Weekly News Roundup – DEC 22 2012
Finally, the holiday season is really kicking into gear! If you’re lucky enough to snag a vacation, there’s plenty of games to play or to...
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How War Z Can Redeem Itself
By now, you’ve probably heard of the fiasco surrounding War Z. Not to be confused with the Day-Z mod, which is actually a pretty good...
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The Right Approach to Violence in Video Games
It’s been almost a week since the tragic shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, and many of us are still stunned. At Explosion.com, we...
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Kickstarter Focus: Full Bore
Looking like a combination of Terraria and the digging minigame of Okami, Full Bore is one of the most polished games on Kickstarter at the...
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Weekly News Roundup – DEC 16TH
This week was full of plenty of rumors and some welcome news: Valve is reaching out to gamers to establish some kind of GameFAQs competitor,...
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Is it Time for Another Desmond Game?
Recently rumors have leaked surrounding a new Assassin’s Creed game—the first details a new game with co-op to be released in 2013, while the second...
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Top 5 Frozen Levels in Video Games
This year has been unseasonably warm, at least in America. The temperature’s barely dipped past 50* where I live, and beyond a few snow storms,...
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What Code Hero’s Failure Can Teach Major Developers
Developers from the popular Kickstarter project Code Hero recently revealed that the team had run out of money. This was after several of them had...
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Why Do Videogame Covers Matter?
There’s been a lot of fuss over the recent Bioshock: Infinite cover, causing the developers to respond by including a reversible cover. It leaves the...
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Kickstarter Focus: AERO
Backed and helped by Bill Nye himself, AERO is a game that explains the complex parts of aerodynamics as a simple game. Rarely do educational...
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5 Biggest Videogame Timesinks of 2012
2012 had some of the longest games ever released, if you look past all the shorter iOS applications that became proliferous this year. Being a...
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What Valve’s New Console Means for Gamers
It’s been known for a while that Valve has been building its own PC system, designed for playing Steam games at optimal quality. However, what...
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Did Gamestop Grow a Heart?
Gamestop, a store known for ripping off customers with its ridiculously low trade-in values, has reportedly increased them. Some of these increases are significant, doubling...
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Kickstarter Focus: Anima – Gate of Memories
Stemming from the intensely popular Anima tabletop game, Anima: Gate of Memories is an artistic action RPG that draws from many inspirations such as Kingdom...
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Is Nintendo Lacking Online Growth?
The Wii U’s launch has had its ups and downs, though the approaching January filled with almost zero game releases from Nintendo (aka one) can’t...
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Weekly News Roundup – Dec 2nd
If you haven’t been able to look up from your copy of Farcry 3 or Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced edition, here’s a rundown of what happened...