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Anyone remember MAD Magazine: The Board Game?

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Anyone remember MAD Magazine: The Board Game?

The famous “green bill” which wasn’t playable in-game but was really fun to poke around with. Over the holidays I was able to unearth an old copy of MAD Magazine: The Board Game. I remember the best moments: post-dinner game night with my family and lunch breaks at school. I’d lug this huge board game box around. For those unfamiliar, MAD Magazine The Board Game, or simply put, MAD was a once in a lifetime 1979 release (there were no reprints) that was quite similar to Monopoly except that instead of buying properties and winning the bank money, MAD’s objective was to lose money! Such a classic board game cover Read more »

A Sort of Backstory to Pee Pee Boy

by Jayvee Fernandez
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A Sort of Backstory to Pee Pee Boy

Every morning Timmy wakes up to the call of the wild. Like all children, Timmy plays to the phantasms of childlish imaginations and believes his toilet is out to eat him. For more than once has he told his parents about this dilemma and the adults, as all adults will be shrug off the phantasms as nothing more than games children play or an overactive imagination. The truth, in fact, is that the residence is under another type of occupancy — a poltergeist that has chosen to make the toilet on the upper floor its second home. So Timmy has been rather fastidious with his dealings with the toilet seat Read more »

Team Fortress 2: It’s 2007 all over again with a twist

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Team Fortress 2: It’s 2007 all over again with a twist

With Team Fortress 2 now free to play, it feels a like 2007 all over again. I’m up till 3 in the morning, capturing points, inching the payload forward, and cursing medics who don’t do it right. The only difference is that at this point I feel like I’m king of the leader boards. The pyros don’t know how to air blast rockets, the engineers don’t know how to rotate turrets, and everyone holds back playing a sniper. This is of course all because Team Fortress 2 is now free to play and the influx of thousands of new players (double) jumping into the most recognized team-based warfare has reset Read more »

Review: Limbo

by Robin Parrish
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Review: Limbo

Limbo is a shadowy, murky place rendered entirely black and white, without a hint of color. There’s a grainy quality to it, like you’re watching an old silent film. Which is appropriate since there’s no music or dialog anywhere in the game. And there’s only the barest hint of a story. Needless to say, Limbo is not the kind of puzzle/adventure game that comes along every day. Read more »