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		<title>Hi There</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2011/02/26/hi-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do I begin?  I&#8217;ve been hiding behind Spitfire for so long, it feels a bit weird going back to being public now. I suppose I should introduce myself. Hi.  I&#8217;m Steve Bowler.  It&#8217;s nice to finally be me, again. (First off, I&#8217;d apologize for the scarf, but my awesome sister made it for me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2010/07/09/changing-the-rules-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2010/07/09/changing-the-rules-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Making a game that stands the test of time and can endure for multiple generations is a challenge.  The rules you use to create the game define how it is played.  Sometimes they&#8217;re good enough to last, and sometimes you need to update them as the game and the players evolve. In the case of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Left 4 Dead Personality Mod</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/10/20/the-left-4-dead-personality-mod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/10/20/the-left-4-dead-personality-mod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That you&#8217;ll never play.* Awhile ago Justin Keverne wrote a piece, the Taxonomy of Left 4 Dead, which compared the characters in L4D to the MUD definitions of online game players set forth by Richard A. Bartle.  It&#8217;s a pretty insightful piece, pointing out that the characters emulate the four different type of players (Bill [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back, Baby.</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/08/25/im-back-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/08/25/im-back-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, guess what?  I didn&#8217;t know I was going to take a (looks over at date on previous post) THREE MONTH HIATUS?~??!!!? Jeeeeebus who do I think I am, anyway? Wow, looking back previously, I&#8217;ve realized that I&#8217;ve really fallen off the writing/design/critiquing wagon, and usually put a small apology at the beginning of each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FYI, This is Not a Spy</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/06/01/fyi-this-is-not-a-spy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/06/01/fyi-this-is-not-a-spy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t resist.  The Spy&#8217;s new hat just had me laughing at its awesomeness, and thinking about the &#8220;FYI, I am a Spy&#8221; sprays that originally started popping up when TF2 first came out. Every so often I just geek out on nerd culture + art culture, and this is the result.  If you don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If it&#8217;s Not Broke&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/06/01/if-its-not-broke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/06/01/if-its-not-broke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I have a serious bone to pick with the most recent TF2 Spy/Sniper Update.  At risk of throwing any dev cred I may have once had, I&#8217;m going to just come out and say it:  it feels unbalanced. Now, I know, I know, someone, at some point, has cried foul at every other update.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Cow</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/05/17/holy-cow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/05/17/holy-cow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile, no?  I have a perfectly good excuse.  In fact, it&#8217;s so good, it&#8217;s not an excuse. Work has been pretty frustrating lately; my project was shelved and now I&#8217;ve been pretty much battlefield demoted or side-moted or whatever the &#8220;moted&#8221; you want to call it to a position that I used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ranting Back at the GDC09 Game Critics Rant.</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/04/01/ranting_back_gdc09_game_critics_rant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/04/01/ranting_back_gdc09_game_critics_rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from GDC and slowly climbing back onto the writing horse.  I&#8217;d apologize for taking forever between posts again but hey let&#8217;s be honest, I&#8217;ve been doing a ton of that lately so let&#8217;s just move on. I saw some great talks, but one that kinda bothered me in a way and yet at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is How They See Our Hobby</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/03/23/this-is-how-they-see-our-hobby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/03/23/this-is-how-they-see-our-hobby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While at the Kindergarten meet-and-greet for my daughter&#8217;s upcoming indoctrination into our public schools system, I noticed that not many (in fact really none) of the other parents there seemed to be a &#8220;gamer.&#8221;  Well, really, even a true &#8220;nerd&#8221; or &#8220;geek&#8221; or &#8220;dork.&#8221;  They were all&#8230;normal.  I imagine they&#8217;d buy games for their kids, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaming Memes That Can Die Now</title>
		<link>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/03/20/gaming-memes-that-can-die-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.game-ism.com/2009/03/20/gaming-memes-that-can-die-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Bowler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.game-ism.com/?p=490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s lack of sleep, but I&#8217;m especially cranky today.  I&#8217;m tired of seeing not-news and even less interesting posts about stuff that is barely even tangentially related to gaming flooding gaming (and non gaming!) sites.  Can we all agree that this shit can just die now and people can come up [...]]]></description>
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