Arithea

This is a song from one of my favorite bands, Live. It seems kind of appropriate in light of recent discussions.



"...The perception that divides you from him
Is a lie
For some reason you never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can't afford to believe in your side

This is not a black and white world
To be alive
I say that the colours must swirl
And I believe ...

For all the time I've been a member here at TG, I've never watched the community embrace a game as anticipated as Battlefield 3. Looking back on my experiences with 2142, which was well established by the time I arrived, the early experiences I had with the game and this community were some of the best. We were all still riding the high of having found such a great group of like-minded people with whom we could share our gaming experiences--and it showed in the fairly unified outlook of the 2142 ...

*tap, tap* Is this thing on? Good. Hello, everyone! It's good to see so many familiar faces; I have to admit, I was a little worried that I wouldn't recognize anyone. It's been a while. I was afraid everything would have changed.

I've spent a lot of time away, and it's given me the opportunity to reflect on a lot of things. Why I play video games, whether or not I truly enjoy them, whether or not time spent playing is time wasted...all these things, and more. I've spent some ...

As many of you reading this will know, I began my Tactical Gamer career in our Battlefield 2142 community over three years ago. I was drawn there by my husband and fellow TG member Aruncado soon after we bought the game; he'd found the TG servers and declared them the promised land of maturity in gaming. Mind you, we'd come from a heavily Halo/Halo 2 multiplayer gaming background during the time when online gaming culture was still largely forming and screaming, cursing twelve-year-olds on Xbox ...