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Author: Eric Seal

The entrance to BlizzCon 2016, with all their games on display.
Issue 16 : Do You Believe In Magic? NitWitty's Inside Man 
November 30, 2016December 1, 2016

NitWitty’s Inside Man: BlizzCon 2016

Posted By: Eric Seal blizzard, blizzcon, diablo, overwatch, starcraft, warcraft

You may have noticed that I like Blizzard games. Like, a lot. Like, a lot a lot. So it shouldn’t surprise you that I

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A foggy forest on the shores of a shimmering lake.
Issue 16 : Do You Believe In Magic? Prose Dive 
November 9, 2016November 8, 2016

Prose Dive: “The Three Feats of Agani”

Posted By: Eric Seal

When we read a short story, we don’t have much time with it. It leads us toward some kind of emotional payoff, then poof,

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A surprisingly well-lit hallway in Amnesia. Yellow light reflects off the ceiling; a dresser is tipped over on the floor. Rubble can be seen in the background.
Issue Archives 
October 26, 2016October 26, 2016

Another Hour with Amnesia

Posted By: Eric Seal Issue 3 : The Horror

You sadists. One hour of me creeping through Amnesia: The Dark Descent wasn’t enough for you, was it? Okay, so I only played about

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"Four Haunted Houses" shows four different scenarios in which the house you live in is haunted.
Issue 15 : Scary Stories Prose Dive 
October 19, 2016October 18, 2016

Prose Dive: Four Haunted Houses

Posted By: Eric Seal prose dive

As you may have noticed, we’re talking scary stories this month. We’re equal opportunity frighteners here; sometimes we talk about stories that scare children,

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Goosebumps and other kids' horror fiction are ideal ways to introduce horror as a genre to kids.
Issue 15 : Scary Stories 
October 12, 2016October 11, 2016

Introducing Kids to Horror Fiction

Posted By: Eric Seal

Horror as a part of pop culture is experiencing a renaissance of sorts, but for most of us, getting scared is just a part

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Starcraft Universe: Beyond Koprulu is a Blizzard-supported fan-made mod that attempts to provide the MMO treatment to Starcraft.
Gaming Issue 14 : For the Fans 
September 28, 2016October 3, 2016

Is Starcraft Universe the Starcraft MMO We’ve Been Waiting For?

Posted By: Eric Seal starcraft, world of warcraft

The idea of a Starcraft MMO has been stewing in the primordial brain fluids of fans since even before World of Warcraft. Many had

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Music has a way of connecting a creator to his or her fans.
Prose Dive 
September 14, 2016September 13, 2016

Prose Dive: Probably Definitely

Posted By: Eric Seal

Live music can have a powerful effect. Profound lyrics, a flawless performance, a resonant chord — things like these can touch fans on a

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Team Fortress 2 is but one of the success stories to come from fan-made mods championed by Valve.
Issue 14 : For the Fans 
September 7, 2016September 6, 2016

The Little Steam Engines That Could: Fan-Made Mods That Made It Big with Valve

Posted By: Eric Seal counter-strike, dota, mods, team fortress 2

Most gamers know Valve Corporation as the evil masterminds behind the Steam Summer Sale. But before they became known for draining gamers’ wallets on

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Batman Begins (2005) began Hollywood's obsession with dark, gritty reboots.
Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 31, 2016October 18, 2016

Why We Shouldn’t Have to Settle for Dark and Gritty Reboots Anymore

Posted By: Eric Seal

Dark and gritty has been film’s go-to solution for reboots for too long. Going grimdark can work well, so long as the world is

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 24, 2016October 18, 2016

Rediscovery of an Icon: Tomb Raider

Posted By: Eric Seal reboot, tomb raider

Everything I knew about Lara Croft I had learned from magazine ads. Croft and her well-endowed polygons had an inescapable association with the adolescent

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Through the window of a spaceship cockpit, Earth is seen below.
Prose Dive 
August 17, 2016August 11, 2016

Prose Dive: Now is the Hour

Posted By: Eric Seal prose dive

Every reboot is a second chance to get things right. The things you did wrong you can fix, and the things beyond your control

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Myrkur is a black metal band of Amalie Bruun.
Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 10, 2016October 18, 2016

Exploring the Appeal of Lo-Fi Production in Black Metal

Posted By: Eric Seal black metal

Most of today’s extreme metal music is hard to ignore. Guitar riffs rip through speakers with teeth-clenching sonic clarity. Snare drums crack like lightning

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