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Defense Grid: The Awakening - My Favorite Standalone Tower Defense So Far

My review of Defense Grid: The Awakening, a great tower defense game with solid design, lots of content, and much-appreciated challenges and difficulty.

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Atom Zombie Smasher: Great, Unique, Difficult, and Fun...For Awhile

My review about Atom Zombie Smasher. I really enjoyed the gameplay but I have doubts about the game's replayability and staying power.

Atom Zombie Smasher

Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII Reviewed: Great RPGs

My dual reviews of Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII, two great retro RPGs available as a bundle. Cthulhu, which was developed second, is undoubtedly the better game, but Breath of Death is worth playing too.

Nehrim: Erothin

Minecraft 1.8 (Adventure Update) Trailer Released, Update "Leaked"

Information about the (intentional) "leak" of Minecraft 1.8, the first half of the Adventure Update. Also includes embedded official trailer and some of my early experiences playing after the update.

Minecraft 1.8 Adventure Update

Portal: No Escape - Amazing Live Action Portal Short Film

A short post simply to direct (more) attention to Dan Trachtenberg's short film "Portal: No Escape." Go watch right now (on YouTube in HD).

Portal: No Escape


Bard Journals will cover any experiences the authors have with a game, or occasionally with a relevant website, program, topic, etc. Posts may inlcude reviews, stories, overviews, criticism, praise...anything, really. There will often be screenshots and videos accompanying the posts.

Bard Journals

Below you can find a list of the posts in the series (from newest to oldest), their author, and a brief summary for each.


My thoughts on Battlefield 3. Warning: This post is almost 5000 words.


My thoughts on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.

My thoughts on the Cthulhu's Angels mode in Cthulhu Saves the World.

My review of Defense Grid: The Awakening.

My (real) mostly positive review of Atom Zombie Smasher.

My huge review of From Dust.

My positive reviews of the two bundled RPGs.

My positive review of SpaceChem.

A post sharing my opinions on the first 10 (of 50) tickets I earned in the Steam summer camp contest.

A post summarizing the important Supreme Court ruling and my opinions on the unconstitutional law and those who proposed it.

A post with my thoughts on Chapter 1 in The Witcher 2.

A post with my thoughts on the prologue in The Witcher 2.

A post reviewing RUSH.

A post reviewing Braid.

A post reviewing Portal 2.

A post reviewing Dragon Age 2's mediocrity and poor design decisions.

A post explaining how Dragon Age Legends potential as a good Facebook game is ruined by constant crippling in the name of premium currency sales.

A post describing my multi-day collection of all 36 potatoes and the Golden Potato from the Portal 2 ARG. Also includes very brief and very short thoughts on all of the Potato Sack games.

A post sharing my negative opinion on Homefront's terrible single-player content.

A post based around corn_fest's image showing the evolution of TF2's items and maps from 2007 to 2011.

A post about my free Homefront copy from an AtomicGamer giveaway.

A post sharing my thoughts on the three games in the Dawn of War 2 series.

A post sharing my thoughts on Magicka after finishing the campaign.

A post listing things I felt positively, negatively, and neutral about in the Dragon Age 2 demo.

A post sharing three games I recommend playing on Kongregate.

A post about my thoughts on some of the information released about Skyrim's technology.

A post announcing an LP (focused on the Mages Guild and House Telvanni) of Morrowind.

A post about my return to StumbleUpon.

A post reviewing Shatter.

A post detailing Xfire's decline and my slow abandonment of it for Steam.

A post reviewing Tidalis.

A post about my thoughts on 3 more TF2 items: the Sydney Sleeper, the Bushwacka, and L'Etranger.

A post reviewing VVVVVV, and first in a series of reviews of all the indie games I purchased.

Halloween Horrors in Team Fortress 2 (Galahaut)
A post about Scream Fortress, TF2's second Halloween special.

Mass Effect 2 Completed, Endgame Thoughts (Galahaut)
A post about my thoughts on the end of Mass Effect 2.

Fallout: New Vegas Review (Galahaut)
LePropugnator's extensive review of Fallout: New Vegas.

Very Late Mass Effect 2 Thoughts (Galahaut)
A post about my thoughts on Mass Effect 2 so far (finally).

Fallout New Vegas - Day One Negatives (Galahaut)
A post about my initial negative thoughts about Fallout: New Vegas.

Fallout New Vegas - Day One Neutrals (Galahaut)
A post about my initial neutral thoughts (features I don't feel strongly positively or negatively about) about Fallout: New Vegas. One more post will be following covering features I have negative opinions of.

Fallout New Vegas - Day One Positives (Galahaut)
A post about my initial positive thoughts about Fallout: New Vegas. Two more posts will be following covering features I have neutral feelings on and things I have negative opinions of.

