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Ghave, Guru of Spores Token Swarm EDH
Hello, and welcome to another of my famous* Commander deck breakdowns! This time, I will be looking at my Ghave, Guru of Spores deck, and breaking down what makes it tick. While there are many ways a...
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Steam Trading Cards: A History for the Uninitiated and the Sane
The past year or so has been an interesting one for gamers hooked into the personal computer’s most popular marketplace, Steam. In August of last year, Valve launched Greenlight, a service which aims...
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Innistrad’s Last Stand: Standard Mono-White Humans
That’s right, folks! It’s time for another of my budget Standard brews. This time, I’m dissecting one of my older Standard decks that I got good results with at the last few Game Days: Mono-White...
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Innistrad’s Last Stand Part II: Casual/Standard Flashback
Theros is on its way, which means the Innistrad block will soon be out of Standard. This is a damn shame, since Innistrad was the first set to release after I started playing Magic way back in...
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Tiny Tina’s Tumultuous Trek: Emotional Resonance in Borderlands 2
(Please Note! This article contains SPOILERS for the endings of both Borderlands 2 and Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!) Recently, I made my way through Gearbox’s...
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MtG Commander Decklist: Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
Hello Commander players, and welcome to another Jake Petersen Original™ decklist! Today, I’ll be showing off my Ruric Thar, the Unbowed Creature-only Commander deck. First, I’ll begin with a breakdown...
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Gamepad Support: A Fruitless Plea For Civility On The Internet
“You realize playing FPS with a console controller is like playing basketball in a wheelchair, right?” Everyone who has spent any length of time on gaming forums have seen quotes like this one that I...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts – All There is to Know
As someone who takes video games seriously it is an almost instinctive reaction to dry-heave and punch something as soon as the CALLADUTES gets mentioned – a reaction I’ve maintained for every CoD...
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Magic: the Gathering: Theros Prerelease Primer
Now is a happy time for Magic players: the launch of a new block! The first stage of the launch are the Prerelease events, in the form of Sealed Deck tournaments. Sealed Deck format is a form of...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts Recycled Modern Warfare 2′s Ending
Uh oh! Someone alert the Internet police! It looks like Infantry Ward pulled a Michael Bay and reused footage from Modern Warfare 2′s ending. And by looks like, I mean blatantly did so. Just look at...
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What’s Next for First-Person Shooters?
Modern war shooters are on their way out. What genre will replace them? The modern war shooter was one of the defining genres of the seventh generation (2005-2013) of video games. After the success of...
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Alex’s Top 10 Games of 2013
Happy 2014, everyone! I hope you all had fun breaking bread with the family and unwrapping presents left under the tree by fat men. As for me, December was always the time to create easily arguable...
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Jake’s Top 10 Games of 2013
2013 was a pretty freaking huge year in gaming. We saw the release of many large, multi-year games that blew us out of the water, such as The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, and GTA V as...
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Are Video Games Creating a Generation of Hoarders?
So, the other day it was fucking cold. Not as brutally cold as it was in other parts of the United States, but cold enough. I decided to pick up some hot chocolate for myself and my wife because I’m...
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Why Buying Into an Alpha is a Bad Thing
Having just seen that the DayZ alpha has sold more than one million copies, I am not surprised; but I am more disappointed that gamers are willing to pay full price for an unfinished piece of work on...
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Quizing For Compliments: Why Internet Quizes are so Popular
A few days ago, my wife posted which “Mean Girls” character she was after taking an online quiz. You may or not remember “Mean Girls” as that movie that made lots of people want to fuck Lindsey Lohan...
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Geekenstein’s Definitive Commander Drinking Game
Magic: The Gathering made a big deal last year about turning 20 years old. However, I doubt, they will make as big of a deal about their next important birthday (at least to Americans): it’s turning...
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Nice Guys Finish Best: Thwart Annoying Gamers the Nice Way
One of the great achievements in gaming is the advent of easy to use online multiplayer. No longer are you required to sit by yourself for hours playing an enjoyable video game while listening to...
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A Heartfelt Thank You to Bill Nye
A few days ago there was the Creation Debate where Bill Nye stepped up and accepted a debate with Ken Ham, who runs the Creation Museum in Kentucky. As an Atheist who grew up Catholic, I just wanted...
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Flappy Bird Insanity and Mobile Gaming: A Retrospective
So it’s come to this. To catch you up in case you’ve been spending your time wisely in the last two weeks, Flappy Bird is the new mobile game meme. In it, you control a Cheep Cheep from the Mario...
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