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Overwatch’s Story Is a Failure
This year’s Gamescom saw the release of some more of Overwatch’s animated clips. This has provided an opportune moment to voice a thought that has been growing in my mind for some time. As much as it...
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Review: The Gates of Good and Evil, book two: The Fatal Gate
Was hoping this would be a review of the Dark Matter season finale, but the app store is being uncooperative, so here’s a book review instead. Following on the heels of The Summonstone, the second...
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The Destiny 2 Beta Tells Me Nothing
I have been curious about Destiny since its inception. This is not, if I’m being honest, because anything about it seems particularly appealing, but mainly due to its pedigree. I still have tremendous...
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Review: Dark Matter, “Nowhere to Go” (Series Finale)
A very inconsistent season of Dark Matter ends with a season finale that is also somewhat inconsistent. (And I finally get to see it; thanks for taking your sweet time, Microsoft.) Ryo receives a stay...
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Review: Arrival + New Article
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Jodie Foster movie Contact. It’s actually kind of a boring film in some ways, but I always find it so thought-provoking. I enjoy where my mind goes after the movie...
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The Mustering of Azeroth: From Darkness, Comes Light
Seven down, five to go. The latest class story under my belt in World of Warcraft is priest, meaning I have now finished the campaigns for all three cloth classes, as well as all four of my Blood Elf...
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RPGs Versus Progression Games
Has it ever occurred to anyone that the video games we refer to as role-playing games, or RPGs, are spectacularly mislabeled? Let’s look at what that term actually means. “Role-playing” refers to...
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WoW: Where I’m At
I’ve been pretty diligent about blogging on the various class stories in World of Warcraft as I’ve completed them, but along the way I’ve neglected to talk about the rest of my adventures in Azeroth....
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A Fly on the Wall to the Save Dark Matter Campaign
As there so often is when a good sci-fi show is cut down too soon, there is of course a fan campaign to try to save Dark Matter. This has been a bizarre thing for me to watch, stirring up odd and...
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Pulp with Purpose
Now that I’m back to writing fiction regularly, I’ve had the opportunity to think over what I’m actually trying to achieve with it, and I’ve come up with a nice succinct little phrase that I think sums...
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Review: Star Trek: Discovery, “The Vulcan Hello” and “Battle at the Binary...
Well, it’s here. The first new Star Trek TV series in more than ten years. I’ve had pretty significant reservations about Discovery from the outset, due to my complicated relationship with the Star...
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Song of the Month: Sc Mira, Free
Debuting a new segment on Superior Realities today. I’m stepping away from my usual sci-fi/fantasy/gaming purview to post a song once a month. To be brutally honest, I’m mainly doing this because I...
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Of Bartle Types and MMO Difficulty
Got a few more articles over at MMO Bro for you to peruse. First, I attempt to answer the question, “Are MMOs Too Easy?” Which turns out to be a far more daunting task than you might imagine. Next, I...
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Review: Star Trek: Discovery, “Context Is for Kings”
To watch Discovery streaming in Canada, you have to wait until Monday for CraveTV to put the episode online. That meant that I was already hearing some buzz about “Context Is for Kings” before watching...
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BlizzCon 2017 Wishlist/Predictions
BlizzCon, the Christmas in November for Blizzard fans, is now just a few weeks away, and as always I’m here to make my predictions and list my hopes for what we’ll see there. This year, I think we all...
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Review: Star Trek: Discovery, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry”
I have this scene in my mind. It’s the Discovery writers room, and they’re pitching episode titles. Someone quips, “Well, we’ll never come up with any titles as over the top as the original series...
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The Mustering of Azeroth: I’ve Suffered Well
I have a strange relationship with the death knight class in World of Warcraft. I’ve always said I love everything about death knights except actually playing them. The playstyle has just never quite...
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Twenty Years
I’m celebrating an important anniversary. I have spoken before about the series of novels and stories that I am currently calling The Soulcleaver Saga. I consider it my life’s work, having spent much...
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Review: Star Trek: Discovery, “Choose Your Pain”
Man, the quality of this show is so all over the map. I still don’t know what to make of it. I guess the good news is that this time the pendulum has swung back toward “pretty damn good, actually.”...
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Song of the Month: Aurora, Warrior
Time for the second installment of my monthly “post a song I like because I’m lazy” series. This month being (probably) the twentieth anniversary of the Soulcleaver universe, I decided to post a song...
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