC, Review, secret base, tobe's vertical adventure
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September 2, 2009
“Humans build robots for various reasons. Usually those reasons involve a functional purpose designed to make life easier for us squishies. Other times we design them to provide amusement. But visitors from another galaxy might have their own ideas about the best use for robotic entities — like exterminating life on our inferior planet. So why not drop a giant, sentient, mechanical behemoth the size of a skyscraper onto Earth and see what happens? Walkie Tonky is on the loose, and crushing the humans is its prime directive.”
Check out the full column here at IGN’s Green Pixels.
Tags:Column, download, Free Bytes, free game, Free Games, Green Pixels, PC, Pieces Interactive, Review, Walkie Tonky
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Weird Things I’ve Done In Skyrim That Were F#*%ing Awesome (Volume 2)
December 14, 2011I probably haven’t clocked nearly as many hours in Skyrim as the average RPG nerd, yet I’ve amassed a large cache of little personal stories culled from my journeys. Every time I boot it up I manage to stumble across some strange encounter, some random circumstance, some oddball situation I get myself into that makes me chuckle and go “WTF.” You can read about my first round of bizarre, bite-sized exploits here. I’ve added a few more to the pile for your amusement. Fellower adventurers, I give you: Weird Things I’ve Done In Skyrim That Were F#*%ing Awesome (Volume 2)!
(more…)
Tags:commentary, crazy, dying, funny, game journalism, hilarious, humor, nathan meunier, skyrim, skyrim horses, weird stuff, WTF skyrim
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