• Aardwolf

    Aardwolf is a text-based RPG game and it might just be the best one of its specific niche on the android market right now. Go...

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    Aardwolf is a text-based RPG game and it might just be the best one of its specific niche on the android market right now. Go on, I dare you to prove me wrong. The game holds much more depth and detail (despite not having graphics) than most of the other typical role-playing games available. Now...
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    799 points
  • Beastie Bay

    So you are stranded on a desolate island that is supposed to be kind of “dangerous” despite being cute at the same time. In this...

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    So you are stranded on a desolate island that is supposed to be kind of “dangerous” despite being cute at the same time. In this new creature catching civ-management game from Kairosoft you will be doing lots of taming, skewering and overall being a bad-ass amongst a wild variety of “beasties” while developing your island...
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    802 points
  • Why Sony’s Tongue Control Patent is Making History

    When Sony first patented its unique tongue controls, many of the comments and discussions were skeptical about its applications. Is that some tool for gamers...

    When Sony first patented its unique tongue controls, many of the comments and discussions were skeptical about its applications. Is that some tool for gamers to finally ‘experience’ dating sims? Some terrible gimmick for their next console? One step closer to controlling games with our mind? It obviously doesn’t have the advantages of an actual...
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    843 points
  • Digits could change games in ways we can’t imagine

    This week, at the ACM symposium for User Interface software and Technology (also known as UIST) in Cambridge Massachusetts, Microsoft saw fit to unveil their latest...

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    This week, at the ACM symposium for User Interface software and Technology (also known as UIST) in Cambridge Massachusetts, Microsoft saw fit to unveil their latest piece of technology that they are currently researching. This little gadget has so much promise and potential that it’s kind of  hard to structure an article around it. It has...
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    841 points
  • Kickstarter Focus: Project Gorgon

    Playing like an upgraded version of Runescape, Project: Gorgon is much more than its simple logo implies. It’s a complex MMO that’s already well-developed, and...

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    Playing like an upgraded version of Runescape, Project: Gorgon is much more than its simple logo implies. It’s a complex MMO that’s already well-developed, and the funding for the game is mainly going towards the graphics, animations, and extra features of the game. While it’s easy to dismiss this as just another low-quality MMO, it...
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    824 points
  • Theo’s Thoughts #21: Dailies

    Daily quests have become a big part of World of Warcraft over the years. However, in Mists of Pandaria, it seems that they have become...

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    Daily quests have become a big part of World of Warcraft over the years. However, in Mists of Pandaria, it seems that they have become an even more important part, since players need to get reputation with certain factions in order to spend Valor Points. Unfortunately, the only way to earn reputation with these factions...
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    820 points
  • Gaikai is Sony’s Winning Ticket

    Gaikai recently commented on Sony’s acquisition of their company—and in sum, they’re quite pleased. Although their lips are sealed as to their future goals, it...

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    Gaikai recently commented on Sony’s acquisition of their company—and in sum, they’re quite pleased. Although their lips are sealed as to their future goals, it appears that they will be working closely with Sony while continuing to improve their cloud-gaming service. Their attitude about the Sony acquisition and bright hopes for the future means the...
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    822 points
  • The Future of Kinect

    In a highly amusing video released yesterday on Kotaku, the various problems plaguing Microsoft’s current Kinect technology got neatly summed up in the Kinect tutorial...

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    In a highly amusing video released yesterday on Kotaku, the various problems plaguing Microsoft’s current Kinect technology got neatly summed up in the Kinect tutorial to the latest game in the Xbox’s ever-worsening RPG saga, Fable: The Journey.  Putting aside the fact that it’s a pretty shoddy game that’s a million miles from the charming fairy-tale RPG...
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    811 points
  • A Soliloquy on Survival Horror

    As I found myself picking off decaying zombies in a dim graveyard in Resident Evil 6, I couldn’t help but flash back to the early...

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    As I found myself picking off decaying zombies in a dim graveyard in Resident Evil 6, I couldn’t help but flash back to the early days of my gaming career when not everything was about boat loads of ammunition and action heavy set pieces. It was a time long before games like F.E.A.R. combined horror...
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    821 points
  • Sonic Adventure 2

    Sega was once a major gaming hardware manufacturer, and in those good old days they created an extensive catalog of classic games and franchises for...

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    Sega was once a major gaming hardware manufacturer, and in those good old days they created an extensive catalog of classic games and franchises for their consoles.  Recently they’ve done the current generation a service by updating their older hits as downloadable HD titles.  Some of these, like Jet Set Radio, or Nights Into Dreams...
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    808 points