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Tales of a Scorched Earth is a personal weblog devoted to the critique of video games and game culture, but easily integrates other forms of consumable media. Here you will find independent analysis and opinions on video games, comfortably distanced from the industry at large. Updated at least once a month, but more if I'm feeling particularly inspired.
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Category Archives: gaming
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evolving virtual worlds
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Resident Evil 4: the most overrated game of 2005
“You are Dead,” Resident Evil 4 tells me as my avatar gets fried for the fourth time by the trap with erratically moving laser beams. It’s this type of hamfisted advice that seems to be the undercurrent of the entire … Continue reading
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A Just War
Posted in fps, game culture, gaming, pc gaming, the cultural gutter, wargames, ww2fps
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