GR's Crossword Periodical

[MattAY]

!hints

You're here longer.

Yeah, but you're the stalker!

I'm a creeper, not a stalker. I only creep on people online. I don't follow them around IRL.

And IT FUCKING HAPPENED AGAIN!!

Across
3.This person can make or break your home game
7. If this graphic is made larger, it becomes pixelated and the quality is degraded
8. Accumulating
9. Neutral nation in fictional World War 2 parallel
13. Either guarding a bridge or Mom's basement
14. Cheap, poorly designed
16. This hardware manufacturer fancies extinct languages
17. These govern your capabilities
18. Old Heads of GR will remember this guy
19. Exploration is dependent on progression
22. Role or control
24. Game Over, seriously


Down
1. THE place to be
2.Malak's former master
4. Powered on in '98, a variation of me is still in use today
5. Term found in multiplayer games which drew inspiration from a toy
6. Where in the world is?
9. AI gone awry
10.A Pure evil person
11. A practice among mages
12. To weaken
15. Phoenix Wright
20. You can hunt for this, but it's uneccessary
21. Most likely used to describe your childhood gaming experience
23. Made up of pixels

 

[StudioTan]

Matt, you are that dude!

Ok, here are some hints!

10 down: I got a little frustrated trying to fit in the puzzle so I just made it two words; the first word is "A." You'll find this character in some Sci-fi universe.

3 across: This home game requires a vivid imagination.

18: You guys always allude to him and his tenure here.

20 down: This is usually thrown in as a nod to something from a previous game in a developer's repertoire.

21 down: This is also a word to describe some old shit.

 

[Longo_2_guns]

Is 20 down Easter Egg?

 

[StudioTan]

Yes

 

[UghRochester]

21 Down: Is it Retro?

 

[UghRochester]

3 Across: Is it "Gemstone Array"?
EDIT: Oh, that's just a card. Dammit Google!

 

[StudioTan]

Retro is correct.

 

[UghRochester]

24 Across: One more try?

 

[StudioTan]

It's a coined term to describe a character's inability to respawn.

 

[HK-47]

24 Across - Permadeath

Roguelikes man.

 

[StudioTan]

I was wondering where you've been, sir. Permadeath is correct!

 

[HK-47]

My rogue senses tingled something fierce with that hint for 24 Across, overpowered the sheer heat and its ability to turn semi-lazy people full-lazy.

 

[StudioTan]

Here are the unanswered clues:

Across:
3. Dungeon Master
13. Shovelware
16. Invidia
18. The Duke
22. Tank

Down:
4. Unreal
10. A Sith

New puzzle imminent!

 

[MattAY]

WOOO! Top stuff, thanks Tan.

 

[UghRochester]

A Sith was one of the answers?

 

[StudioTan]

GRitty, GRueling, GRegarious Edition:

ACROSS:
1. Lights ceremonial candles or slams Jabronies in the ring
2. This emergency device may be mistaken for a Phillip Glass piece from a distance
3. When this thickens, things tend to get interesting
4. A creepy guy that gives me goosebumps
5. It came all of a sudden while he nodded, nearly napping
6. A mean mechanical shark
7. A controversial first-person detective game that focuses on crime scene investigation and melee combat
8. "___ Pupil"
9. Stay off them! STAY OFF THEM!
10. Demon's Crest found its home here
11. A Persian swordsman from "Eternal Darkness"
12. When Jim or Bobby messes up
13. Found in some yards on Halloween
14. Special FX and prosthetic make-up artist
15. You'll need teeth from this monster to play a popular dice game in the epic poem, Beowulf
16. This operator can be a computer programmer's nightmare
17. Gnomes, leprechauns, and satyrs all share this characteristic
18. A skeleton needs one to pull out all the stops
19. This nocturnal monster was also the name of a secret, last-resort Nazi campaign

DOWN:
1. A sinister tag-team stable from the WWF Attitude days
2. Many of his works have been adapted into movies
3. Sometimes, death is better
4. Ground Zero of a certain zombie epidemic
5. For the most heinous and twisted criminals
6. Ancient identification for convicted criminals
7. "Ugh! Where do they come up with this stuff?"
8. An unwholesome atmosphere
9. Can be used to treat your flesh wound from Freddie's claws
10. The Riddler
11. A particularly morbid clown story
12. A staple of Autumn
13. "They mostly come at night, mostly."

 

[Master_Craig]

11 Across - A Persian swordsman from "Eternal Darkness".

Forgive the spelling if it's incorrect but... Karim?

 

[StudioTan]

Wow, spot on, Craig! Nice one!

 

[Longo_2_guns]

7 Across: Condemned

 

[De-Ting]

2 down: Stephen King
10 down: enigma
11 down: It
3 across: plot