• Piczle Lines

    Every once in a while, a unique and addicting puzzle game takes over the iOS app market. Angry Birds, Where’s My Water, Cut the Rope; all of...

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    Every once in a while, a unique and addicting puzzle game takes over the iOS app market. Angry Birds, Where’s My Water, Cut the Rope; all of these titles have blown up to become more than just “another iPod Touch game.” While these games are all well and good, those looking for something a little different usually...
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  • The Hidden Way DLC Expands the Industry

    I am probably with the majority when I say that the most recent onslaught of paid downloadable content has a negative impact on the games...

    I am probably with the majority when I say that the most recent onslaught of paid downloadable content has a negative impact on the games industry. From Mass Effect 3’s terrible marketing scheme to the horse armor offered for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, DLC is mainly considered a means for a company to stretch...
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  • Will Children’s Gaming Take the Final Leap in 2013?

    For all its faults over the years, children’s gaming has undoubtedly been the largest source of entertainment and pleasure for gamers of all ages. No...

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    For all its faults over the years, children’s gaming has undoubtedly been the largest source of entertainment and pleasure for gamers of all ages. No other genre has tapped into as many audiences, attracted as many players and satisfied as many customers as it has – and I’m not just talking about the stereotypical Platforming games...
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  • Theo’s Thoughts #14: WoW’s Afterlife

    A few weeks ago, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft’s subscriber numbers dropped by 1.1 Million in the last quarter. This may seem like a...

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    A few weeks ago, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft’s subscriber numbers dropped by 1.1 Million in the last quarter. This may seem like a tragic loss, yet the game still has over nine million subscribers, way more then any other MMORPG competitor. As always when this news hits, forums everywhere pop up claiming “WoW...
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  • Why Long Waits Hurt IPs

    Early game announcements have the advantage of getting a name out before any potential competitors can set up their own stands. You see an example...

    Early game announcements have the advantage of getting a name out before any potential competitors can set up their own stands. You see an example of this when Remember Me was announced at Gamescom—Watch Dogs had already made a huge impression with their own game with a similar setting and HUD, so Remember Me was...
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  • Sleeping Dogs

    Let’s get this out of the way; Sleeping Dogs isn’t a bad game, it just really isn’t a good one. Sometimes, it really is best to...

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    Let’s get this out of the way; Sleeping Dogs isn’t a bad game, it just really isn’t a good one. Sometimes, it really is best to let sleeping dogs lie. Unfortunately, United Front Games and Square Enix felt the need to resurrect last generation’s True Crime series of open-world action games, rather than letting the mediocre series fade...
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  • How Games Affect the Mind

    When gaming appears in mass media, it’s usually as the scapegoat for some kind of crime committed by a ‘gaming addict.’ These kind of media...

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    When gaming appears in mass media, it’s usually as the scapegoat for some kind of crime committed by a ‘gaming addict.’ These kind of media outlets love to pin controversy to the form of entertainment, just as television, radio, and even mass-produced novels elicited negative attention. Even in the worst of situations, the violence attributed...
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  • Hard Reset: Extended Edition

    When developer  Flying Wild Hog released their cyberpunk first-person shooter Hard Reset last September they gave PC gamers an action-packed romp through a world inspired...

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    When developer  Flying Wild Hog released their cyberpunk first-person shooter Hard Reset last September they gave PC gamers an action-packed romp through a world inspired by The Matrix and Blade Runner.  A major complaint from players and critics was that it was too short with a mere four or five hours of play time.  In...
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  • Dark Souls Prepare To Die Edition Preview

    Demon’s Souls was a Playstation 3 exclusive so hardcore that it made Xbox 360 owners demand a version for their console.  That never happened, but...

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    Demon’s Souls was a Playstation 3 exclusive so hardcore that it made Xbox 360 owners demand a version for their console.  That never happened, but the spiritual successor Dark Souls did come out for both PS3 and Xbox, and this time PC gamers were the ones who felt shafted.  Well, as of this week, PC...
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  • Kickstarter Focus: Planetary Annihilation

    Pitching itself as a ‘next-generation RTS game,’ Planetary Annihilation is being developed by huge names in the RTS genre. Developers from Total Annihilation, The Elder...

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    Pitching itself as a ‘next-generation RTS game,’ Planetary Annihilation is being developed by huge names in the RTS genre. Developers from Total Annihilation, The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Battlespire, and many other games have joined together to create a new game similar to Total Annihilation, but on the scale of a whole Solar System. Managing resources...
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