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Review: Wrath of Ashardalon

With the success of the Castle Ravenloft board game all but assured, Wizards of the Coast was apparently well into the creation of the follow-up, Wrath of Ashardalon; it released a mere six months later.  Don’t be fooled, this is no complaint.  Wrath of Ashardalon brings back all of the successful elements of Castle Ravenloft¸ [...]

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MDP Review: AMC’s Rubicon – Season 1

Think of any episode of 24.  The digital clock keeps a furious pace as Jack Bauer shoots, screams and fights his way to the center of an elaborate terrorist plot, aided by a generally obnoxious crew of desk-jockeying analysts all bound for an eventual body-bag.  Planes crash, cities are nuked, and superfluous spouse-characters get amnesia, [...]

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Jon’s Impressions from the Wasteland: A Fallout New Vegas Blog: Part 1

There are few games I’ve put as much time into as Fallout 3.  I’m not talking about multiple characters either.  I had one character that I sank well over one hundred hours of game-time, turning over ever stone, looting every location on the map, and scouring for Pip Boy bobble-heads.  It seemed only fitting that [...]

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Modern Day Politics: Schwarzenegger vs. EMA

Here at MDP we strive to keep things interesting, entertaining and above all else, fun.  However, if you’ll allow us to digress from the fun and entertaining part for one post, there is an issue we feel deserves your attention: freedom of  speech.  Specifically in regards to video games.  And with an election looming in [...]

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Board Game Classics Revisited

It’s not hard to see these days  as a golden age of board gaming; incredible new games seem to be coming out every week, and gamers everywhere seem to have a favorite game someone else has never even heard of.  While new ideas are always essential to the success of any medium, the board-game nerd [...]

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