Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Review: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (Sony PlayStation Vita)
It’s time for the sisters to step into the spotlight.
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Playing the Lame presents: Five Reasons – Resident Evil 4
PRESENTS Five Reasons Why Resident Evil 4 Probably Isn’t a Perfect Game. Let this stand as a testament: just because you love something doesn’t mean it is beyond mockery, ridicule, or an objective examination into why it might suck a little bit. As I’ve mentioned during my copious examination of old stuff I wrote and…
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Book Review: Shadowrun: Hell on Water
Get some packages across a bridge, how hard can it be?
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Diehard GameCAST: Episode 61 – Dragon Age Inquisition, Midde Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and more!
It’s our first recording of 2015! Join us for discussion of the Majora’s Mask remake and our most anticipated titles for the first quarter of the year.
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Review: Saints Row 4: Reelected/Gat Out of Hell (Microsoft Xbox One)
Saints Row 4: Reelected/Gat Out of Hell Genre: Action/Sandbox Developer: Volition Publisher: Deep Silver Release Date: 1/20/15 Back in 2013, I was given the opportunity to review Saints Row 4, and I thought it was the greatest thing since… well maybe not sliced bread. Toasted sliced bread? Sure, let’s go with that. Anyway, the point…
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Review: Citizens of Earth (PC)
Citizens of Earth Developer: Eden Industries Publisher: Atlus Genre: RPG Release Date: 01/20/2015 Citizens of Earth started off on Kickstarter. It looked promising, with clear Earthbound influences and the ability to recruit everyday citizens as party members, but sadly it ultimately didn’t meet its funding goal. It seemed like that would be the end of…
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Nintendo Discontinuing Club Nintendo, Offering Flipnote Studio 3D Free In February
New loyalty program launching later, TBD
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Review: Dead Effect (PC)
Dead Effect Genre: First Person Shooter Developer: Dykast Lubomir Publisher: Dykast Lubomir Release Date: 12/17/14 When a game is released at a budget-minded price, certain concessions should be extended to it; a game that launches at $60 should be held to a much higher standard than a game that launches at $10, because the cost…
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Unboxing: Cthulhu Wars
Back in July of 2013, Sandy Petersen and his crew at Green Eye Games ran a campaign for a new board game entitled Cthulhu Wars. The game boasted a large core game, featuring seventy-two miniatures and the potential for multiple expansion sets, and the game was a huge success. Nearly 4,000 people pledged 1.4 MILLION…
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Diehard GameFAN’s 2014 Video Game Awards
So here we are, at the beginning of 2015, looking back on the accomplishments, good and bad, in gaming for the year 2014. It seems, to many, that 2014 was not a great year for gaming, and it’s not hard to see why people might feel that way, frankly. This was the first full year…
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Tabletop Review: Skaven Warpstone Dice (Warhammer: The End Times)
Skaven Warpstone Dice Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $17 Count: 10 Dice Release Date: 01/17/2015 Get it Here: Sold out. Third party resellers are your only hope Dice for Warhammer tend to sell out insanely quickly. Games Workshop underproduces them and so when they are made, they generally sell out within a few hours – if…
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Game Collection Roundtable 01/16/2015: Warhammer: The End Games – Thanquol, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 3DS Demo, WWE Immortals
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Tabletop Review: Shadows in Focus: Sioux Nation (Shadowrun)
Shadows in Focus: Sioux Nation (Shadowrun) Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $7.99 Page Count: 39 Release Date: 01/06/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com So 2014 wasn’t the best year for Shadowrun. Sure we got the Dragonfall video game, but the tabletop side received a lot of grief from critics and fans alike in regards to what…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeons and Dragon’s Fifth Edition Dungeon Master’s Screen
Finally a Fifth Edition wall between you and your players.
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Review: This War of Mine (PC)
A war story told not from the soldier’s point of view, but from those simply trying to survive.
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Harebrained Schemes’ SHADOWRUN: HONG KONG is Now Live on Kickstarter
Press Release First, then some commentary! KIRKLAND, WA (January 13, 2015) – Today, indie video game developer Harebrained Schemes launched a new Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund it’s third full length stand-alone game set in the cyberpunk-meets-magic world of Shadowrun. Unlike their smash success at crowdfunding the entire development of Shadowrun Returns, Harebrained Schemes is approaching…
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A Look at the $100,000 Stretch Goal for Shadows of Esteren: Occultism
If you’re unaware, the next book for the multi-award winning Shadows of Esteren line is currently crowdfunding over at Kickstarter. It’s currently raised $92,000 thanks to 772 backers. Nelyhann and his team saw I was a backer (as I always am) and asked if they could debut the $100K stretch goal here at Diehard GameFAN.…
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Review: Dokuro (PC)
Dokuro jumps from the Vita to the PC.
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Diehard Gamefan Flashback 01/12/2005: NFL Street 2 Review, Resident Evil 4 First Impressions
What was happening 10 years ago today on Diehard Gamefan!
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Diehard GameFAN’s 2014 Tabletop Gaming Awards
It’s the beginning of 2015, and here at Diehard GameFAN, that means looking back at the best of 2014 by handing out our yearly Tabletop Gaming Awards. I have to admit, 2014 was filled with a lot of great releases, be they pen and paper RPGs, tabletop miniatures or card and board games. Long delayed…
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