Opinion

It's Limbo Time!

Xbox Live Arcade has made it a habit of releasing a fantastic puzzle-platformer every summer. Games like Braid and ‘Splosion Man have been their marquee summer attractions for the past few years, giving us some fantastic, brain bending gameplay. And

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It's Limbo Time!

Xbox Live Arcade has made it a habit of releasing a fantastic puzzle-platformer every summer. Games like Braid and ‘Splosion Man have been their marquee summer attractions for the past few years, giving us some fantastic, brain bending gameplay. And

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Some Thoughts on the XCom Reboot

Here is the initial full disclosure: I’m not especially fond of the original XCom games. Sure, they’re neat, but to someone who didn’t first play them until last Christmas, when he bought them for 5$, they’re a dated mess of

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Some Thoughts on the XCom Reboot

Here is the initial full disclosure: I’m not especially fond of the original XCom games. Sure, they’re neat, but to someone who didn’t first play them until last Christmas, when he bought them for 5$, they’re a dated mess of

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The MMO and Risk Versus Reward

It’s been an interesting span of weeks for those of us interested in game design as a thing, not just as a process. We’ve been given access to not only Guild Wars 2’s design manifesto, which lays out the many

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The MMO and Risk Versus Reward

It’s been an interesting span of weeks for those of us interested in game design as a thing, not just as a process. We’ve been given access to not only Guild Wars 2’s design manifesto, which lays out the many

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Fallout: New Vegas: Back to California

Ahnold wants you back in California nearly as much as Obsidian and Bethesda. Well, the New California Republic, but that’s the same thing. Fallout: New Vegas represents a return to the franchises roots, and not just geographically; much of the

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Fallout: New Vegas: Back to California

Ahnold wants you back in California nearly as much as Obsidian and Bethesda. Well, the New California Republic, but that’s the same thing. Fallout: New Vegas represents a return to the franchises roots, and not just geographically; much of the

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A Link to the Twilight Princess

This article contain spoilers for: Terminator (movie) Back to the Future (movie) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess The goal of this article is not to establish

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A Link to the Twilight Princess

This article contain spoilers for: Terminator (movie) Back to the Future (movie) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess The goal of this article is not to establish

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I Can't Love You Right Now

After a year of anticipation, I had my hands on Pokemon Heart-Gold. Unlike everyone else however, I did not have fond memories of the old-school versions. Having played every iteration of the series since red and blue, gold and silver

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I Can't Love You Right Now

After a year of anticipation, I had my hands on Pokemon Heart-Gold. Unlike everyone else however, I did not have fond memories of the old-school versions. Having played every iteration of the series since red and blue, gold and silver

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SUPER METROID – Critique

“The last Metroid is in captivity The galaxy is at peace” Super Metroid begins with these iconic* words, spoken by a strangely soothing voice. It’s interesting that Nintendo was willing to woo players with voice acting then, and yet resisted

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SUPER METROID – Critique

“The last Metroid is in captivity The galaxy is at peace” Super Metroid begins with these iconic* words, spoken by a strangely soothing voice. It’s interesting that Nintendo was willing to woo players with voice acting then, and yet resisted

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Playing To Win

I play to win. It seems like an obvious statement to make, but the intricacies of this mindset are not well understood. Click on ‘read more’ to find out more about the playing to win ethos.

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Playing To Win

I play to win. It seems like an obvious statement to make, but the intricacies of this mindset are not well understood. Click on ‘read more’ to find out more about the playing to win ethos.

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Movie Games Suck

Tell you something you don’t know, you say? Okay. Apparently James Spawn of Hitler Cameron thinks the same thing). He makes no…well, he makes a lot of excuses about why the Avatar game was a terrible game critically and commercially,

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Movie Games Suck

Tell you something you don’t know, you say? Okay. Apparently James Spawn of Hitler Cameron thinks the same thing). He makes no…well, he makes a lot of excuses about why the Avatar game was a terrible game critically and commercially,

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