Archive for Author: Steve Hamner

  • The Vana’diel Diaries (October 2006)

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    Subjobs are starting to become annoying. I find myself constantly having to go back and level WAR or NIN to keep up with the main jobs I'm pursuing (COR and RNG). I suppose I could just sit down for a

  • True Swing Golf (DS)

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    I've heard golf referred to as the best way to ruin a good walk. Not true. It's the best way to send a body to an early grave via coronary brought on by massive stress and frustration. I've seen profe

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    The Vana’diel Diaries (September 2006)

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    Some might say I'm foundering a little, that I'm going back and forth with no real direction. They might not be wrong. I've leveled four basic jobs and three advanced. Seigrune said something after I

  • The Vana’diel Diaries (August 2006)

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    As I edited this diary I've noticed they're getting longer and longer. It can only be due to more gameplay, further evidence that the hook is in place and I'm being dragged in. I think about everythin

  • LostMagic (DS)

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    I am, as ever, a sucker for role-playing games. I love getting in the head of the character and guiding him through the perils of his adventure to finally emerge victorious. And when it's all said and

  • The Vana’diel Diaries (July 2006)

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    After nearly three months, I have a new perspective on the players of MMORPGs: They're not all obsessed assclowns bent on leveling up their character so they can be badass in at least one realm—the

  • Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (DS)

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    In the realm of RTS titles on the PC, few games can hold a candle to Microsoft's Age of Empires franchise for depth of play, cunning AI, strategic challenge and breadth of multiplayer options. Bringin

  • The Vana’diel Diaries (July 2006)

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    Finnegan: 23 RDM, 15 WHMGaelan: 10 WAR I've been playing FF XI for better than 60 days now, and while I am playing quite a bit, I don't feel "addicted" per se. However, I checked my total playtime ear

  • The Vana’diel Diaries (June 2006)

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    I began playing Final Fantasy XI back in mid-April. Prior to then, I'd scoffed at MMOs and those who played them: It's digital crack and those who play them are naught but weak-willed addicts. I was w

  • FIFA Soccer 06 (PS2)

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    In the good old U.S. of A., a soccer videogame is about as popular as a quality penguin documentary. For the most part, your everyday American surfs to the next channel, but the true penguin aficionad