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Upon the suggestion of Darth Executor, I downloaded the demo off Steam. It's a RPG with Oblivion's head designer on the team.

The most obvious first impression I got was the graphical design, which is a stylistic cartoony style very reminiscent of World of Warcraft. I find this to be a refreshing change from Skyrim's photo realism. However, the character creation screen was a bit lacking. I'm not sure if this is just a limitation of the demo or what, but when it comes to hairstyles ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:07 AM by Manwë Súlimo

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Replaying DXHR brought to mind a pet peeve of mine that I've had for awhile. Let's say you're playing a video game - very meticulously and methodically clearing out rooms of enemies or avoiding them altogether. You pride yourself in your stealth abilities and tactical wit. The enemy never sees you coming and only knows that you've been there when he groggily wakes up five hours later with a tranquilizer dart lodged in his neck. How would you feel ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:11 AM by Manwë Súlimo

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Video games generally get derided by the adult world as being childish, frivolous, or even dangerous (Columbine anyone?) I think these complaints leveled against the industry have declined considerably as more and more adults invest into the video game industry as a hobby. Working in a major retail corporation, I routinely see 20-30+ year old purchase consoles and video games, especially the Wii to involve the whole family. I think this is a good thing because I think video games can be "art" ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:14 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: deus ex, morality, video games

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