• 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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    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 claims that the 2013 game will be set in Brazil and that Ubisoft is working to write (or rewrite) its history leading up to their game. These rumors have a...
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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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    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, the north has had pretty warm weather itself. Here are five wintery levels that might cool you down and help you pretend global warming isn’t a thing. 5) Mega Man:...
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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...

    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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  • 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...

    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 theme of the past games’ covers, and instead of featuring a Big Daddy, it features a manly character looking down with his head and up with his eyes as explosions...
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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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  • Maxing out the Xbox 360 and why it may not be a good thing

    Whilst speaking to VideoGamer.com, CEO of Crytek Cevat Yerli, has been quoted on saying that the rising price of components for the next iteration of...

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    Whilst speaking to VideoGamer.com, CEO of Crytek Cevat Yerli, has been quoted on saying that the rising price of components for the next iteration of the Xbox will make it “impossible” for the next generation of gaming consoles “to have the same kind of impact on the console business” when compared to the previous generations....
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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...

    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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  • 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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    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 timesink isn’t necessarily a bad thing—in fact, just the opposite. Here are five games of 2012 you’re sure to get your money’s worth out of. 5) League of Legends Inspired...
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