There have been lots of good, or at least interesting, ideas popping up for the new Heavy unlocks (see the Steam thread, the RPS post, and the comments in my last entry), but my favorite, by far, comes (unsurprisingly) from TomMasterPentadactJamesSapFrancisSteathBrannigan.
His first idea is for the heavy unlocking a minigun that sacrifices its critical hit […]

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So, the Heavy is next for new alt weapons and achievements, and in the post on the TF2 official blog, Robin Walker invites us all to play along with the developers by showing us the guidelines they use while inventing class packs.
I’m never one to turn down an invitation, except to parties, or weddings, or […]

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So, there’s been a lot of recent cries that the pyro, saddled with his new Pack, is overpowered.
I admit feeling this at times, especially after being roasted to a crisp by a backburner faster that you can microwave a poptart. After crumpling, yet again, into a gooey heap of melting flesh, I’ve thought, “This […]

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There are few final items from the Pyro Pack update that I never gave you my all-important opinion on, so let’s get to them now, won’t you?
Changes to Well (CP)
They added a stairwell to the second floor, which is good for attackage but not so good for defensening. It’s the same stairwell they added […]

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So, looking at the last week’s worth of stats on Steampowered, we can see the Pyro Pack was a smash, with pyros owning nearly 25% of the total playing time since it was released on the 19th. The nearest was the engineer with about 15%, while the spy, heavy, and scout scrounged near the […]

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So, I farmed enough achievements to unlock all the alternative pyro weapons last night, and I’m feeling a little bad about it. Not guilty, per se, just bad, since I’ve got all the new content and don’t have anything to look forward to until the next Pack, which could be months from now. […]

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So, I played a few hours last night, and have a couple comments on the new Pyro Pack, all of them favorable.
First off, the new kit.  I haven’t seen enough of the new weapons to really judge them, except the first unlockable, the Flare Gun, which is an alternate to the shotgun.
The Flare Gun is […]

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*but I never answered your e-mail.
Fledgling gamer blog The Irish Gamers interviewed me this week, and they’ve posted all the lurid details.  There’s even some vague talk about whatever comic it is I’m supposed to be working on these days.  Something about a fort?  Check it out here if you can’t get enough of me, […]

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So, a lot of exciting shit going on this week, obviously.
My wife and I have both been having fun with the Spore Creature Creator (some of our creations here), and I just got an e-mail from EA letting me know I can now download the pay version (along with optional Extended Download Service for only […]

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It appears that people have grown weary of asking me when the 1Fort comic will come out, and have instead begun to pester my friends about it.  This pleases me to no end.
My friend Joe, of Massive Crits, was recently asked when my comic was going to come out, and decided to do something about […]

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