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  • Mass Effect: Andromeda, the base breaker

    Role-playing computer games are judged on two independent things: narrative, and gameplay. An RPG has to tell a good story, while also serving the basic functions of a video game — and the gaming studio often delegates the two realms to completely different teams. It needs good dialogue just as much as it needs good…

  • Geek Digest: Memorial Day Issue

    Trigger warning for pure nerdery.

  • Choosing a Gaming Laptop (Warning: Nerd Alert!)

    On the topic of gaming laptops: what was once a niche market is increasingly growing. Consumers are putting ever-growing emphasis on mobility, thanks partly to the ubiquitousness of smartphones and tablets — so why not gaming? But putting a full-fledged gaming machine into a laptop frame runs into unique challenges. Trigger warning for serious geekery…

  • How to save ‘Gotham’

    This latest scathing review from EW about the troubled DC-universe show lights on many flaws, but like all reviews of this show, the central problem it talks about remains the same: Bruce Wayne, and his cohort, are all too young. The little guy is just 12. That means there is no way we can realistically…