Every time I hear someone say “Hey, you play Hoard yet?”  I think of Warcraft.  Old habits die hard, I’m afraid. Hoard, as opposed to “the Horde,” is a simplistic and minimalistic game where you play a dragon breathing fire on sections of a village to steal their gold and battle other dragons doing the same.  The more gold you collect before the time runs out, the better you rate against... 

I first have to apologize for everyone I know named Amy and Lana.  Please know this article is not targeting you, rather specific characters in the worst game ever conceived.  These words I write may be harsh, but they are in no way reflecting real-life people I’m friends with, only imaginary and unfinished game design – the worst the world has ever seen. As many long-time readers may... 

As a writer, I’m always berating myself for what I feel is “duplicate storytelling.” I don’t mean telling the same story over and over – too easy. I mean writing about comparative stories in reviews to other stories compared in reviews. For example: “Do you remember when games were fun? Atari 2600 sold thousands upon thousands of games and all of them – at best – the graphics...