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    Late to the Game: Dusk

    Let me tell you about a game I’ve been playing lately. I don’t talk about positive things very much on this blog (especially lately) so allow me to gush for a few hundred words. Not even a gush. More of a spurt. It’s called Dusk. It’s a retro first-person shooter valentine to games like Quake, Doom, and Blood. Personally, I think it’s closest to Hexen II, but nobody played that game, so the comparisons are fine. It evokes the days when fireballs shot from nowhere, blood was arcing cubes, and there were no waypoint markers. These days I find myself liking the old games better than the new ones. My…

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    Video Game Memories #16: Blood

    Blood (1997) Seriously, what do I need to say about Blood. This game’s been in my life for ten years. It introduced me to Evil Dead. I’ve written almost 200,000 words of collective fiction in this universe. I’m so immersed, that I’m mentioned on the Wikipedia page for it (it’s true, check it out!). Well, for starters most things I have to say about this game can be found in my interview from the Blood Wiki. There you can see how I discovered Blood, my role in the Blood Community, and the relation between the Blood Universe and my fan fiction. One of the things I forgot to mention in…