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		<title>Three Years Ago&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I re-opened this site as a blog. It was my hope that I could finally make a go of it on the &#8216;net. But things didn&#8217;t work out that way.

At best, the site pulls in just enough to cover expenses; I haven&#8217;t made a penny from it in all this time. What is worse is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1529</link>
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		<title>When Games Collide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or rather, when release dates collide. We&#8217;re all too familiar with the typical &#8220;holiday rush&#8221;, where a number of overhyped &#8220;A&#8221; titles show up within a short time of each other.

It&#8217;s been going on for years, and not likely to stop anytime soon. For instance, both BioShock 2 and Dragon Age: Origins are slated for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1527</link>
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		<title>Fast &#038; Slow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We know the computer/online world moves fast. But there was a time when it was slower yet moved faster.

How can that be? If you were online in the days when everyone had a dial-up modem, then you know how. All the BBS&#8217;s and proprietary networks were text-based, and that text scrolled up the screen without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1525</link>
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		<title>E3 Deluge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next week is E3, the gathering where companies show off upcoming titles and vaporware ;) EA is attending, and they have a lot of games on their list.

Twenty-six, in fact. Unfortunately, only two would be of any interest to me: Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. The rest are shooters, sports, Sims, and Spore, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1523</link>
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		<title>The Test Of Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are there games that stand the test of time? By that, I mean really old ones, that are still playable today.

My own feeling is, not many of the &#8220;old classics&#8221; would be considered playable by today&#8217;s gamers. Over at brainygamer, Michael Abbott had his students play (ahem) Ultima IV and Super Mario Brothers 3.
U4 was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1521</link>
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		<title>That Time Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, it&#8217;s that time. That time when Yours Truly (me) feels too lazy to post anything significant. Besides, today in the U.S. is a holiday, which gives me an excuse to goof off. So, open comments here. Just remember, game-related.
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		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1519</link>
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		<title>Sharing The Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember shareware? In case you don&#8217;t, Eurogamer has an article on that very subject. Although I take issue with their point of view.

Reading the piece, you&#8217;d get the impression that PC gaming was a ghetto, and it was only the efforts of id Software, Apogee, and Epic Megagames that ushered in a golden era for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1517</link>
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		<title>The In-Between</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MMOGs take a long time to develop, and only a short time to disappear. Over at bit-tech, they look at success and failure in the world of online gaming. However&#8230;

There&#8217;s another kind of online world that usually isn&#8217;t mentioned on the regular gaming sites. Because such venues are aimed at the kid/teen market, and they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scorpia.com/?p=1515</link>
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