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Dungeon Siege Review

The guys over at Evil Avatar have written up a positive review of Dungeon Siege. An excerpt to follow: Combat and nature magic are two totally separate spell lines you can specialize in as you play. Both have a range…

New Neverwinter Desktop

The official Neverwinter Nights website has been updated with a brand new desktop depicting a mummy and several other undead.

Computer Role-Playing Games – Part IV: Genre Blending

GameSpy has posted Part IV of their Computer Role-Playing Games series, this time talking about the definition of a role-playing game. They offer several developer’s opinions on what they think makes a game an RPG. Check it out: So, what…

Neverwinter Nights Q&A

BioWare’s community manager, Jay Watamaniuk, has posted another Q&A on the official Neverwinter Nights forums. There are a total of 10 questions, all answered by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, or Trent Oster. Here’s a snippet: Q: I realize that any…

EverQuest Lawsuit

I read over at RPGDot that the Milwaukee Journal has published a story about a man who committed suicide last Thanksgiving, and that the unfortunate occurence may be potentially related to his EverQuest addiction. His mother is now filing a…

Scott Bilas Interview

The guys over at Circle of Elders have conducted a thorough interview with Scott Bilas of Gas Powered Games, asking him an assortment of questions about just how much of the game can be altered with the Siege Editor and…

Computer Role-Playing Games – Part II: Gold Rush & Beyond

GameSpy has posted a followup to yesterday’s Computer Role-Playing Games article, this one entitled Gold Rush & Beyond, which talks primarily about the success of SSI’s “Gold Box” games and the RPG drought of the 90s. Here’s a snippet: At…

Chris Taylor Chat @ Zone.com

Here it is, straight from my inbox: On Thursday, April 4, from 5pm to 6pm PST, Gas Powered Games president Chris Taylor will be in the Zone Theater Chat Room () to talk about Dungeon Siege, slated to hit store…

Shadowbane, when it’s ready.

Well now April Fool’s is over you can once again start paying attention to news headlines. And there were plenty of them floating around the Shadowbane community today. And just so we know it’s not a joke, Wolfpack didn’t flinch…