Long time, no post.  Yes, this is my first post of 2014. Free to Play , Valve's documentary trailing the stories of various competitor...

DOTA 2 is now officially launched.

In my previous post I detailed some of the items that I liked about DotA 2 and while the game has slowly changed my outlook on its potent...

I have put 50 hours into DotA2 now and I am slowly revising my outlook on the game. It will not be as bad off as I predicted. In fact, e...

I've felt lost lately in DOTA2 playing against heroes that I have never seen in a game before.  At the same time I was getting frustrate...

For a bit of background, I have a few hundred League of Legends games under my level 27 summoner's belt on both the classic (DOTA-like) ...

Gabe Newell let slip that DOTA 2 will be free 2 play , but with a twist. “It’s going to be free-to-play — it’ll have some twists, but t...

Congrats to aruw3n on winning the prize. Sorry I don't have one to give out to everyone because I would love to!

Steam, as a platform, benefits from having as many users as possible.  Every user is a potential game sale or series of sales.  Valve, the d...

Ever hate a game before even trying it, only to try it and then realize you may be in love with it? That is exactly where I am at with DOTA...

2012, the first post.  Where in lies a reflection on predictions of the year that was: 2011.  And maybe some prognostication of the year tha...

If you recieved an email from Valve in regards to the DOTA 2 beta and that you needed to take a survey and the provided link did not work, i...

Last hitting in DOTA-like MOBA games is completely against the idea of a competitive player vs player experience.  It restricts players by m...

I'll make no bones about it: I didn't like Steve Jobs.  There has been and are far more influential people in the tech industry that...

MOBA - Multiplayer Online Battle Arena ARTS - Action Real Time Strategy It annoys me, greatly, that games such as League of Legends (LoL...

A couple DOTA 2 screenshots for everyone:

Appears Valve let slip some beta patch notes for DOTA 2 on the Team Fortress 2 blog and as always, the Internet caught it before Valve was ...