Of all things Geek. I am…
Before Call of Duty, Halo, Quake, Duke Nukem, and Doom, there was Wolfenstein 3D or Wolf3D for short. In the modern history of time-travel conversations, someone will inevitably say they want to go back in time and kill Hitler. It’s a theme from dorm rooms and coffee shops to Smodcast. However, this Godfather Game of First-Person Shooters allowed you to do just that.
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Almost a decade before Warcraft became synonymous with World of Warcraft (WOW), the juggernaut of massively mutliplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), and a year before Blizzard would dazzle the world with Diablo, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness ruled the gaming industry.
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A friend recently drew my attention to the IGN podcast discussing whether or not a new Metroid game would help or hurt the Wii U.
It’s an intriguing arguement that, if nothing else, attempts to balance ongoing criticism of Nintendo’s lagging Wii U sales with praise over what perhaps is the greatest trilogy of first-person shooters and certainly the history of one of the first female video game protagonists.
My quick answer? It cannot hurt.
That, however, comes with qualifications.
Sid Meier’s Colonization was released in 1994. It was the same turn-based strategy game as it’s predecessor Civilization, but it had a much more detailed visual design. Obviously, these two games are not the same, although they are variations on a theme.
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Special Report by Agent Parker
A funny thing happened the other evening. With our tax return in hand, I promised the kids one purchase each to celebrate Uncle Sam’s annual kickback.
Not surprisingly but certainly with some geek pride swelling in my heart, both chose video games.
Boss battles presented nearly insurmountable challenges for my little gamers, and once again, it was Dad to the rescue.
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