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Are you ever too old for video games?

June 27, 2014 JLHilton

* * * In the 1970s, when video games were in their infancy, my grandparents loved playing cards, going to bingo and doing puzzles. No one told them they were “too old” to have fun. But Charlotte Geeks member Daniel Blake has been told several times that he’s too old […]

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Writer Wednesdays: William Harms on video games, comics and zombie defense

February 26, 2014 JLHilton

William Harms has written for some the largest and most prestigious entertainment companies in the world, including Sony Entertainment, 2K, Ubisoft, Techland, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Sega, and Top Cow. His comic book work includes the acclaimed vampire series Impaler (finalist for the International Horror Guild Award), 39 Minutes, Captain […]

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Feel Good Friday: Books vs. Movies

February 21, 2014 JLHilton

Are movie adaptations always worse than the original books upon which they’re based? I’ve heard, “It wasn’t as good as the book” about a gajillion times. But I’ve rarely–ever?– heard someone say “The movie was better than the book.” Does that happen? I took my questions to the Charlotte Geeks […]

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Writer Wednesday: 5 Questions with Richard Dansky

January 29, 2014 JLHilton

Richard E. Dansky is a writer and a designer of computer games and RPGs who lives in Durham. A former game developer for White Wolf Inc., he worked on Wraith: The Oblivion, Mind’s Eye Theatre, Vampire: The Dark Ages, Kindred of the East, and Orpheus game lines. He is currently […]

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Feel Good Fridays: Skyrim voice actor Dan Donohue

May 24, 2013 JLHilton

Friends, geeks, dovahkiin, lend me your pointed ears… If you’ve played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with the official add-on Dragonborn, you’ve probably met battlemage extraordinaire Teldryn Sero. The dark elf quickly became my favorite follower in the game, with his potent combination of fire spells, swordsmanship and entertaining dialogue, […]