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Guild Wars 2: The Border House Meetup on Crystal Desert

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

Using our weekly “What Are You Playing?” thread from this week as evidence, a lot of us are currently adventuring in Guild Wars 2.  Reader of the Border House, Deviija, recommended that we schedule a meetup in game where we … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars 2 and the misogynistic bad guys

Posted on August 27, 2012 by rho

Guild Wars 2 features five playable races: humans, sylvari, asura, norn, and charr. Each of these races includes an antagonist faction who will fight against the rest of their race, and be one of the enemies of your player character. … Continue reading →

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Win a Beta Key for Guild Wars 2 Here at The Border House!

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

  Edit: This contest is now closed.  Congratulations to the winners, who have all been emailed with their keys! Darketower, Josh, Chris, Tyler K, Rillifane, Gralsh Oon, Henry, Skennedy, XvShadow, Hyacinth, Ehsan Kia, Ramenhotep, Primal Zed, 3Jane, chooseareality, DystopianGibberish, Richard, … Continue reading →

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Designing non-human females

Posted on January 5, 2012 by rho

Creating non-human species for games (or other media types) can’t be easy. You need to try to create a unique and interesting look, which retains some humanoid features for familiarity, but also has several alien features as well. You need … Continue reading →

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