Recent content by Josha Petronis-Akins

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    Not Impressed by Team Fortress 2

    Steam says I have spent about 175 hours playing Team Fortress 2. This means two things: I know the game very well, and I enjoy it, despite all of the blackening of its good name I am about to take part in. Lets begin by saying TF2 does one thing very well: balance. Each class has an essential...
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    Hypothetical Spiritual Successors

    I thought of an exercise. Someone names a video game. Preferably a good one, that either lacks sequels, or has crappy sequels. We then collaboratively decide what elements defined that game and made it good, and design in broad strokes a hypothetical unrelated game based on those elements. I...