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The Slacker's Guide
by Chris Barylick
Phantasia II: A Classic Formula Improved - February 9th, 2007
Past Columns
SRS iWOW and Plantronics' DSP 400 Headset - January 26th, 2007
The Classics, Now at Yard Sale Prices: Unreal Tournament 2004 - December 29th, 2006
An Instant Family Classic: Armado - December 22nd, 2006
SketchFighter Alpha 4000 - December 6th, 2006
Your Daily Dose of RPG: DragonFable - November 30th, 2006
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Preview - November 17th, 2006
Cool Despite Its Name: Dork - November 10th, 2006
Insert Coin for Credit: Arcadrome - November 3rd, 2006
Black and White Platinum Pack - October 31st, 2006
Pop-A-Tronic - October 20th, 2006
Pirate Translator and Pangea Arcade - October 16th, 2006
Open Source Extends a Classic - Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - October 6th, 2006
Making the Most of a Simple Thing: Kingdom of Loathing - October 4th, 2006
Games of Yesteryear: Emulator Roundup - September 22nd, 2006
Tetris Brought Up to Speed: Quinn - September 15th, 2006
Something Cool For the Nerds: GLTron - September 11th, 2006
Open Source Meets Soul Train: StepMania - September 1st, 2006
August 2006
Will & Grace Meet Grim Reality: Facade - August 18th, 2006
Back to the Arcade -- RIP: Strike Back - August 11th, 2006
To the Point and Fun: Germs - August 4th, 2006
Because You Just Can't Go Wrong With Mechanized Weaponry - August 2nd, 2006
July 2006
VDrift: Open Source Racing on the Mac - July 25th, 2006
To the Point and Fun: Command and Conquer: Generals - July 14th, 2006
Pure Random & Demented Fun: Sam and Max Hit the Road - July 7th, 2006
More Fun Than a Sack of Confused Weasels: Mountain Tanks - July 3rd, 2006
June 2006
From the Way-Cool Tree Fort Clubhouse: Tremulous - June 27th, 2006
The Old School, Revamped: WingNuts 2: Raina's Revenge - June 22nd, 2006
Working Out the Kinks: The Doom 3 Mod Collection - June 13th, 2006
Bringing a Good Thing to Other Platforms: Lumox 2 - June 2nd, 2006
May 2006
Bullet Candy: Back to Basics - May 30th, 2006
The Arcade Sit-Down Shooter Lives Again: BZFlag - May 19th, 2006
Return of the Side Scroller: Jets'n'Guns - May 5th, 2006
So Long, America's Army - May 1st, 2006
April 2006
A Great Labor of Love: Red Orchestra - April 24th, 2006
Retro in the Making: Bubblee - April 18th, 2006
Real Heroes Don't Need Vertebrae: Gish - April 7th, 2006
March 2006
The Old School, Now on a Lunch Box: Ultratron - March 31st, 2006
Chris Versus the Pile: SBook5 - March 24th, 2006
Mix Tape Trading Party: Audio Hijack Pro - March 17th, 2006
When Weird Meets Clever: N-Ball 2.0 - March 10th, 2006
The Most Fun You Can Have With a Stone Frog: Zuma Deluxe - March 3rd, 2006
February 2006
The Best Mail Filter Available: SpamSieve - February 24th, 2006
iAlarm and Growl - February 20th, 2006
The Aid You Never Expected: Quicksilver - February 10th, 2006
Beefing Up the 98 Pound Weakling: MailTags - February 3rd, 2006
January 2006
An Underdog Worth Rooting For: Sandvox - January 27th, 2006
:Marquee Meets the Web: FilmLoop - January 20th, 2006
Last Man Standing & coconutBattery - January 9th, 2006
December 2005
Escape Velocity: Nova and Ragdoll Masters 3.0 - December 30th, 2005
Ventrilo and Snoopy vs. Red Baron - December 23rd, 2005
VoodooPad and XLogo - December 16th, 2005
VLC, MPlayer and Ashalii - December 14th, 2005
Warlords and iSquint - December 2nd, 2005
November 2005
Order From Chaos: Delicious Library - November 18th, 2005
Enigma and Gypsy Mod - November 11th, 2005
October 2005
Dope Wars and Battlefield Pirates - October 28th, 2005
TeamSpeex and ScummVM - October 21st, 2005
Desert Combat and Wesnoth - October 14th, 2005
Glider & Frag Ops - October 11th, 2005
September 2005
Mac OS X & the Intel Universe - September 27th, 2005
World War II Online - September 16th, 2005
Freeciv - September 9th, 2005
Descent 2 Soars Again - September 2nd, 2005
August 2005
Myth Lives on through Project Magma - August 26th, 2005
Marathon Redux - August 19th, 2005
CTMod: A World of Warcraft Mod - August 12th, 2005
Lazy Summer Days - August 5th, 2005
July 2005
Upgrades, Filial Combat and Everything In Between - July 29th, 2005
The Slacker's Guide to Shareware Gaming - July 22nd, 2005
Chris Barylick covers games for The Mac Observer, and has written for Inside Mac Games, MacGamer, UPI, the Washington Post, and other publications.
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Most Recent Columns From The Slacker's Guide
- Tetris Brought Up to Speed: Quinn - September 15th
- Something Cool For the Nerds: GLTron - September 11th
- Open Source Meets Soul Train: StepMania - September 1st
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