Early impressions: Fallout 4 (PS4)

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One of the most worn out phrases in games journalism has to be “If you’re a fan.”

And why not? With the way game development works and the fact that sequels are far more likely to get the green light from a publisher than an untested property, it’s in the best interest of those companies to release things that they know will hit their consumer’s sweet spot.

Fallout 4 falls into this pit, for better and worse.

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Backlog Adventures ‘Let Us Play!’: Ultra Street Fighter IV Versus

In this installment of Backlog Adventures’ ‘Let Us Play!’ series, Will (@DoubleUHarrison) and Rachel take their never-ending Street Fighter rivalry to versus mode, facing off in 6 or so matches.

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Let’s Play: Dragon Age Inquisition high dragon kills; Plus, a note on the future

Well, I’ve been gone awhile, huh?

Backlog Adventures has served as my personal “anything that is fit for internet print” space during my misadventures of online games journalism. While that is certainly not going to change, a recent vocation shift in my online writing duties will also force BLA to do some shifting as well.

Also: I killed some dragons. Serious stuff first, however.

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On YouTube monetization, creator’s rights, and who exactly is a content creator

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The saying goes that the pen is mightier than the sword, but what does this mean in the digital age? Who is the sword holder? What if you’re borrowing that sword from someone else? Are they the mighty or is that power purely in the one who swings?

What makes one privy to pen holding?

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