The Hero Quest barbarian
Conan has always been the zenith of masculinity for me. I’m not talking about the movies with Arnold in them. Those are, besides being very kitsch now a days, not very interesting. I am however talking about the old comic books and the original stories from the hand of Robert… Continue »
Simulation and realism
I was reading a post over on the Rock, Paper, Shotgun blog about a new sniper game coming out this june. Apparently the goal of this game is to create a “true” sniper experience focusing on realism. This got me thinking a bit about the term realism as it is… Continue »
Warhammer Quest
In this final post about Warhammer i want to turn my attention to the Warhammer game i have probably played the most. As you all know i have blogged about HeroQuest before. HeroQuest was the game the let me to play Warhammer Quest which can be said to be an… Continue »
Warhammer digital
In my last two posts i have talked about the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and the Warhammer 40K setting, and about how i think that those two settings are very well put together. I have also talked about how i find that the basic concepts and ideas of the settings have… Continue »
Warhammer 40K
Warhammer 40K is a different beast than Warhammer Fantasy. It bears many resemblances to its fantasy counterpart, yet, it is remarkably different. The main theme from Warhammer Fantasy is still there. The universe is about to be obliterated by chaos, and a few races are desperately trying to survive. The games I… Continue »
My Warhammer Fantasy
You can enter the Warhammer Fantasy universe through several gates. The most common one is by playing the miniature war game. Another common gate is the Warhammer Fantasy roleplaying games. My own road started with HeroQuest and the roleplaying games. I have tried to start the miniature war game several… Continue »
Warhammer love
I have a secret love. A love for Warhammer. It all started when i was gifted a version of the, then new, HeroQuest game. In it was these small plastic figures that i found a lot more interesting than the game itself. But from then on i was hooked. Continue »
Aliens Vs. Predator fail
Being the death-wishing-idiot that i am, i started with the marine campaign. Immediately i was disappointed to discover that you actually meet Aliens after a few minutes of play Continue »
Updates galore! (RSS spam)
These last few days i have been lying in bed sick. Actually i am still in bed sick. But lying here being incredibly bored made me start doing some work on the blog, and that got a bit out of hand, so now the blog has a brand new look… Continue »
Final Fantasy XIII and the religion
Final Fantasy XIII is my first Final Fantasy game ever. Usually when i tell people that i have never played Final Fantasy they look at me in bewilderment, consider if i should be medicated, and then usually just walk away. But its true. For some reason i have never had the opportunity to play Final Fantasy until now. Continue »
From MMORPG to MMO
It didn’t slip my notice when the game publishers suddenly went from describing their games as MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games), to MMO’s (Massively Multiplayer Online). This change happened slowly but surely. Continue »
Hero Quest
Hero Quest isn’t a good game. There i said it. It has a lot of flaws, the game mechanics are weird, and in some respects the game is also a bit limited. However i still love the game – why? Continue »
RPG Grenades
“Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games” is usually a very wrong description of what the game actually is. To me roleplaying is about creating a character who has some sort of story, and then acting out the character. A bit like acting on a stage or in a movie. You are… Continue »
Game journalism
Its been a while since I´ve updated the blog. What happened was…. exams. I’ve been very busy writing about game theory, actually so busy that I’ve written what surmounts to a thick book this semester. Actually I’ve written 250 pages of theory. In retrospect that seems very crazy – i… Continue »
The Hero Quest barbarian
Conan has always been the zenith of masculinity for me. I’m not talking about the movies with Arnold in them. Those are, besides being very kitsch now a days, not very interesting. I am however talking about the old comic books and the original stories from the hand of Robert… Continue »
Art: Dragon Age: Origins
Art from the game Dragon Age: Origins Continue »
RPG systems
I have been playing a lot of RPG games lately. I finished Mass Effect 2, a Fallout 3 replay, and am about to finish Final Fantasy XIII. Also i am actively playing Torchlight, Borderlands and Overlord II at the moment. All these games share many of the well known RPG… Continue »
Art: Space Marine
