• How a Genre Classification Can Turn Someone Off Instantly

    Tuesday marked the release of the much-anticipated Dead Space 3, the third in a trilogy of critically-acclaimed and big-selling series that has spanned this entire...

    Tuesday marked the release of the much-anticipated Dead Space 3, the third in a trilogy of critically-acclaimed and big-selling series that has spanned this entire generation of consoles’ lifespan. This also marks the third game in a series that I’ve never had even an inkling of inspiration to ever look into or even care that...
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  • Game Demos Actually Keep The Industry Honest

    I’ll be brutally honest when I say this; at the DICE Summit 2013 Jesse Schell took to the stage and discussed the game industry and...

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    I’ll be brutally honest when I say this; at the DICE Summit 2013 Jesse Schell took to the stage and discussed the game industry and while a lot of his commentary was right-on, the part that stuck out to me and many others was his talk about game demos. In his mind, game demos are...
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  • Most Innovative Game Consoles

    If video games were better, and a carton of Spirits wasn’t so expensive I’d probably relapse, buy a pack and smoke them in the igloo...

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    If video games were better, and a carton of Spirits wasn’t so expensive I’d probably relapse, buy a pack and smoke them in the igloo I haven’t made yet, with the guy from upstairs (not like, sky upstairs) who tries to hack wifi with a Macbook. Why? Because this is the future and I’m pretty...
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  • Warren Spector is Right: Games Need to Grow Up

    Warren Spector is a guy that is mostly known for his last job at Disney/Junction Point where he designed the Epic Mickey games of late,...

    Warren Spector is a guy that is mostly known for his last job at Disney/Junction Point where he designed the Epic Mickey games of late, but he’s been around the gaming world for quite a while now and is one of the few guys that if you were to listen to someone, you’d listen to...
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  • Angry Piggy

    Angry Piggy is definitely the kind of game that’s all about teamwork. Initially I admit to jumping right in without even reading the games description,...

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    Angry Piggy is definitely the kind of game that’s all about teamwork. Initially I admit to jumping right in without even reading the games description, I wrote it off immediately as being mundane and too simplistic as well as repetitive and boring until I hit the second island. It’s obvious that the folks who designed...
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  • Sony and Microsoft’s Focus on Motion Control Feels Futile

    The news that leaked out about Sony not only having developed a next generation PlayStation Eye, but looking to package it in with the PlayStation...

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    The news that leaked out about Sony not only having developed a next generation PlayStation Eye, but looking to package it in with the PlayStation 4 (also called Orbis) has the internet talking about motion control yet again and how this will rival the next generation of Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox. Both Microsoft and Sony...
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  • HotS Beta Impressions #4: Pylon Changes and PvP

    Most of the articles I have written before these have been talking about specific units that will be coming to Starcraft in the upcoming expansion....

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    Most of the articles I have written before these have been talking about specific units that will be coming to Starcraft in the upcoming expansion. However, I wanted to change gears and talk about something slightly different today; the change coming for Protoss’ pylons. Simply put, players will no longer have the ability to warp-in...
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  • The Double-Edged Sword of the Used Game Debate

    We’ve seen a lot of talk over the past few months about the future of used games, especially when it comes to the next generation...

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    We’ve seen a lot of talk over the past few months about the future of used games, especially when it comes to the next generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft. There has been widespread speculation that either one or both of the upcoming consoles could be blocking the usage of used games, binding games to...
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  • The Walking Dead: 5 Reasons It’s Overrated

    The Walking Dead was one of 2012’s most talked about games. Based on the comic book (that spawned the TV series), The Walking Dead was...

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    The Walking Dead was one of 2012’s most talked about games. Based on the comic book (that spawned the TV series), The Walking Dead was developed by Telltale Games in an episodic fashion, much like a TV show. This is one of the newer approaches to video game delivery, which is to release content as...
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  • Kickstarter Focus: Death Inc.

    Ambient Studios is a team packed full of talent, with developers from Little Big Planet, Fable, Crysis 3, Battlefield 2, SimCity, along with many other...

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    Ambient Studios is a team packed full of talent, with developers from Little Big Planet, Fable, Crysis 3, Battlefield 2, SimCity, along with many other games. They formed the studio so that they could make their games the way they wanted to—and the first game they plan to deliver is Death Inc. The game plays...
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