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Tag: Starcraft 2

  • Starcraft 2

    Starcraft 2

    6 years on and with a fresh pair of eyes does Starcraft 2 still hold up?

  • StarCraft 2 eSports now with World Championship Series

    Today Blizzard announced the 2013 World Championship Series will feature StarCraft II, and be split into three regions: Europe, North America, and South Korea. Major League Gaming is on board to organise the North American side of things, while the Electronic Sports League will host the European side, and GomTV/OnGameNet will host the league in…

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 14 – Faec Time

    Laura and Tony are joined this week by the Frangy Frandroid herself, Fran Shergold, and Jon Brady of 7BitArcade, Big Red Barrel, and The Internet.

  • The Game Mechanic – How Heart of the Swarm does it right

    Johnny gives us his thoughts on what makes a good sequel.

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 11 – Swear Jar

    Laura and Tony were due to be joined by Paul, but unfortunately the dog ate his headset (apparently totally true) so super-sub Producer John steps in again alongside very special guest Jenn Taylor from The GameJar! As we sit in the lull after Christmas and before the next batch of solid titles appear, we’re more…

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 10 – Zerg May Cry

    Laura and Tony are joined by podcast producer John with very special guest Sean Labode from TrueGits! The big conversation this episode is really all about the future. What we’re looking forward to in hardware and games and whether the world will be rocked by the Steam Box. Current gaming – Laura has been mostly playing…

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 8 – StarCast 2

    Laura has some technical issues, so Producer John and Tony take the reins as the co-presenters of the Ready Up Podcast, asking the questions we all want to ask, but are sometimes a little shy about! This episode the StarCraft twins (new name!) Duncan and Johnny join the ‘cast to talk about lots of things,…

  • The Game Mechanic – Star-cracked

    Ladder anxiety is definitely a thing. This blog is largely inspired by my recent experiences with the laddering system of Starcraft 2, the system that Blizzard uses to decide who faces off against who that dumps players in specific leagues depending on their decided skill-level.  It has spawned a phenomenon known only as “ladder anxiety”…

  • eSports

    There’s been a lot of stirring controversy in the past month over the issue of eSports. By which I mean, KOTAKU has been stirring up a lot of controversy over the issue of eSports. As much as I want to berate the article and its mildly biased twisting of words – I actually want to…

  • The Wind Cries Marvel

    Everyone loves surprises, don’t they? Last year, I was pleasantly surprised by Criterion’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. As racing games go, I generally can’t be arsed with them. Forza Motorsport drew me in with its rampant amount of car customisation, as did Need for Speed: Underground 2 for similar reasons. Sure I played the…