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NEWS ABOUT: roleplaying games

roleplaying games stories: 5 news summaries
NEW RELEASE

Spore Sparkles, But
Gameplay's a Little Dim

Game delivers on 'universe in a box' hype, but that doesn't mean it's great

Sep 5, 08 6:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most critics are positive about Spore, but you’ll likely get a different answer from each about why. Troy Wolverton, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, found the game “engrossing,” though he wonders whether it will live up to the “massive hype.” In the New ... More »

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Electronic Arts • roleplaying games • Will Wright • Spore • video game reviews • new release • strategy

Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dead at 69

Gary Gygax rocked
the gaming world

Mar 5, 08 3:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Widely revered Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, regarded as the father of role-playing games, has died at his home in Wisconsin after years of health problems, AP reports. He was 69. Together with Dave Arneson, Gygax created the massively popular medieval fantasy Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 that struck... More »

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games • obituary • gaming • fantasy • author • roleplaying games • Dungeons & Dragons

Exploding World of Warcraft Population Hits 10M

Online fantasy game has most subscribers in genre

Jan 24, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Online role-playing game World of Warcraft has topped 10 million subscribers, making it by far the most popular game of its kind, GamePro.com reports. The fantasy kingdom of Azeroth now has a higher population than many of the real world's countries. More than half of the game's addicts are... More »

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World of Warcraft • virtual worlds • roleplaying games • online gaming • warcraft • Blizzard Entertainment • Azeroth

UPDATED

Singapore Lifts Ban on Game With Lesbian Love

Mass Effect can be sold with M18 rating

Nov 16, 07 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Gamers in Singapore may now buy Microsoft's Mass Effect despite a female-female love scene. The country has decided to allow the sale of the video game under an M18 rating, reports Singapore's Straits Times, after previously banning it due to a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman... More »

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Microsoft • gaming • Singapore • Mass Effect • roleplaying games • video games

Shot on Location—in Azeroth

Oct 14, 07 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - World of Warcraft is home to 9 million adventurers—and one film crew. A team of New York-based programmers, filmmakers and geeks has been shooting a feature-length movie entirely within the online game, a uniquely difficult location shoot. “The crew doesn't usually start running off after their mortal enemy... More »

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World of Warcraft • multiplayer games • roleplaying games • movies

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