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Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #5

Pinback May 21, 2008 No Comments

#5: WARCRAFT III I felt almost ashamed, picking up my box of WarCraft III and heading to the checkout aisle that fateful day. I had many reasons for this shame,…

interactive fiction

Gun on the Mantlepiece

Ice Cream Jonsey May 20, 2008 4 Comments

Jimmy Maher was nice enough to play and review No Time to Squeal, a game I did with Mike Sousa a few years ago. Check out his thoughts here. There’s…

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Bell’s HopSlam Ale

ChainGangGuy May 19, 2008 No Comments

It’s hard to believe that nearly six years have gone by since Jolt Country, The Great On-Line Empire first came online. And Ben Parrish, with his razor-sharp wit, has been…

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Alpha One: The Major Havoc Prototype

Ice Cream Jonsey May 16, 2008 1 Comment

I recently went to the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and played a lot of pinball. I don’t know how the industry is doing as a whole, but when there is…

reviews

Atari 800 Flashcart – Part Two

Ice Cream Jonsey May 15, 2008 No Comments

WIZARD OF WOR At the CGE in Vegas last year there was a real Wizard of Wor. It was very difficult to get onto it and play it, because apparently…

interactive fiction reviews

Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #6

Pinback May 14, 2008 1 Comment

#6: INFOCOM GAME (1980-) You can get all righteous and indignant about the state of gaming, our children, and our society as a whole by going on a rant about…

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Mickey’s Fine Malt Liquor

ChainGangGuy May 13, 2008 1 Comment

In case you’re a newer member of the BBS, do yourself a favor, go read all previous ROCKER posts in the Troll Room archives. You’ll be glad you did. ROCKER…

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Review: Willow *1/2

Knuckles the Clown May 12, 2008 No Comments

When I was younger my dad (Sasha) and I used to go to all kinds of special places together. Drag Races, baseball games but mostly court. Besides being an uneducated…

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There Was a Time When I Burned

PWC2 Reader - Tragic Burn Victim May 9, 2008 No Comments

There was a time long ago. A time when I burned. Yes, literally burned. Why? Oh, if I were a betting man (which I’m not), I’d wager it was due…

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Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #7

Pinback May 8, 2008 No Comments

#7: GRAND THEFT AUTO III Perhaps the greatest testament to this game’s greatness, if you can get past the astonishing technical achievement it represented, is the fact that it might…

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