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Only Troops Score: How it Played

October 10, 2016TO0 Comments

Hello everyone, welcome back. This is your friendly neighborhood PrimeAngron. Well it has been a little bit since my last post. For the last two Warhammer 40K tournaments, Troops could score objectives. The first event had a lot going against it. Several big 40k tournaments happened that same weekend, along with a major college football game. So out of fairness, I didn’t want to post findings on only an eight-man event. October’s tournament had a…

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Story and Video Games: The Debate

October 3, 2016The Marshall0 Comments

Which is more important in a videogame, story or gameplay? This is an old question that has been sparking debate for a while. Even though I’m a story guy through and through, I find this debate to be trivial and somewhat outdated. Despite this, I still read articles (especially with VR capabilities coming out) that gameplay is king and always will be, or that nothing can beat a good story and that story is the…

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Confessions of A Gamer Dad

September 26, 2016Jay0 Comments

I’ve long been familiar with the concept of Gamer Dad, but never understood what it meant until recently. About a month ago our daughter was born, and holy hell has my world changed. How You Want It I knew there’d be some period of adjustment. Wanting to be as hands-on as possible, I often offer to feed, change, and sooth our little darling as much as I can. Even so, I figured babies slept most…

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All’s Fair in…

September 19, 2016Angela0 Comments

What Your Gaming Strategy Says About the Way You Love Love is said to be a game, and in looking back on my gamer loves, I’ve noticed correlations between their love and gaming strategies. Choke Point I recently went down to Seattle for Bumbershoot and stayed with an old friend, with whom I drunkenly confessed my romantic feelings five years ago—and who drunkenly reciprocated. He left for the military days later. We kept in light…

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Games Workshop vs The ITC

September 13, 2016Jay0 Comments

Often I’ve complained that there aren’t enough narrative-based Warhammer 40K events out there. I’ve heard more than a few gamers fault the Independent Tournament Circuit (ITC). They’re an easy organization to blame. They’re large, popular (it’s easy to hate the cool kids), and founded on a competitive platform. In addition to nationally ranking players, maintaining an up-to-date list of upcoming ITC tournaments, and hosting annual national events, the ITC makes it easy for local game…

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Story and Video Games: An Overview

September 6, 2016The Marshall1 Comment

Story in video games is a funny thing. It’s something people often say is less important and should come second to gameplay. While I don’t entirely disagree, I think they are downplaying an important aspect of games. Story enhances the game immensely and critical to immersing the player into a different world. Story in games has evolved significantly in 20 years. Not that narrative in games wasn’t already complex, just look at any Final Fantasy…

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OFCC Recap

August 29, 2016Jay2 Comments

The Ordo Fanaticus Club Challenge (OFCC) has come and gone, and for the first time in six years our team came out on top. Traditionally, the winning team goes home with the OFCC bucket filled with donated miniatures from each team from years past. It’s the responsibility of the pervious year’s winning team to bring the bucket back the following year. However, after nearly a decade of successful events, the bucket began to overflow. So…

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Stacking the Deck: How it Played

August 15, 2016TO3 Comments

Hello everyone, welcome back. This is your friendly neighborhood PrimeAngron. In my last post I talked about a Warhammer 40K Maelstrom deck set up I was going to try at our next tournament. We had 20 players to show up and the feedback I got was extremely positive. Of course I love it when these types of ideas are well received, but I also wanted any and all goods and bads that come with. The…

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The Legend of the Legend of Zelda

August 8, 2016The Marshall0 Comments

My first introduction to The Legend of Zelda was sometime in the early 90’s when I played A Link to the Past at my cousin’s house. It piqued my interest immediately and is still my favorite game in the franchise. I love this game. The freedom and exploration was something I’ve never seen before. There’s RPG elements, numerous and varied weapons and items, and expertly crafted dungeons and puzzles. It’s almost the perfect game and…

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Gamification

August 1, 2016Angela0 Comments

Sticking with the theme of last month, I’m going to share a few other resources for fellow fans of gamification. However, I would first like to warn against thoughtless gaming. While gamifying aspects of your life that aren’t fun or otherwise don’t give you that dopamine rush you crave can give you the nudge you need to get shit done; it can also lead to wasted time, effort, and money spent engaging in activities you…

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