5 Ways Greenlight Will Expand the Industry
Steam recently announced Greenlight, a platform that allows developers to submit their game to be voted on publicly, rather than debated in private by Valve’s...
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5 Strategies That Make Pay-to-Play Work
There are plenty of games that tote themselves as free, then try to sell you things throughout the game. Although it was once a huge...
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Sad Truth About PC Gaming
Before anyone leaves a raging comment about either consoles or PCs, take a second to read the article. This isn’t to bash either of you,...
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Quantum Conundrum
Quantum Conundrum is a game that shares many things in common with Portal—its lead designer, its genre, and even a few of its mechanics. However,...
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First Look at Scrolls Alpha Release
Most people know of Scrolls because of its parent company—Mojang—which also brought us Minecraft. Others have only heard of it because of the lawsuit Bethesda...
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Top 5 Fireworks in Video Games
For anyone who missed their display yesterday or needs some visuals to go with the popping of dysfunctional fireworks from yesterday, here is a list...
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Is Gaikai Sony’s Next Gen Console?
Most of the fuss about Sony’s recent acquisition of cloud-based streaming service Gaikai is how Sony will integrate the service into its games and systems....
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Why Do We Need HD Remakes?
After watching the trailer for the Okami ‘HD’ version, I have to wonder why there’s an HD trend. Some games—Okami and FFX come to mind—already...
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Top 5 Game Beginnings
I would say top five game intros, but that’s a bit too limiting. This encompasses not just the intro cutscenes, but also the initial gameplay...
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Top 5 Unlocalized Games
Although this generation has seen the flourishing of Western game development, there are still plenty of gems being released in Japan, some of which never...
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Did FF13 Have it Right All Along?
Ever since its release in December 2009, Final Fantasy has been the go-to game when talking about poor gameplay design—it greatly divulges from the other...
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Top 5 Cakes in Video Games
Cakes are one of the most proliferous foods in gaming, appearing in more than a few games, and always in a positive light (even if...
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Is it Time for Mario to Take a Break?
Nintendo has spent the last few decades supplying us with excellent entries in their series, and their most profitable franchise, the Mario games, has been...
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Top 5 Upcoming PS Vita Games
Although the holiday season is a long way coming, there are plenty of games to sate the appetite of anyone who has a PS Vita...
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5 Best Moments in Pokémon Games
Pokémon is one of the most popular game franchises in history, ranking in as the third best-selling video game series released (as long as we’re...
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Pokemon Conquest
Pokémon Conquest combines the Pokémon world with the Nobunaga’s Ambition series, turning the straightforward battles of Pokémon into a turn-based strategy game where power rarely...