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More Finished Games?

Comments of the most curious nature came out of Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse’s interview with GameSetWatch. To provide you with a block quote: I think that the indie scene is out of control. There are SO many games being made,

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More Finished Games?

Comments of the most curious nature came out of Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse’s interview with GameSetWatch. To provide you with a block quote: I think that the indie scene is out of control. There are SO many games being made,

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Rutabega is a Fruit

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2_DuFvyQYc&w=640&h=390] Or, the best news I’ve heard this week. This week’s been light on news and stuff. Most weeks are light on news and stuff, actually. So I’ve decided to condense all your weekly news into one omnibussal megapost, where

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Rutabega is a Fruit

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2_DuFvyQYc&w=640&h=390] Or, the best news I’ve heard this week. This week’s been light on news and stuff. Most weeks are light on news and stuff, actually. So I’ve decided to condense all your weekly news into one omnibussal megapost, where

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Hiatus Over!

One of the trickiest bits of being a small, indie games journalism blog is that there’s only a couple of us, and we all have lives. This blog, at the moment, has four relatively regular contributors, and the problem is

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Hiatus Over!

One of the trickiest bits of being a small, indie games journalism blog is that there’s only a couple of us, and we all have lives. This blog, at the moment, has four relatively regular contributors, and the problem is

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The Last Story and the return of Japan only

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgtws_tFHps&fs=1&hl=en_US] Anyone whose followed video games in the past few weeks knows about the Last Story. It’s being developed by Mistwalker, the company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi once he jumped ship from Square Enix in the early/mid 2000’s, and has

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The Last Story and the return of Japan only

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgtws_tFHps&fs=1&hl=en_US] Anyone whose followed video games in the past few weeks knows about the Last Story. It’s being developed by Mistwalker, the company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi once he jumped ship from Square Enix in the early/mid 2000’s, and has

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Some brief thoughts on Final Fantasies

Yes, I know, I said no news here, but I am a liar! A big fat, possibly Greek liar (yes, I went there. It’s early enough in the morning to go there). But you know what? Final Fantasy deserves an

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Some brief thoughts on Final Fantasies

Yes, I know, I said no news here, but I am a liar! A big fat, possibly Greek liar (yes, I went there. It’s early enough in the morning to go there). But you know what? Final Fantasy deserves an

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Mass Effect 2 (PS3) prediction

I’m going to channel my inner Michael Pachter here and make a bold prediction: Mass Effect 2 for the Playstation 3 will fail. It will move some copies, yes, but it’s unclear whether BioWare will even recoup the mild investment

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Mass Effect 2 (PS3) prediction

I’m going to channel my inner Michael Pachter here and make a bold prediction: Mass Effect 2 for the Playstation 3 will fail. It will move some copies, yes, but it’s unclear whether BioWare will even recoup the mild investment

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The pre-boss fight: giving our nemesis context

[Contains SPOILERS for Assassin’s Creed 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Bioshock. Consider yourself warned.] I recently completed a play-through of Assassin’s Creed 2, which left me with a rather negative taste in my mouth. Part of it had to do with

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The pre-boss fight: giving our nemesis context

[Contains SPOILERS for Assassin’s Creed 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Bioshock. Consider yourself warned.] I recently completed a play-through of Assassin’s Creed 2, which left me with a rather negative taste in my mouth. Part of it had to do with

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Amnesia a good memory for Frictional

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loSzpvq73FY&fs=1&hl=en_US] I love indies, especially indies who put out super high quality, retail type experiences, but I can’t play horror games. This has made me something of a cheerleader for Frictional Games, whose Amnesia: The Dark Descent was, by many

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Amnesia a good memory for Frictional

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loSzpvq73FY&fs=1&hl=en_US] I love indies, especially indies who put out super high quality, retail type experiences, but I can’t play horror games. This has made me something of a cheerleader for Frictional Games, whose Amnesia: The Dark Descent was, by many

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The Great Sucking Sound

That noise you hear? That is the wind being violently ripped from the 3DS’ sails. It sounds a lot like three to five hour battery life, which, supposedly, is only when the backlight is turned down. We in the trade

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The Great Sucking Sound

That noise you hear? That is the wind being violently ripped from the 3DS’ sails. It sounds a lot like three to five hour battery life, which, supposedly, is only when the backlight is turned down. We in the trade

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The Missing

For a game with the sheer girth of Baldur’s Gate 2, I remember a lot of things that happened. I remember the battles, too numerous to count. I especially remember the ones with Mind Flayers, the ones where party members

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The Missing

For a game with the sheer girth of Baldur’s Gate 2, I remember a lot of things that happened. I remember the battles, too numerous to count. I especially remember the ones with Mind Flayers, the ones where party members

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