• DOOM 3 BFG Edition: Hands-on Preview

    Doom 3 was a huge leap forward for the series when it came out in 2004. There had been an eight-year gap since Final Doom...

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    Doom 3 was a huge leap forward for the series when it came out in 2004. There had been an eight-year gap since Final Doom had released before it, and the technology for shooters had leapt ahead since the days of that original id Tech engine.  Another eight years have passed since Doom 3 came...
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  • BattleBlock Theater Preview

    The Behemoth is far from the lumbering monstrosity that the name implies.  The Behemoth is actually the indie developer of the cult hit Alien Hominid,...

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    The Behemoth is far from the lumbering monstrosity that the name implies.  The Behemoth is actually the indie developer of the cult hit Alien Hominid, and the wildly popular downloadable multiplayer beat ‘em up Castle Crashers. Both were sleeper hits, created by a small and ironically-named team.  Their next game, Battle Block Theater uses the...
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  • 3 Things Other Publishers Can Learn From the Wii U

    Both Nintendo and Sony had pitiful launches for their handhelds—at least compared to the last generation of gaming. While they both pulled out all the...

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    Both Nintendo and Sony had pitiful launches for their handhelds—at least compared to the last generation of gaming. While they both pulled out all the stops, filling their launch window with games and attempting to price it correctly, gamers just weren’t pouncing for their products. These handhelds are both strong pieces of machinery, and I...
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  • Video-Games: A Haven for sexism, or pseudo-digi-sexism

    In some ways, it’s crazy to think that women were given the right to vote in most parts of the Western world a mere 90...

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    In some ways, it’s crazy to think that women were given the right to vote in most parts of the Western world a mere 90 or so years ago. The idea of people not being allowed to vote based on, well, just about anything is an almost laughable thought for most people of this generation....
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  • Essential Youtube Gamers Part 3

    Now that I’m up to part 3 of my Essential Youtube Gamers series, it’d be completely rude of me to forget the classics. Today, I’ll...

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    Now that I’m up to part 3 of my Essential Youtube Gamers series, it’d be completely rude of me to forget the classics. Today, I’ll be talking about someone very well-known, as well as someone who really ought to have been known, but sadly sunk into obscurity. Angry Video Game Nerd If you’re reading this...
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  • Gaming’s Greatest Antihero

    There are few occasions where we spend the entirety of playing through ones’ story condemning them to damnation only to have our outlook of this...

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    There are few occasions where we spend the entirety of playing through ones’ story condemning them to damnation only to have our outlook of this individual turned upside down in the final act. The anti-hero is a literary character who, throughout the course of the story, takes on characteristics of both villain and hero. While...
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  • Jet Set Radio HD

    The Dreamcast had few flaws, but one of them was the choice to only use one analog stick.  This meant that third person action games...

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    The Dreamcast had few flaws, but one of them was the choice to only use one analog stick.  This meant that third person action games released for the system relied on the sort of auto camera that plagued games of the N64 and Playstation 1 era.  Jet Set Radio (AKA Jet Grind Radio) was one...
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  • Tablets and Gaming

    I’ve touched on this before, in fact I reference it quite frequently. And I’m glad to see that a great deal of people feel the...

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    I’ve touched on this before, in fact I reference it quite frequently. And I’m glad to see that a great deal of people feel the same way about it. The Tablet. There is just something fundamentally acceptable about the Tablet. It seems to slipped its way into many homes, even with a somewhat hefty price...
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  • The Walking Dead Episode 3 The Long Road Ahead

    Telltale Games’ episodic take on The Walking Dead has some serious emotional punch.  Episode 1 genuinely frightened me, while Episode 2 filled me with rage. ...

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    Telltale Games’ episodic take on The Walking Dead has some serious emotional punch.  Episode 1 genuinely frightened me, while Episode 2 filled me with rage.  Episode 3 made me sad.  Very sad.  At this point in the story, the protagonist Lee has amassed a band of fellow survivors of the zombie apocalypse, but the ranks...
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  • Gsp 3 The Summary

    So in this conclusion to the summarized version of the GSP, we are going to think about the future of games, and how different it...

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    So in this conclusion to the summarized version of the GSP, we are going to think about the future of games, and how different it is likely to be. The predicted change from the last couple of years has change dramatically in the past 4-5 months alone. We are now looking into the possibility of...
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