Predictions for 2015
It’s all the rage so I may as well engage in some egotistical pattering about what I think will happen this year. Here goes: This is going to be an EVE-centric blog, so I may as well give CCP their...
View ArticleThe Review Copy Question
I ran into an interesting post recently from the makers of a game called Toxikk, an Arena FPS. Now, I don’t typically surf the web to find the next great Arena FPS hit. To the contrary, I’ve never been...
View ArticleJanuary 2015 Roundup
The end of January also marks the first 30 days of Just For Crits, so before I go into the miscellaneous bucket of things that didn’t make it into a post somewhere, I figure we should check in on the...
View ArticleAll That Lives Must Die
Today is the last day of operation for Joystiq, Massively, and WoW Insider. Now, my primary audience being EVE nerds, there is every chance that you do not know what those sites are or why they matter....
View ArticleCrowdsourcing is Massively Overpowered
Last week saw the death of WoW Insider and Massively, two properties under the Joystiq brand which didn’t make the leap to Engadget the way the parent domain did. However, like mythical fire birds...
View ArticlePodcasts, Podcasts Everywhere
Podcast popularity seems to be at an all time high – and I’m not sure why. In an age where video is becoming the king of everything (whether it be static YouTube videos or dynamic Twitch livestreams),...
View ArticleFebruary 2015 Roundup
February is gone now – we’re 1/6th the way through the year going by calendar month! Surprisingly, I have not yet missed a day of posting here on Just For Crits. Indeed, February saw many double post...
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Dota 2 and EVE Online Almost Exclusively Male
EVE Online is a bit of a sausagefest – something you already likely knew. But how does it, one of the most heavily male-dominated games in the world, stack up against other video games? It’s a question...
View ArticleMarch 2015 Roundup
March was, frankly, a weird month. There was more than little CSM hangover after the two months of work put towards setting up surveys, crafting interview questions, and participating in analysis...
View ArticleI Can’t Disagree Enough
I woke up this morning and started paging through Twitter and blog feeds. Eventually I came across Talvorian Dex’s most recent post over on Target Caller: The CCP Dichotomy. As I read, I really...
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Pouring One Out for Everquest Next
Sad news from my old employer – well, sorta. Long story. Anyways, Daybreak Games has officially cancelled development of Everquest Next, which sought to be the next installment not just of the...
View ArticleThe Future of MMOs
Black Desert Online is all the rage among the blogger circuit lately – in some cases, literally all the rage. It appears that the Korean MMO, which is free to play overseas but buy-to-play (i.e. a...
View ArticleRepost: E3 2013 Review
This first appeared live on TheMittani.com on 21 June 2013. With E3 2016 around the corner, I figured it would be as good a time as any to repost it. Enjoy! E3 is a lot like LA as a whole: glitz and...
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E3 2016: The PC Gaming Show
The PC Gaming Show is my first event of E3, taking place the Monday before the convention itself opens. Located a short ways away from the convention center, I chose to walk it, to immerse myself fully...
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