Team Fortress 2 New Item Thoughts (3, 4, 5) (Galahaut)
A post about my thoughts on a Polycount item, a Mann-conomy item, and a promotional item in Team Fortress 2: the Degreaser, the Gloves of Running Urgently (G.R.U.), and the Frying Pan.

My Major Civilization 5 Criticism (Galahaut)
A post criticizing Civiliation 5's poor AI.

Team Fortress 2 Polycount Thoughts (1 + 2) (Galahaut)
A post about my thoughts on two Polycount items for TF2: the Shortstop and Darwin's Danger Shield.

Civilization 5 Early Thoughts (Galahaut)
A post about my thoughts after playing Civilization 5 briefly.

Worms Reloaded Single Player Thoughts (Galahaut)
A post about my thoughts on the Worms Reloaded single player campaign.

Worms and Warbands and Physics (Galahaut)
A post sharing some of my experiences with Mount & Blade: Warband, newly purchased Worms Reloaded, and newly gifted Garry's Mod.

Tales of Team Fortress 2 Unlocks (Part 5) (Galahaut)
A post detailing the weapons from the Engineer update for Team Fortress 2 , plus 3 other community items, and my opinions on them.

Starcraft 2 Campaign Gameplay (Part 1) (Galahaut)
A post with some brief thoughts on Starcraft 2's campaign gameplay.

Final Impressions from GameTap Games (Galahaut)
A post about my impressions on Age of Mythology, Deus Ex, Heroes of Might and Magic V, Far Cry 2, Gothic 3, The Settlers: Rise of an Empire, and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

Team Fortress 2's 119th Update (Galahaut)
A post about Valve's celebration of TF2's 119th Update.

Mirror's Edge and Evil Elevators (Galahaut)
A post about my replay of Mirror's Edge (and its elevators).

Tales of Team Fortress 2 Unlocks (Part 4.5) (Galahaut)
A post detailing the 3 new community-contributed weapon unlocks for Team Fortress 2 and my opinions on them.

Impressions: R.U.S.E. and Global Agenda (Galahaut)
A post about my impressions from the R.U.S.E. open beta and the Global Agenda free infinite trial.

DLC in the Borderlands (Mini-Reviews) (Galahaut)
A post with small reviews of the 3 DLC for Borderlands.

Tales from Morrowind. Yes, Morrowind (Galahaut)
A post introducing my return to Morrowind.

Tales of Team Fortress 2 Unlocks (Part 4) (Galahaut)
A post detailing the unlockable items for the Soldier and Demoman in Team Fortress 2 and my opinions on the items.

Tales of Team Fortress 2 Unlocks (Part 3) (Galahaut)
A post detailing the unlockable items for the Sniper and Spy in Team Fortress 2 and my opinions on the items.

Starcraft 2 Beta Video - Terran Abilities (Galahaut)
A brief post describing my new Starcraft 2 beta video which shows all (or...almost all) the Terran abilities.

Sins of a Solar Empire: An Overview (Propugnator)
Propugnator's first post; a long post giving an overview of Sins of a Solar Empire, some opinions about the game, and brief descriptions of the two "micro-expansions," Entrenchment and Diplomacy.

Starcraft 2 Beta Tales (Screenshots/Videos) (Galahaut)
A post mostly to announce a large batch of screenshots and videos I posted from the Starcraft 2 Beta.

Starcraft 2 Beta Tales (Part Zero) (Galahaut)
An "introduction" post detailing my Starcraft 2 beta invite, the setup process, the lack of an NDA, and the first bug I found.

Brief First Impressions of "Old" Games (Galahaut)
A post giving my impressions of the first few hours of gameplay in 3 "old" games played through GameTap: Psychonauts, Evil Genius, and Sid Meier's Pirates!

Tales of Team Fortress Unlocks (Part 2) (Galahaut)
A post detailing the unlockable items for the Heavy and Scout in Team Fortress 2 and my opinions on the items.

A Deep Journey in Dragon Age (Galahaut)
A brief description and even more brief "review" of Dragon Age: Journeys, a free flash game set in the Dragon Age universe.

Dragon Age: Origins - Good, Bad, and Ugly (Galahaut)
A post in bullet point format where I give my opinion on the positives, negatives, and things that could have or should have been done better in Dragon Age: Origins.

The Characters of Torchlight (Galahaut)
A post describing the 3 characters in Torchlight (Vanquisher, Alchemist, Destroyer) and my experiences playing each.

Tales of Team Fortress Unlocks (Part 1) (Galahaut)
A post detailing the unlockable items for the Medic and Pyro in Team Fortress 2 and my opinions on the items.