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ANNI SIMPSON

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I exist at all thanks to the Atari 2600. When my parents were dating, my dad owned the console, which he used to show my mom he “wasn’t like the other guys.” He offered my mom a few of her favorite beers and a couple of matches on a regular basis until they married in 1985. Some of my earliest memories involve my parents, “Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt,” and someone’s NES at either our house or the house of a family friend. I’ve been gaming ever since.

NEWS BY ANNI SIMPSON

Blizzard Opens Store for Player Maps in “StarCraft 2”
Apr 24, 2018
“MapleStory 2” Closed Beta Arrives May 9
Apr 18, 2018
Gygax Trust to Develop Gary Gygax’s Unpublished Games
Apr 17, 2018
“World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth” Receives Release Date
Apr 5, 2018
Niantic Repaying Attendees of Pokémon Go Festival in May
Apr 4, 2018
Twitch Prime Begins Offering Monthly Free Games
Mar 14, 2018
Microsoft Shifts Plans for the Xbox at E3 2018
Mar 14, 2018
Oculus Rift Goes Dark
Mar 7, 2018
“StarCraft” Turns 20
Mar 5, 2018
“Monster Hunter: World” Becomes Capcom’s Best-Selling Game
Mar 5, 2018
“40 Winks” Kickstarter Brings First New N64 Game in 20 Years
Feb 28, 2018
ESRB Updates Ratings to Encompass In-Game Purchases
Feb 28, 2018
“Nine Parchments” Releasing to Xbox One March 7
Feb 26, 2018
EA Locks Classic Characters in “Star Wars Battlefront 2”
Nov 14, 2017
Wizards of the Coast Announce Free-to-Play “Magic Arena” Game
Sep 8, 2017
“Half Life” Update Released
Jul 11, 2017
“Destiny 2” Coming to Blizzard Launcher
May 18, 2017
Steam Changes Game Gifting Process
May 4, 2017
“World of Warcraft” YouTuber Hayven Games Passes Away at 26
Apr 24, 2017
Nintendo Possibly Plans to Release the Mini SNES Console
Apr 19, 2017
Opinion: “RuneScape” and Alexa, High Potential to Flop in a Gaming Medium
Apr 11, 2017
NVIDIA TITAN xp Arrives
Apr 6, 2017
“World of Warcraft” 7.2 Releases Next Tuesday
Mar 23, 2017
Possible “Destiny 2” Leak Revealed
Mar 23, 2017
“Final Fantasy” IP Wins Guiness World Records
Feb 22, 2017
Ubisoft Delays “South Park: The Fractured But Whole”
Feb 10, 2017
Valve Suffers Security Exploit, What Now?
Feb 9, 2017
E3 Opens Doors to the Public
Feb 8, 2017
NVIDIA Kills Resale of Promotional Game Keys
Feb 6, 2017
Nintendo’s “Fire Emblem Heroes” Released for Mobile Devices
Feb 3, 2017
Virtual Reality Moves to Memoralize History
Feb 2, 2017
Nintendo Airing Ad During Super Bowl On Sunday
Feb 1, 2017
Nintendo Demos Switch, Super Mario Run on Tonight Show
Dec 8, 2016
Kickin’ It with “Grand Old Academy”
Nov 15, 2016
“Pokemon Go” Gen 2 Finally Coming
Nov 10, 2016
Blizzard Learns Valuable Lessons from “Warlords of Draenor”
Nov 7, 2016
BlizzCon 2016: Opening Ceremony
Nov 4, 2016
Newest Nintendo Console Nintendo Switch Premiered
Oct 20, 2016
“Dark Souls 3” Players Caught in Ban Wave
Apr 21, 2016
“Overwatch” Closed Beta to Return Mid-February
Jan 21, 2016
“Amplitude” Flies onto Shelves Jan. 5
Dec 2, 2015
BlizzCon 2015: “World of Warcraft: Legion”
Nov 6, 2015
BlizzCon 2015: Opening Ceremony
Nov 6, 2015
Nintendo 2015 E3 Press Conference Recap
Jun 16, 2015
NoScope Gaming Glasses Third Edition: Review
May 23, 2015
Battle.net Places Pets, Mounts on Sale
Dec 17, 2014
Gunnar Hits NoScope with Lawsuit
Dec 17, 2014
“Goblins vs. Gnomes” Release Date Announced
Dec 2, 2014
Unexpected Battle.net Crash Confirmed DDoS Attack
Nov 28, 2014
“Draenor” Drama Temporarily Destroys Official “WoW” Subreddit
Nov 17, 2014
BlizzCon 2014: Early Views of “Overwatch” and “Goblins vs. Gnomes”
Nov 9, 2014
BlizzCon 2014: Contests
Nov 7, 2014
BlizzCon 2014: Opening Ceremony
Nov 7, 2014
“WoW’s” Dungeon Finder Down
Oct 24, 2014
Interview: Kraig Ward for Extra Life
Oct 18, 2014
GOG Galaxy Unleashes “Alien vs. Predator” Open Beta
Oct 15, 2014
An Outsider’s Perspective on “Pathfinder RPG”
Oct 11, 2014
“Myst” Receiving the “Defiance” Treatment, Gets a Show
Oct 8, 2014
“Vib-Ribbon” Slated for PSN Release Tomorrow
Oct 6, 2014
Disney Implodes “Tiny Death Star”
Oct 6, 2014
Another One Bites the Dust at Carbine, Holiday Content Cancelled
Oct 1, 2014
NoScope Team Divulges Details on Updated Frame Design
Sep 28, 2014
NoScope Gaming Glasses Second Generation: Review
Sep 25, 2014
Lead Class Designer Hugh Shelton Leaves Carbine