This image is not from any game in particular, but is an awesome rendering of a Space Marine. Continue »
Final Fantasy XIII Cutscenes
If you follow me on twitter you know that i have become quite addicted to Final Fantasy XIII. As i have blogged about this is the first time i am playing a Japanese RPG, and when the initial discomfort of playing a new genre had surpassed i started noticing parts… Continue »
Video: Iron Man 2 trailer
Iron Man 1 is probably one of my favorite super hero movies in a long time. So i am really psyched and looking forward to the next one. This trailer just made me even more psyched. Continue »
Left 4 Dead 2
A while back i made a post about Left 4 Dead 2 and about how i found it to be a bit of a crappy release. At the time i didn’t really see many differences between L4D and L4D2. Now i have played the game some more, and participated in… Continue »
Art: Crysis
The graphics of Crysis was truely amazing. To bad the game wasn’t. Continue »
Simulation and realism
I was reading a post over on the Rock, Paper, Shotgun blog about a new sniper game coming out this june. Apparently the goal of this game is to create a “true” sniper experience focusing on realism. This got me thinking a bit about the term realism as it is… Continue »
My Warhammer Fantasy
You can enter the Warhammer Fantasy universe through several gates. The most common one is by playing the miniature war game. Another common gate is the Warhammer Fantasy roleplaying games. My own road started with HeroQuest and the roleplaying games. I have tried to start the miniature war game several… Continue »
Star Trek Online
This takes me back to Star Trek Online. The combat system is absolutely horrible! Most of your time will be spent pressing “1….1….2….1….1…2″ (repeat ad nauseum). Its just so incredibly boring. Continue »
Flower and Zen
It left me not only with a feeling of having experienced something fantastic, but also with a motivation and a feeling of inspiration for what games can do. Continue »
From MMORPG to MMO
It didn’t slip my notice when the game publishers suddenly went from describing their games as MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games), to MMO’s (Massively Multiplayer Online). This change happened slowly but surely. Continue »
Visual games
Visual aesthetics in games is something that i have always found interesting. When i see a game with a unique look, i always want to play it. This has lead me to some really great experiences, but also some really bad ones. Continue »
Hero Quest
Hero Quest isn’t a good game. There i said it. It has a lot of flaws, the game mechanics are weird, and in some respects the game is also a bit limited. However i still love the game – why? Continue »
Destroying stuff
I like destruction. Yes i admit it. I like blowing things up, shooting holes, and kicking things around. Its not that i am a particular violent person, but something just happens when a game gives me the option of destroying things. This is about my joy of destruction. Continue »Games for children
By the end of September my first child will be born. I am having a daughter and i am looking forward to raising her with video games all around her. Hopefully she will take up her dads passion for games, and perhaps even follow in my footsteps and become a… Continue »
Ethics in game journalism
This last week i have been spending a lot of time watching movies and reading a bunch of film journalism. This type of journalism generally feeds of two types of events. Either it comes in interview format, or it comes in the form of articles written on the basis of… Continue »
Sexual imagery in games
Sometime in the seventies women around the world got together and decided that male society was oppresing them. People like Laura Mulvey told the world that film where representing women as sexual objects and that it was all part of the evil women-oppressing society instigated by men. Continue »Downloadable content vs. story
I played Fallout 3 and enjoyed it very much. When the much talked about ending arrived i didn’t really mind that the game ended. I didn’t think it was the optimal solution for the game since it broke with the Fallout tradition, but i accepted it as having been a… Continue »
Paradise Hotel 2010
Paradise Hotel actually a very well designed game. The whole game is about balancing the social interaction of a group of people, by using goals and constraints to directly affect them – sounds simple enough right? Continue »
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain is the first game that has made me feel. It made me think about ethics and morals. How far should i go? Continue »
Playing with Perversion
In games you often do horrible acts like killing, torturing, and hurting others. Also sexual representation abound. So the question is, are games actually about perversions? Continue »
