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Dave Walsh

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Dave Walsh is a well-known combat sports journalist specializing in Kickboxing and also works as a freelance journalist specializing in gaming and entertainment.

  • The Failings of the Kinect Two Years Later

    The Kinect for the Microsoft Xbox 360 was one of those peripherals that at the time looked like it could have been a big deal....

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    The Kinect for the Microsoft Xbox 360 was one of those peripherals that at the time looked like it could have been a big deal. Motion control on the Wii was currently all the rage and even then, it was using a controller with some waggle to control games. The idea of using a set...
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  • Why Developers are Choosing Android For Gaming

    I think what is becoming increasingly clear to gamers and observers alike is that the Android operating system is beginning to move beyond the realm...

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    I think what is becoming increasingly clear to gamers and observers alike is that the Android operating system is beginning to move beyond the realm of smarphones and tablets and into the realm of becoming a viable way to play games. If you were to look at the Google Play market right now for games,...
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  • Those Rare Times When Licensed Games Rival the Source Material

    The recent disappearance of the 007 titles from Steam and Activision’s online store has made me wax poetic in a way about games with the...

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    The recent disappearance of the 007 titles from Steam and Activision’s online store has made me wax poetic in a way about games with the 007 license. The film series has always been one of the more fun ones around and the evolution of them over the years has really been something to marvel at....
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  • The Ouya and GameStick Have Some Mighty Hurdles Ahead of Them

    So the world is full of big ideas and dreamers, and sometimes those dreamers take their big ideas and decide to present them to the...

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    So the world is full of big ideas and dreamers, and sometimes those dreamers take their big ideas and decide to present them to the world. That is what we have seen of late as we’ve seen a few upstarts take to Kickstarter to help fund their big idea of Android-based gaming consoles that are...
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  • You Aren’t Crazy For Not Liking Every ‘Great’ Game

    With most things, there exists a sort of hive mind that helps decide trends and that is used to determine the quality of things. Quality...

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    With most things, there exists a sort of hive mind that helps decide trends and that is used to determine the quality of things. Quality is of course a rather abstract concept and is purely objective to the individual, but with that being said and understood, there is always a consensus involved, which leads to...
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  • How Atmosphere Can Make or Break a Game

    I think that there are a lot of things about game that are done brilliantly by most, and then there are some things that are...

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    I think that there are a lot of things about game that are done brilliantly by most, and then there are some things that are done incredibly poorly. One of the biggest offenders would have to be atmosphere in games. It is actually a topic that is discussed quite heavily and is something that I...
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  • The Top Trends of 2012 in Gaming

    The year 2012 was an interesting year for gaming and there were a lot of quality games released throughout the calendar year, but a lot...

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    The year 2012 was an interesting year for gaming and there were a lot of quality games released throughout the calendar year, but a lot more than just games happened in 2012. In fact, there were a bunch of trends throughout the industry that helped to define the year in gaming more so than the...
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  • That Time When Western Games Overtook Japanese Games

    You are probably like me, or at least a little bit like me, and you grew up around videogames. I’m pushing 30 now and still...

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    You are probably like me, or at least a little bit like me, and you grew up around videogames. I’m pushing 30 now and still find myself playing games just as much as I did when I was a kid, which might say something about me or just how the industry has evolved over the...
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  • The World Didn’t End, What to Look Forward to in 2013

    Well, for some reason people decided to talk about Mayan prophecies for this year and how the Mayans had “predicted” that the world was going...

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    Well, for some reason people decided to talk about Mayan prophecies for this year and how the Mayans had “predicted” that the world was going to end on December 21st, 2012. It all came about because the Mayan calendar ended at that point, and people who have been waiting for the end of times decided...
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  • Why Games in 2012 Are Measured Against Skyrim

    I feel like there are some games that come along and just blow the roof off of our expectations in games and that in 2011...

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    I feel like there are some games that come along and just blow the roof off of our expectations in games and that in 2011 Skyrim did exactly that. If you would have asked me if I felt that way a year ago when it first came out, I’m not so sure that I would...
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  • After Last Friday, I Offer My Gaming Moment of Silence

    So, as it has happened countless times before over the past few years, the world’s eye once again turns to yet another truly awful display...

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    So, as it has happened countless times before over the past few years, the world’s eye once again turns to yet another truly awful display of mass violence. If you are somehow unaware of recent events, on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut a 20 year old went on a shooting spree at al Elementary school murdering...
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  • It Might Be Time For the Gaming Industry to Go All Digital

    Hard drives used to be expensive and hard to come by, which if you have an older generation of Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and...

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    Hard drives used to be expensive and hard to come by, which if you have an older generation of Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and haven’t replaced your console’s hard drive, you can attest to that as you probably have a smaller drive than you find yourself needing now. When this current generation of consoles...
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  • One Gamers Urge to Turn Your Mic Off While Online Gaming

    This is a topic that might be a sore spot with a lot of people, but it is one that I’ve been thinking about lately...

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    This is a topic that might be a sore spot with a lot of people, but it is one that I’ve been thinking about lately and trying to come to terms with, and that is competitive online gaming. In a way, I love competitive online gaming, I love the concept of going online and playing...
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  • Minecraft Proves That More Games Should Reward Creativity in Players

    There is something to be said for there being a slew of newer games out, as it is the busiest season for videogame releases, and...

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    There is something to be said for there being a slew of newer games out, as it is the busiest season for videogame releases, and games like Minecraft continue to remain strong. In fact, Minecraft is still the third-most played game on Xbox 360 according to the latest Xbox Live charts. In a way, that...
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  • How Episodic Game Content Could Change Gaming

    Yesterday I took a look at Telltale Games and how they have struck gold with their game, The Walking Dead, after a lot of missteps...

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    Yesterday I took a look at Telltale Games and how they have struck gold with their game, The Walking Dead, after a lot of missteps and quite plainly, poor games. What is interesting is that outside of simply the content of their games and the writing, the delivery method that they chose for their titles...
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  • How Telltale Helped Revive the Adventure Game World

    Adventure games are not new in any sense of the word, but they have been gaining some momentum of late, best highlighted by one of...

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    Adventure games are not new in any sense of the word, but they have been gaining some momentum of late, best highlighted by one of this year’s best games, Telltale’s The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead is based on the comic which inspired the hit AMC television series and of course, it is about zombies,...
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