Malaysian Gamer

Talking about PC Games & Strategy Games

Hi, I'm Theshigen aka frags(an online nickname I used from the days of playing Counter Strike), a PC gamer who has been playing games on the PC for a long, long time now. Since the days of Wolfenstein 3D, Dune and other old school classics, I've been mainly a huge strategy game fan. You can read about the strategy games that were influential to me here. I'll be covering not just strategy games here, so don't worry if you aren't a huge strategy gamer. Also, lots of cool indie games.


So What About This Blog Then?

I've never been a big fan of most major gaming blogs and websites. Somehow I feel that they are not catered to the stuff I like. There are some sites I do frequent(which you can view on My Blog List widget) but they aren't the hugely popular blogs on the internetz.

With more blogs catering to the console audience and mainstream ported titles to the PC, I see that strategy games, indie games on the PC, and very PC specific games are getting shafted. Don't get me wrong they do get featured, but not as often or as prominent as I would like. So for Malaysian Gamer, I've set out to write about the games that are really unique and are mainly PC games first. You'd still see the triple A major game title once in a while, but also expect a lot of PC centric games.



So What's A Malaysian?

There's nothing particularly Malaysian about this blog other than me being a Malaysian. So don't fret if you're not one yourself. I'm still figuring out why I called this blog Malaysian Gamer in the first place. It was a spur of the moment situation when it came to naming this blog.

As for this blog, a lot of the previous article types will be consolidated as features. You can still expect a lot of features, stuff on free games, indie games, demos, issues in PC games, etc. I've even started a game diary series which I plan on doing for many other games. There are a few retrospective pieces on the horizon as well(on some classic PC games). HINT: One of it is the best RTS ever made.

A Note On How I Do Reviews

I don't give games review scores....period. I find them backwards for the industry, heck even dangerous, a relic of the past. I understand that companies would like to have a measurable metric on their games quality. But please do not use review scores! Instead at Malaysian Gamer, I only give a verdict on games. In a single sentence, I sum up what I think about a particular game. I list out the pros and cons I found and reading this is important to give you context to what I generally thought about a game.


Think You Can Help Out?

Malaysian Gamer welcomes guest contributors that can contribute articles about games or platforms that I may not cover in this blog right now.


Are You An Indie Developer?

I'm always looking for new indie games to write about. If you're a developer and would like to spread the word on your games, just email me. Introduce your game and yourself with a playable version of the game and I might just write about your game. I'd love to do my part to help out the indie scene as much as I can. So don't be shy, just hit me up on the emails.


I hope to have this blog improved and expanded with increased readership. I sincerely hope that you will visit this blog regularly and make it a staple of your daily blog reading. If you would like to contribute to this blog please e-mail me or twitter me up(address and twitter page linked below). I also appreciate any feedback on my blog, so please twitter me or e-mail me. Please do subscribe to the RSS feed here.

Thank You.

Regards,
Theshigen
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