DOTA 2 and I have history. It’s 2011, and the long awaited sequel to the incredibly successful Warcraft 3 map mod makes its debut on Steam in beta form. I’m…
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David Klemke
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There’s a kind of sweet sadness in going back to your old MMORPG or looter shooter games. On the one hand it’s like slipping into an old pair of shoes,…
David Klemke
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Pick a Ubisoft game, any one you’ve played in the last couple years should do (preferably one you liked), and now name one of the characters in it? You can’t…
David Klemke
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I think I’ve discovered that I’m not a fan of “high intensity” games. This isn’t the same as challenging games, because I still very much enjoy those, but games that…
David Klemke
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The idea that constraints promote creativity is a well known concept; the implication being that with defined boundaries you’ll make better use of the things that you have available to…
David Klemke
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Games that do a lot with not so much are always impressive to me. Sometimes this comes from the use of minimalistic art styles, selective use (or non-use) of dialogue…
David Klemke
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There’s a fine line you have to walk when looking into a game. On the one hand you want to know enough about it to make it worth your time…
David Klemke
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With games that are hard to judge by truly objective measures I instead try to focus on whether or not the game achieved what it set out to accomplish. This…
David Klemke
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Even with all the numerous titles that were delayed due to COVID 2020 has still been a pretty amazing year for games. For me personally this has culminated in no…
David Klemke
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Games can be bad for many reasons: lack of resources, inexperience in certain aspects of game development or just simply misunderstanding what actually makes a game fun. Given my over…