Analog Gamers Gaming From a Slightly Different Perspective

According to a recent press release, Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music will be releasing the complete catalog of the Beatles music on remastered discs on September 9, 2009. Coincidentally, this is also the same day slated for the release of The Beatles: Rock Band, the upcoming Harmonix title dedicated...

The Verbal Components are gathered again for this third episode. This outing Ron and Shawn are joined by a guest and future contributor – Chris O’Brien. Chris is a former FileFront News Manager and Chief Technology Officer who has since moved on but agreed to come back for Verbal Components...

Well, I managed to survive the first day of my recently mentioned D&D 4th Edition campaign without any player deaths or threats against the DM, so I feel that we had a positive session. Seriously though, I am kind of glad we were missing a party member due to illness today. It gave all of us...

As if we don’t have enough idiotic politicians in the US to worry about, now we get Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann. Herrmann, a longtime critic of violent games, dialed up the rhetoric in the wake of the recent school shooting in Winnenden. According to a translation provided...

Episode 2, how far we’ve come since the first pilot episode.. mostly in sound quality. This episode, Ron and I discuss the wonders and flaws of the recently released Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook 2. The book re-introduces a number of classic races and classes for the 4th...

Maybe it’s just me, but I have been watching Jumpgate Evolution from afar for a while now, and have to admit that I am looking forward to its release. I’ve always been kind of a sucker for space-based games, and this one looks to be no exception. To give us an idea of the playerbase they’re...

Well, as you’ve probably guessed, both Shawn and I enjoy playing Dungeons and Dragons. Unfortunately, my recent tabletop gaming has been rather sparse, as the majority of my gaming group has moved away. Consequently, I haven’t yet had a chance to actually put Wizards of the Coast’s...

I’ve spent the last few days getting into Relic Entertainment’s latest entry into the Warhammer 40k series, Dawn of War II. First off, I should admit to being enthralled with the original Dawn of War. I played through all of the expansions, and added countless hours of multiplayer both...