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Feral announces Rome: Total War

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My good Norwegian friend Kristian loves two things in life: Spartans and cats. It seems that today, the 19th of January 2010 AD, the crazy cats at Feral have blessed him and us as they’ve announced Rome: Total War Gold Edition for Mac. Spartans! Made by cats!

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BioShock, part two: Tension, the Hero, and the Writer’s Contract with His Consumer

A Continuance on Tension and How I Can Translate It to What I Know (Which Isn’t Much)
With fear of simplifying too much, I say that a story’s fuel resides in the pull of opposing forces, whatever size they be.

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BioShock, part one: Tension is Abound!

What first caught my interest are the polarities in BioShock: stasis versus progression, perpetual celebration versus a pragmatic need for rescue, permanence versus the possibility of permanence.

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BioShock for Mac, an Introduction

This is the first of a multipart series to discuss BioShockFeral’s recent Mac port of the PC and console hit. I’ve just received my review copy and I’m installing as I type.

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Tomb Raider Anniversary for Mac

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Lara Croft: tomb raider extraordinaire. She is considered one of the most notable game characters in the somewhat limited history of video games, you know, in comparison to the history of something like grave robbers.

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