Sep 23, 2014
“World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor” Release Date Announced
Aug 14, 2014
“Tomb Raider” Not So Exclusive After All
Aug 13, 2014
Blizzard to Create a Robin Williams NPC in “World of Warcraft”
Aug 12, 2014
“Dark Souls II” DLC Released
Jul 22, 2014
Club Nintendo Platinum and Gold Rewards Announced
Jul 16, 2014
“Together: Amna & Saif” Kickstarter Campaign Successful
Jul 1, 2014
E3 2014: Nintendo Press Conference
Jun 10, 2014
E3 2014: EA Press Conference
Jun 9, 2014
Crytek Announces “Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age”
Jun 3, 2014
Nintendo Announces Gamecube Controller Support for WiiU “Smash Bros”
May 30, 2014
Developing IABO, the Happiest Arcade Game on the Internet
May 29, 2014
Steam Controller Delayed until 2015
May 28, 2014
Vivendi Sells 41 Million Activision Blizzard Shares
May 23, 2014
Valve Launches In-Home Streaming Service to the Public
May 22, 2014
Xbox One to Receive External Hard Drive Support
May 19, 2014
Nintendo Sued Over Motion Patent
May 15, 2014
EA Prepares to Shut Down Over 50 Game Services
May 12, 2014
Happy Birthday to “EVE Online”
May 6, 2014
“Earth: Year 2066” Removed from Steam
May 6, 2014
Sony Online Entertainment Hosts “H1Z1” 12-Hour Live Stream
Apr 30, 2014
Sony Unveils All Access Program
Apr 29, 2014
“Heroes of the Storm” Technical Alpha
Apr 29, 2014
NoScope Gaming Glasses: Review
Apr 22, 2014
Heartbleed: What to Do as a Gamer
Apr 9, 2014
“Goat Simulator” to Add Free DLC
Apr 8, 2014
PlayStation 4 May Get Backwards Compatibility After All
Mar 25, 2014
AAA Developers Team Up to Make Indie Title
Mar 18, 2014
“Hearthstone” Officially Launches
Mar 11, 2014
“Warcraft” Character Boost Arrives
Mar 10, 2014
Understanding Indie Game Development in Progress: Interview with Nik Sudan
Mar 9, 2014
“Batman: Arkham Knight” Announced!
Mar 4, 2014
“Candy Crush Saga” Developer Withdraws Copyright Application for “Candy”
Feb 25, 2014
Irrational Games Closes Down
Feb 18, 2014
GOG Valentine’s Day Sale Shares the Love
Feb 14, 2014
Born of the “Gods Pre-Release” Opens Midnight
Jan 31, 2014
February PlayStation Plus Games Announced
Jan 30, 2014
Let’s Player Morfar Passes Away
Jan 30, 2014
Biggest War in “EVE Online” History Raged Over Missed Payment
Jan 28, 2014
Basement Crawl Release and Genre Confuse Players
Jan 21, 2014
Blizzcon 2013 Opens Nov. 7
Nov 2, 2013
Throwback Thursday: Chip’s Challenge
Oct 3, 2013
Creating Worlds in Manyland
Sep 27, 2013
“Magic: The Gathering’s” Theros Release Set for This Weekend
Sep 21, 2013
The New Face of Gaming Addiction: Casual Games
Sep 8, 2013
Amnesia Sequel Releases Tuesday
Sep 6, 2013
Xbox One to Support Eight Controllers
Sep 3, 2013
Sony and Microsoft Both Confirm No External HDD at Launch
Sep 2, 2013
Humble Weekly Sale Features Paradox Interactive
Aug 29, 2013
Kicking it with Dan Rickmers
Aug 24, 2013
Diablo III Expansion Revealed
Aug 21, 2013
BioWare’s Hepler Quits BioWare
Aug 16, 2013
Rockstar Reveals Multiplayer Component to Grand Theft Auto V
Aug 15, 2013
GameStop Corp. Sued for Deceiving Players on the Cost of Used Games
Aug 12, 2013
Tribes Subreddit Considering Banning Hi-Rez Employees
Aug 7, 2013
An Outsider’s Perspective on “Magic: The Gathering”
Aug 5, 2013
Spelunky World PC Release Set for Next Week
Aug 1, 2013
World of Warcraft Gear to See Stat Reduction in Next Expansion
Jul 30, 2013
Plants vs. Zombies Sequel Delayed for New Features and Connectivity
Jul 30, 2013
World of Warcraft drops to 7.7 million subscribers
Jul 26, 2013
EA Rakes in Revenue from DLC, Mobile
Jul 26, 2013
Xbox One Greenlights Indie Games
Jul 25, 2013

REVIEWS BY ANNI SIMPSON

Splatoon
May 31, 2015
Catlateral Damage
May 31, 2015
“Mario Party 10” for Wii U
Mar 22, 2015
“Hearthstone: Goblins vs. Gnomes”
Dec 12, 2014
“Woah Dave”
Oct 29, 2014
“Mario Kart 8”
Jun 4, 2014
“Transistor”
May 24, 2014
“WildStar” Open Beta
May 13, 2014
Microsoft Mocks Itself in “Escape from XP”
Apr 10, 2014
“MTG” Pre-Release Unleashes God Tier Cards
Feb 3, 2014
Firefly: The Game
Oct 15, 2013
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 23, 2013
Hearthstone: Beta
Sep 18, 2013
Eversion
Sep 13, 2013
Saving the World in 400 Years
Aug 28, 2013
Digging in the Mines for Treasure with Spelunky World for PC
Aug 21, 2013
Throwback Thursday: Myst
Aug 15, 2013

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