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  • Hands-On Preview: Dracula Origin (PC)

    Late last week The Adventure Company sent me a preview build of Dracula:Origin to play through. I’ve been very interested in this game since it was announced. Dracula: Resurrection was the game that brought me back to the point n’ click genre almost a decade ago, and although this by an entirely different development team,…

  • Interview with CheapyD from Cheapassgamer.com

    One of my biggest pet peeves about anything in this world is paying full price for something. It’s almost a sickness, and I probably spend so much time hunting down a good deal that the time + gas money spent probably don’t add up to any real savings. I was not always like this until…

  • Gaming with the Government: Interview with the ECA

    Often times while playing a video game I’m more concerned about how to complete my next objective, or preparing to deliver a humiliating teabagging to some virtual enemy. One thought that rarely occurs to me while gaming is whether or not my rights as a gamer are being well represented to the government.

  • Life of a Beta Male- Battlefield: Bad Company Impressions #2

    Welcome to the second series of impressions on the beta for Battlefield: Bad Company.

  • Uwe Boll Interview About Postal

    It’s almost 6:00 and I’m running home hoping to make it in time. I worked late but had a phone date that I just could not miss. A once in a lifetime opportunity: a phone interview with Uwe Boll. The day before I had an email conversation and set up a time to talk to…

  • Life of a Beta Male-Battlefield: Bad Company Impressions

    If you’ve ever played a Battlefield game before you know that there’s no other multiplayer game that is quite like it. Capturing respawn points and large scale battles are the main points of any Battlefield game and what keep the fans of the series constantly coming back for more. The series has such a simple…

  • Top Ten Unique Xbox Games

    When people think of creative or unique video games, the original Xbox system isn’t the first system to jump into anyone’s mind. The PS2 spawned a million games, including some games that were considered to be pretty odd by western gamer standards. Games like Katamari Damacy immediately come to mind, since that was obviously the…

  • Preview: Dracula: Origin (PC)

    Of course it only makes sense for ol’ Vlad the Impaler’s namesake to do a preview on this game… Dracula: Origin is the latest game being developed by Frogware Studios. Frogware gave us last year’s Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened which was an excellent Holmes vs. the Cthulhu Mythos title that took runner up for both…

  • Pokemon Battrio – A look at the first ever Pokemon arcade game!

    In April of 2007, Tomy Interactive announced it would be bringing Pokemon to the Japanese arcades. This was a big deal as Pokemon has generally been a portable gaming franchise, with the occasional foray to the Nintendo GameCube and/or Wii. Even more interesting was the claim that this new Pokemon game was not only the…

  • 2007 Diehard Gamefan Gaming Awards

    Well, at some point and time we had to come to an agreement on all of this. After much blood, sweat, and tears we’ve finally made our decisions. Join us as we show what Gamefan collectively picked as the best (and worst) of 2007. The staff here at the new Diehard Gamefan is wildly diverse.…

  • 2007 Diehard Gamefan Staff Commentaries

    A comprehensive look back at what we individually deemed the best of 2007. So that means even Madden has a shot of being recognized! Maybe… We’ve done a collective Gaming Awards for 2007, but that represents us as a whole. If you were to ask each member of the staff independently what floated our boats…

  • The Adventure Company 10th Anniversary Collection

    On February first, The Adventure Company, a branch of Dreamcatcher games is releasing a 10th anniversary collection for the PC, featuring five games from the past decade of their published titles. It has a retail price of 19.99 and can be picked up on Amazon here. As you may guess, The Adventure Company specializes in…

  • BEST OF THE BEST: Part 19 (11/13)

    And here we go. The final piece of the 19 part feature. Below the cut is a list of the 4 GOTY winners we’ve had since our Game division started doing awards back in 2003. You’ll also get a crazy amount of statistics, ranging from what month of the year has the most award winners…

  • BEST OF THE BEST: Part 18 (11/12)

    Here we go ladies and gentlemen: The second to last piece of this WAY TOO LONG feature. Well, too long if you’re the only guy writing it. 42 pages of text so far not to mention research and creating spreadsheets of all this stuff to organize it. Today, we’re looking at the best PS2 game…

  • BEST OF THE BEST: Part 17 (11/09)

    All right! It’s the end of another week and we are on the third to last part of this feature. Today we’re looking at Tactical/Strategic RPG’s and the “Best Story” award. With only five awards to look at, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness finally shows up today with two of the four awards it one. Guess…

  • BEST OF THE BEST: Part 16 (11/08)

    It’s Platformers and Racing Games today. Click on through and see what games have won for each year. 36. Best Platformer Award Winner in 2003: VIewtiful Joe Publisher: Capcom Developer: Clover Studio Release Date: 10/07/2003 System Released On: Nintendo Game Cube Award Winner in 2004: Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Publisher: SCEA Developer: Insomniac…

  • BEST OF THE BEST: Part 15 (11/07)

    Today we’re looking at awards that are less about games, but the news and events surrounding the gaming industry. First up is “Biggest News Story” where we chose the single biggest event (in our opinions) that happened in that calendar year, be it good or bad. The second award is “Gaming Lowlight of the Year.”…

  • BEST OF THE BEST: Part 14 (11/06)

    Sports and Fighting! Two genres that go pretty well together, especially when our sports-based audience are primarily MMA and Wrestling fans. If you’re an SNK or Street Fighter fan, like myself, you’ll be disappointed with the games in the Fighting category. Same with you Madden fans, as I don’t think there’s been a member of…

  • Best of the Best (Part 13) 11/05

    Is this feature ever going to end? We’re on part 13 of 19 parts. Today we’re looking at the best of the shooters: Both first person and SHMUP style. In 2003, we only had a “Best Shooter Award.” Our then leader, Chris Pankonin was thinking only of FPS games. However, there was a game that…

  • Best of the Best (Part 12) 11/02

    Back again as we hit the 12th part of this 19 part series. Today we’ll be looking at the Best Xbox Game and Most Improved Franchise awards. It’s an interesting mix, so come inside and let’s wax about the games of yesteryear. 28. Best Xbox Game Award Winner in 2003: Panzer Dragoon Orta Publisher: Sega…