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Gamer Demographics If you read NPC, you probably already know that more adults and females play video games than is generally thought by mainstream society. But it’s always nice to have the facts to back that up. The Entertainment Software Association recently published a beautifully designed pdf of a demographic study of gamers and the [...]

Guys, I can’t recommend Battleheart enough, especially to an MMO-playing crowd. Or even to a crowd that doesn’t like MMO’s because they think there’s too much grinding and not enough fun stuff. Battleheart is all fun stuff. More specifically, it’s all about the party combat mechanics. But before I get into that, first things first. [...]

I posted a similar poll about Portal 2 on the NPC Facebook Page yesterday, but I figured we’d see a bigger turnout if I posted it here. Feel free to say in the comments why you chose that particular system. Is anyone excited? I am! *EDIT* Poll is closed! Look like most people are playing [...]

Things that have been occupying my mind time since I got back from Iceland! Well, besides work and comics. First, the timely thing: Chu Chu Rocket is an old fun puzzle Dreamcast game and it’s free today for iPhone/iPod Touch! I never played the original but had heard a lot about it. I downloaded it [...]

Last month on Varnacular, I disclosed my webcomic reading list, announced my endeavor towards ambidexterity, told a tale of hair scare, and posted sketches of Chloe and Bink and pics of the ongoing Snowpocalypse. Also! I know there are some lady gamers who read NPC who have gotten misogynist in-game messages. I would like to [...]

WoW Insider just posted this and I couldn’t resist sharing it with you in light of the recent comic, Patch 4.03a. Maybe these are the lyrics Lisa, Mike, Chloe, and Bink would sing as they continued their song? You can see more from the creators, The Warp Zone, here.

Cataclysm is finally here! Some of you may have played already in the wee hours of the night, some of you may be playing now, and others like myself won’t be playing until tonight after work. Oh yeah, and others of you don’t play WoW and I’m sure are a little annoyed at all the [...]

A few weeks ago, I completed Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms, the achievement that required Alliance players to complete 700 quests throughout the Eastern Kingdoms continent of Azeroth. (I believe the count is different for the Horde.) On Sunday I finished off the Kalimdor version of the achievement. It was a chore that at times I [...]

Blizzard posted an FAQ about the digital version of the Cataclysm expansion today. If you order it the data will start downloading once it’s available, and theoretically you should be able to play at 12:01 AM PST Dec 7 in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. Europe and Russia will be set at [...]

This gave me the chills.