Paul Bellow's Blog, page 122
July 11, 2017
RPG Legends: Warcraft
RPG universes are a dime a dozen. There’s more of them out there than anyone would care to count and most are easily forgettable. Not Warcraft, though. Since the release of the first game in 1994, Warcraft has been an absolute phenomenon. Now encompassing a handful of video games, over a dozen novels, and even […]
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July 8, 2017
Real-time strategy (RTS) Games
Video games allow players a chance to take basic gaming concepts and expand them out to their natural conclusions. Gamers have been playing at war from the earliest days of the PC, taking the games they loved on the tabletop and finding new ways to interact with those same mechanics. When it comes to war, […]
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7 Tabletop RPG Horror Games
Horror is a fascinating genre. From books to movies, people have always delved into that which has scared or unnerved them. It should come as no surprise, then, that so many people have sought out role playing games that do the same thing. The horror genre has been a huge part of the role playing […]
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July 7, 2017
Neverwinter: 3D Action MMORPG
Neverwinter is one of the first names that come to mind for PC players who love Dungeons and Dragons games. It’s been around since the early 1990s, giving players a way to interact with the D&D world and one another. It should come as no surprise, then, that there’s a Neverwinter MMO in the modern […]
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July 5, 2017
RPG Legends: Conan
There are a few characters that take such deep root in the public consciousness that they become part of the background fictional landscape. These characters are so important than those who have never read or saw their adventurers feel familiar with them as a concept. One of these characters is Robert E. Howard’s Conan, a […]
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July 3, 2017
8 Great Tabletop Superhero RPG
It’s not much of a stretch to say that superheroes are in the midst of a golden age. While comic sales might not be at their all-time highest point, superheroes dominate the movie and television industries. It’s no wonder, then, that people are always on the lookout for ways to feel more like heroes themselves. […]
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June 30, 2017
Ashes of Creation MMORPG
Massively Multiplayer Games Role Playing Games are in a strange space at the moment. While there are a handful of very successful free to play titles, the traditional games are all but dead. With a few notable exceptions like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV, most recent subscription-based games have crashed and burned. Why? […]
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Why Jumanji is LitRPG
Is the new Jumanji movie LitRPG? Let’s take a look… One of the most consistent debates (and in some cases, outright arguments) in the LitRPG community concerns exactly what constitutes a part of the genre. Since there’s not even a mutually agreed upon definition for LitRPG, this means that anything that isn’t explicitly labeled as […]
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June 29, 2017
High Fantasy: The Wheel of Time
The world of fantasy can easily be divided into high and low. Low fantasy has often been the stuff of popular entertainment – swords and sorcery, realistic worlds and problems therein. High fantasy, though, has always been something special. High fantasy is something higher, something a bit nobler in form. While the stakes aren’t always […]
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June 26, 2017
Four Hot RPG Games Coming in 2017-2018
E3 – the Electronic Entertainment Expo – is over, but we’re still digesting all the news about great new games coming to market. If you didn’t know, E3 is the annual video game conference and show at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year it was an even bigger event with many game companies showing […]
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