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An RPG rundown; recommendations and reviews of the best role-playing games on the market.
Hit Series 'Critical Role' Releases Fan Art Book
If you even have a passing interest in Dungeons & Dragons then you may have heard of the series Critical Role. It's a live, multi-platform role playing show featuring Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer (Overwatch) and Vox Machina, a troupe of voice actors including Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us) who've worked on multiple nerd related projects. The show's engaging, funny, and Mercer makes for a very good Dungeon Master. So much so that people have been hooked ever since Geek & Sundry rolled out their first episode on YouTube way back in 2015. The premise back then was pretty simple, watch a bunch of nerds play Dungeons & Dragons. But it was much more than that. The stories they were telling together were compelling and it was just fun watching friends interact with each other while playing a classic tabletop game.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Gamers
Classic Inspiration
Classic stories are considered classic because they present a universal moral that can be applicable in a wide array of different media. They can be retold in several different ways, and often are. I want to investigate how literature can inspire the narrative of role playing games.
By Lucas Carson8 years ago in Gamers
My Relationship with Video Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I've been playing games all my life. I can't tell you how old I was when I first picked up a video game but I can tell you what the game was and the circumstances around it as if it happened yesterday. I was still living in the Philippines at the time and my uncle gave me his Game Boy—the first one which, as some of you may recall, was the big grey brick that needed a fistful of AA batteries to run. The first game I ever played on it? Mortal Kombat. I don't know if that was a good choice on my uncle's part, but luckily the Game Boy wasn't conducive to ultra-violence, if only because it was graphically incapable of rendering it. With a dot matrix display that started to fade when the batteries were running low, the thing could only do so much. But it did enough. It got me hooked.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Gamers
Pathfinder RPG: The Basics. Part 1
Pathfinder is a Pen and Paper Role Playing Game with the aid of Polyhedral Dice, set in the mind of the GM and the players, with the goal potential of successfully defeating creatures in skilful combat, Becoming a Deceitful Rogue, an all powerful Halfling Barbarian/Paladin, or even a Human Merchant with evil intentions... What ever your story or goal, with Pathfinder, anything is possible.
By Ian McGarva8 years ago in Gamers
Relationships Within Video Games
In the modern age, video games have continuously built upon relationships between the various virtual characters and the player. The Sims and Mass Effect series are well-known for the relationships that the player can have with a multitude of characters. I have played both, and with each, I have a moral decision on who I should and shouldn't try to have relations with.
By Kyle Frick8 years ago in Gamers
5 Ways the 'Pokemon' Games Are Evolving for the Better
For we millenials, Pokemon has been around for as long as we have. We grew up with all these Pocket Monsters, trying to "catch 'em all," but now we've evolved and gotten older. The Pokemon franchise has been rapidly growing in popularity (again) just over the past decade, and it's had to make some adaptations to keep itself fresh and new. And let me tell you, these changes have been spoiling we Pokemon players rotten.
By Danielle McDougal8 years ago in Gamers
5 Tips for Playing Better Fighters
Fighters. They're one of the most straightforward classes in fantasy RPGs. If you're not sure who the fighter is, just look for the guy with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, barking orders and taking the battle to the monsters. While that image is iconic, it also misses a lot of the potential of the class. Worse, the stereotypical fighter is a character with no background (and no interests) off the battlefield. For all intents and purposes, the party may as well be traveling with an enchanted suit of plate armor that rolls initiative from time to time.
By Neal Litherland8 years ago in Gamers
How To Build John Wick in The 'Pathfinder' RPG
They call him Baba Yaga... but John wasn't exactly the boogeyman. He was who they sent to kill the boogeyman. A legendary assassin with a shadowy past hinted at only by his tattoos, and the whispers told in the darkest corners of the Continental, Wick had left his old life behind. Until a couple of young punks decided to break into his house, steal his car, and kill his dog.
By Neal Litherland8 years ago in Gamers
Best RPG Games for PS4
RPGs, also known as role playing games, are one of the oldest video game genres in existence. In the past, RPGs were all about reading text, possibly doing some point-and-click goodness, and typically focused on being an adventurer in a medieval fairytale world — much like the typical scenes in King's Quest.
By Patricia Sarkar8 years ago in Gamers
Bringing Your Character to Life
Perhaps the most intimidating part of any D&D session is getting into character and actually roleplaying. This is especially true for beginners. There's no cheat sheet or instruction manual for how to feel comfortable interacting in character, and this uncertainty can lead to the closest group of friends awkwardly moving from fight to fight, while the DM pulls their hair out trying to get you to engage with the world they've made.
By Destiny Smith8 years ago in Gamers
5 Tips For Playing Better Druids
The wardens of the wild, druids are seen as strange, primitive, and powerful. The keepers of nature, these casters are empowered by a force that's often older than the gods, allowing them to bend the raw elements to their cause. While they may be good, evil, or otherwise, there is no denying the potency of a druid who has chosen to take the field.
By Neal Litherland8 years ago in Gamers
