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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  • Gygax Trust to Develop Gary Gygax’s Unpublished Games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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