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February 14th, 2007

Great games never get old

I’m going to start abusing my blogging privileges right about… now.

I have been given free reign over this little corner of cyberspace to rant about anything I feel like, so long as it’s about video games. Which is easy, because the thing I talk about most is - surprise! - video games.

I decided the topic for my first abuse of power would be a recent itch I had to scratch. I had a hankering the other day for something classic. “World of Warcraft” is all well and good, and there are several Xbox 360 games lined up and waiting to be played, but for some reason, I needed the warm consolation of a tried-and-true companion. For this, I turned to an old friend - “StarCraft.”

I spent many hours in my youth waging galactic war and my nostalgia got the better of me. I started up a new campaign, wondering if the game was as good as I remember or if my fondness for the Terrans (I’m a sucker for siege tanks) was a thing of the past

Turns out, the game is just as good now as it was in 1998. And siege tanks are still awesome.

After telling myself “just one more level” several through the night, I finally noticed the clock said 3 A.M. and I was forced to stop - after I got halfway through the next mission - only to resume immediately up waking the next morning.

It’s a testament to how good the game is. Even after 10 years, it can go toe-to-toe with anything out today in terms of pure fun. Sweet 3D graphics and the having hundreds of units engaged in a single battle is nice, but that’s just fluff really. When it comes down to it, flashy games come and go, but great games never get old.

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