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Free Dark Elves In Every Blood Bowl

3:40AM Mike Fahey | The PC adaptation of the Games Workshop board game that put the fantasy in fantasy football is getting a free dose of hot Dark Elf action next month. More »
Culture

What Do You Mean It’s Not Worth Localising Yakuza 3?

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Time for more Fantasy! This week, we look at Sega’s Yakuza 3, a game many of you would like to play, but which Sega seem intent on never releasing in the West. More »
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If Only There Were PS2 Games On The PSN…

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Do you dream about things? We don’t. Dreaming is for dreamers. We prefer to spend our spare time thinking merely of things that should be, but are not. More »
Media

Dressing Up In Pangya PSP

7:20AM Mike Fahey | Tomy takes us through some of the multifarious ways you can dress up your adorable anime golfers in the upcoming Pangya: Fantasy Golf for the PlayStation portable. More »

I’m So Sorry – If Oblivion Was a Music Video

7:30PM Mike Fahey | I tried my best to avoid ever sharing this epic creation by Chris Dane Owens, but someone at Bethesda thinks it’s a good representation of what Oblivion would look like as a music video. More »

The Making of Dwarf Fortress

6:30AM Maggie Greene | Gamasutra has a lengthy (10 page) but interesting interview up with Tarn Adams, the programmer behind Dwarf Fortress. The interview touches on a lot of issues: the history of Dwarf Fortress and how it came to be, game mechanics, the follow that’s sprung up in the game’s wake … What’s left to answer is why’d we be so into doing a fantasy game. That’s probably the same as everybody else: Tolkien, D&D, myths, and of course, the movie Beastmaster. (We like the part where the evil priest is like, “You’ll be sacrificed to ‘The God of AAaa,’” like they didn’t even bother thinking of a name, just powering through on the power of their badarsedness.) But there were all kinds of things like that. In the movies, books, the arcade, PC, consoles, we were surrounded by that sort of thing. It’s an interesting, if lengthy, interview and worth a read through. The community that’s sprung up around the game is almost as interesting as the game itself, especially the bits and pieces that have become popular outside the Dwarf Fortress community. The Making Of Dwarf Fortress [Gamasutra] More »