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About Byron Campbell

Byron Campbell is a writer, editor and game critic from sunny Southern California. Not that he gets much mileage out of that famously fine weather; Byron spends most of his time indoors playing video games, geeking out over bits of cardboard, hugging his three-legged cat, and trying to keep up to date at theyearisyesterday.wordpress.com.
Latest Posts | By Byron Campbell
Gaming: Interview with Matthew Ritter, Creator of Boon Hill
4 years ago

Gaming: Interview with Matthew Ritter, Creator of Boon Hill

By  •  Gaming

As mentioned in our Kickstarter games round-up last week, Welcome to Boon Hill is one of the oddest, most morbidly fascinating projects currently on the crowdfunding platform. It’s described …
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Geek Haven: Kickass Games on Kickstarter
4 years ago

Geek Haven: Kickass Games on Kickstarter

By  •  Gaming

In Neal Stephenson’s seminal geek novel Cryptonomicon, a group of hackers, D&Ders, zaibatsu heads and treasure hunters struggle to establish a data haven in the Pacific island of …
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Lower Your Expectations
4 years ago

Lower Your Expectations

By  •  Gaming

Hype is everywhere.

It’s in your movie trailers, your commercials, your “Next time on…” and “In tonight’s very special episode of…” reels. It’s on billboards, buses, cereal boxes, book signings. …
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Emperor’s New Clothes is Crowdfunding Laid Bare
4 years ago

Emperor’s New Clothes is Crowdfunding Laid Bare

By  •  Gaming

Kickstarter, the sovereign of the people’s crowdfunding revolution, has risen far from humble beginnings. For 22 consecutive days in 2006, its most-funded project was New York Makes a Book, which …
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Gaming Review: DMC: Devil May Cry
4 years ago

Gaming Review: DMC: Devil May Cry

By  •  Gaming

For the first two or three missions, playing Ninja Theory’s DmC—the Heavenly Sword developer’s fresh take on the Capcom’s Devil May Cry franchise—is like watching Sci-Fi Channel-era Mystery Science Theatre …
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