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On Feminism and Gaming

December 1, 2011/2/0/

I’ve started listening to the Weekend Confirmed podcast which is run by the folks at Shack News, a gaming news site / blog from back before blogging was even a noun/verb. The podcast is run by game reviewer/illuminati Garnett Lee, and I began listening after the Totally Rad Show’s Jeff Cannata mentioned it as another […]

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Lord of Pestilence Profile — Bacteroides fragilis

November 21, 2011/0/0/

Description (Healing Blade Lore) Bacteroides fragilis are widespread in Soma. They can live peacefully along the aqueduct, where they feed on the nutrients and other resources that flow down from Buccal Bay, and are among the most common residents below the Southern Dam and near Fecal Outlet. They can even be beneficial to Soma’s health, […]

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Nerds Unite – Meet Lizbeth Salander in the Making

November 15, 2011/0/0/

In perhaps what is going to be the most controversial post on the NCL blog for a while, I wanted to share with you the story of Hillary Adams, the now 23-year-old girl who set up a camera in her bedroom to document her father beating her for downloading games and videos on her pc. […]

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My Summer of Michael Fassbender

November 13, 2011/0/0/

Before this summer, I had no idea who Michael Fassbender was. In truth, I had come across his work in Tarantino’s impressive Inglorious Basterds, in which Fassbender portrayed a British spy behind enemy lines passing as a Nazi officer in one of the films more tense sequences. Still, I merely thought of him as a […]

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Mass Effect’s Dr. Mordin Solus and Basic Medical Ethics

November 9, 2011/2/0/

If you’ve read this blog, you’re probably aware of just how fan-boyish we are for Bioware and the MassEffect series of games. Glorious graphics? Check. Interesting game-play that seems to have evolved over the series based on fan feedback? Check. Awesome pop-synth score? Check. Characters with motivations, conflicts, and weaknesses that make you care for […]

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Dragonslayer

September 2, 2011/0/0/

I slept. I slipped into a dream. I woke up as a citizen of Soma. I live in the northern peninsula near the Brachial Rivers.  I leave my home in the morning, just as I do every day, to work in my designated profession.  Everyone in the village is talking about the invasion in the […]

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Healing Blade 2.0

July 25, 2011/2/0/

It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that we are nearing completion of the next phase of The Healing Blade infectious disease card battle game. We’ve teamed up with the folks at Wulven Game Studios, makers of the insanely popular ‘Shadow Era’ card game. The genius gamesmiths over at Wulven, lead by Studio […]

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Lord of Pestilence Profile — Mycoplasma pneumoniae

July 24, 2011/0/0/

Description (Healing Blade Lore) Mycoplasma pneumoniae are Soma’s silent hunters. They lurk undetected in the world’s forests, phantoms ever haunting Soma’s peaceful communities. Their elusory presence even once led the Apothecaries’ strategists to mistake them for another class of foes that haunt the land—the dreaded viruses—a suspicion supported by the irreparable damage they can cause […]

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Lord of Pestilence Profile — Klebsiella pneumoniae

July 1, 2011/0/0/

Description (Healing Blade Lore) From the seas of the North to the deserts of the East, Klebsiella pneumoniae can be found throughout Soma’s communities, as well as being common to the uninhabited regions of the land. They can often live peacefully among the local inhabitants, but should a region’s defenses be weakened for any reason, […]

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GFH 2011

June 2, 2011/0/0/

I recently travelled to foggy Boston to attend the always excellent Games for Health Conference.  We’ve had a presence there before with the HOPE research initiative, but this time, Ben Sawyer, the visionary behind the conference, wanted us to talk a little bit about the Healing Blade.  I still owe Ben a beer for saving […]

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