Midnight City Preview (Part One of Two)
When John (also known as King Friday) Kopp told me that my appointment for Midnight City would be in a bus outside of the Washington...
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Highlights from the PAX Prime Indie Megabooth
While it’s always fun to see games like Titanfall, Knack, The Wolf Among Us, and Dying Light, my favorite time at PAX is always spent...
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Sony’s Independent Initiative Shows Promise at PAX Prime
The independent presence in the Sony launch window has been somewhat of a revelation during the next gen console race. Ever since Sony gave a...
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Why Elder Scrolls Needs Your $15 Subscription
Last week, Zenimax announced that their highly anticipated MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online will feature a $15 monthly subscription after a $60 purchase of the...
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When Games Get Stuck in Development Hell
Development Hell. This mystical place is a haven of paper pushers, idea men, and marketing gurus all standing around a giant, oblong, finely polished wooden...
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Call of Duty Seeks to Continue Its Dominance
Before Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg even took the stage, there was a clear message being sent. Throughout the current console generation it has been hard...
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How Big Can ‘The International’ Get?
I had never seen a game of professional DOTA–heck, I had never played DOTA–until last week. It is almost impossible to be in-tune with the...
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Is a Game Bad Because It Is Offensive?
At some point, the phrase politically correct became a negative term. It was used to define people, phrases, or ideas that were scared of shaking...
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The Internet Armies and Phil Fish
In the early 20th century, baseball was a very different game. The rules were still the same but the culture was not comparable at all....
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Microsoft’s New Indie Strategy
The industry, like most industries, grows from the ground up. It is one of the most important things to remember, and not just in video...
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GTA V: Five Things To Miss, Five Things To Be Excited For
Five Things To Be Excited For 1. A New Formula There is nothing wrong with a good ol’ “Rise to Power” story. From Scarface, to...
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The Great Voice Over Performances of this Generation
When Stem Electronics released Bezerk for the Atari in 1980, the estimated cost for each word was about $1,000 making the 30 word vocabulary quite...
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When Sports Games Stop Being Fun
As far as games journalism goes, sports games are mostly shoved aside. The sales numbers get reported, as do new features, but people rarely go...
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The Love/Hate Relationship Between Video Games and Fans
Video games exist in a weird kind of bubble. The medium is not nearly as popular as film, television, or music, it is not nearly...
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The Mid-Year Top 10
July is upon us, and thus enters a lull in the video game world as we anxiously await the slew of titles coming as the...