Xkcd

My little desk friends. The rules of the “favorite game series” posts, as I understand them, is that there must have been more than one game, the games must have the series name in the title, I must have played them, and if another in that series were to be made, I would definitely play that. Replaying the first few hours of FGS #5, Dungeon Siege, confirmed that I’m still a big fan of party based isometric RPGs, even when they are insanely difficult. Replaying Portal reminded me just how much I value great writing in video games. ...

Interested in playing a little game called Free Realms? They’re letting ANYONE in. They let ME in, right? If you haven’t gotten a key, and want to try out the Next Big Thing, head on over to http://www.freerealms.com/index.vm?cid=1054126 and sign up, first thousand get in (via @freerealms). Odds not good enough for you? USA Today has 20 thousand keys to give away (via Grimwell). Why exactly can’t we talk about this game? This sounds so much like an OPEN beta. ...