Antilles C. Scrimshaw

Antilles C. Scrimshaw I am a history geek of exceptional proportions, and am now working on my Masters Degree in Military History.  It’s no small wonder that I find the time to dedicate to writing this nonsense, let alone actuallyplay video games.  Though I suppose being unemployed and thus a full time student means I need to find something to unwind, even if it sometimes makes me come a bit unraveled instead.  I’ve gamed to varying extremes throughout my life, and am a big fan of the RTS, RPG, and FPS genres in particular, and the PC is my platform of choice (I have a Wii, but mostly only use it for Smash Brothers and FIFA Soccer).  Other than the early builds of Star Wars: Galaxies, I have only limited experience with MMOs.  I think I am perhaps best known for my enjoyment of games that are generally considered rather tedious (yes, I actually enjoyed Star Wars: Rebellion).  I am also entirely incapable of creating an evil or even morally ambiguous character in an RPG.  This means I tend to miss out on about half of every RPG.  What can I say, I guess I’m just a nice guy… Oh, and the "C." is silent. PC Specs: AMD 5000+ BE (OC to 3 GHz), 2 GB Corsair DDR800 RAM, Western Digital 130 GB HD, 2x BFG 8800 GTX OC2, Sound Blaster X-Fi Gamer, Thermaltake 850 Watt PSU, Thermaltake Mozart case (aka "the minifridge"). "The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." - Theodore Roosevelt ACScrimshaw@3angrygamers.com


Posts by Antilles C. Scrimshaw

Why the Taliban in the Medal of Honor is a non-issue.

September 3, 2010 - 4:00 pm

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Ok, let me start this off by saying I have nothing but respect and admiration for the American soldier (or sailor, marine, or airman, as the case may be).  I’m working on a Masters Degree in Military History, with my focus on American military history.  Reading about the experiences of American soldiers throughout history has [...]

Induced Rage: Rogue Warrior

August 30, 2010 - 4:32 pm

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It’s been a bit slow for us on the rage front.  Due to a combination of school work (for me), regular work (for Squid), and the flood of business for his gay escort business (Mack), as well as few games or scandals to get excited about, we haven’t had a great deal to provide you, [...]

XFX Radeon 5970… in a gun shaped case?

August 27, 2010 - 12:50 am

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I caught this over on The Firearm Blog (a good site for firearms news, if you’re into that stuff). I quite honestly have no idea what demographic XFX is going for with their Radeon 5970 here.  As if the gun bag itself doesn’t seem strange, the plastic gun-shaped carrier for the card itself is just [...]

Star Wars: The Old Republic will feature space combat… a la Rebel Assault?

August 26, 2010 - 3:15 pm

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This month’s (the October issue… go figure) cover story at everyone’s favorite gaming magazine, PC Gamer, focuses on the announcement of space combat in BioWare’s up-coming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic .  While I certainly think the entire concept of this game is interesting, I for one have a hard time equating the Star Wars [...]

Valve as “Kingmakers?”

August 24, 2010 - 3:36 pm

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While browsing through Kotaku today, I ran across a short article about how a Steam sale saved small developer Introversion (makers of Darwinia, Defcon, and others).  It was an interesting article, and it’s nice to see this particular developer saved from closing its doors, but the final paragraph irked me. But for everyone else…Valve may [...]

Retired NFL player alleges EA steals his likeness

August 5, 2010 - 1:42 pm

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There is a class action lawsuit, filed on July 29th, 2010 by one Michael E. Davis (aka Tony Davis) on behalf of all retired NFL players that EA is allegedly using their likenesses without permission. At first I didn’t care about this because it’s football and I personally would rather eat glass than watch …

Off Topic: US-Algeria Match at the World Cup

June 24, 2010 - 12:10 am

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In case you missed it, the US pounded the Algerian goal for 90 minutes with little success (unless you want to count that perfectly valid goal that was disallowed for a bogus offsides call).  It wasn’t until the 91st minute that the US caught the break it needed and got the goal it deserved.  If [...]

“Making History II: The War of the World” goes on sale today

June 23, 2010 - 3:40 pm

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Making History II: The War of the World goes on sale today.  MHII is a Grand Strategy game set in the lead up to the Second World War.  The game includes the resource management of typical of Grand Strategy games, but also involves trade routes, culture, and espionage.  We’ll see what we can do …

Remembering the Fallen: My experience with loss in video games

June 1, 2010 - 1:56 pm

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Kotaku had a very good article regarding the emotional attachment that we feel (or don’t) to characters in video games.  The gist of the argument, with the backdrop of Memorial Day*, was that video games very seldom allow you to make an emotional attachment to other characters in a game outside of the script.  However, [...]

Kotaku confirms that Valve loves the PC

April 21, 2010 - 2:21 am

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There is a post up on Kotaku that discusses the new “Mutations” mode in the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC that is due out this Thursday.  The new game mode sounds interesting and all, but the last paragraph was what caught my eye: Purchased being a relative term, of course. Xbox 360 players can expect [...]