Fez's shifting genres

There’s a quote from Roger Ebert’s review of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans which goes: “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.” It sums up perfectly how I feel about the alarmingly

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Fez's shifting genres

There’s a quote from Roger Ebert’s review of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans which goes: “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.” It sums up perfectly how I feel about the alarmingly

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Tommy Guns and Steel Drums: Our First Look at The Journey Down

Times are tough for Kito and Bwana, the proprietors of Kaonandodo’s Gas n’ Charter.  The power has just been shut off by the shady new power company,  but with some quick ingenuity (read: pulling a switch) Bwana is able to

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Tommy Guns and Steel Drums: Our First Look at The Journey Down

Times are tough for Kito and Bwana, the proprietors of Kaonandodo’s Gas n’ Charter.  The power has just been shut off by the shady new power company,  but with some quick ingenuity (read: pulling a switch) Bwana is able to

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Writing on the Wall: The Secret Messages of the Half-Life Universe

In 1981, a French graffiti artist named Blek the Rat coated Paris in stencil renditions of rats scampering about the city streets. They had no explanation, context, or detail beyond an outline. They were everywhere. Before the infamous Banksy followed

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Writing on the Wall: The Secret Messages of the Half-Life Universe

In 1981, a French graffiti artist named Blek the Rat coated Paris in stencil renditions of rats scampering about the city streets. They had no explanation, context, or detail beyond an outline. They were everywhere. Before the infamous Banksy followed

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Soundscapes – Music can ruin everything

Music is powerful. It can tell you what type of game you’re about to play, what time its set in and the intensity you can expect from the gameplay before you see any visuals on screen. Great music can be

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Soundscapes – Music can ruin everything

Music is powerful. It can tell you what type of game you’re about to play, what time its set in and the intensity you can expect from the gameplay before you see any visuals on screen. Great music can be

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Building Worlds: Samus of Metroid

[Building Worlds is a series where Dan Cox examines one facet in a videogame and shows you how, from that one angle, an entire society is reflected.] Samus Aran, bounty hunter extraordinaire, is a warrior. She travels in a gunship,

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Building Worlds: Samus of Metroid

[Building Worlds is a series where Dan Cox examines one facet in a videogame and shows you how, from that one angle, an entire society is reflected.] Samus Aran, bounty hunter extraordinaire, is a warrior. She travels in a gunship,

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Leaving Japan: What strategies should Nintendo adopt for the Wii U

There is trouble brewing for the Old Gods. On April 10th, Sony has released some very interesting numbers, announcing a ¥520 billion loss and an operating loss of ¥95 billion. It is the operating loss that matters, for it relates

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Leaving Japan: What strategies should Nintendo adopt for the Wii U

There is trouble brewing for the Old Gods. On April 10th, Sony has released some very interesting numbers, announcing a ¥520 billion loss and an operating loss of ¥95 billion. It is the operating loss that matters, for it relates

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After Pressing Start: Dragon Quest IV Chapters of the Chosen

When the world is falling into despair, the Hero is always ready to catch it. The Villain will inevitably have a head start but the Hero’s accelerated growth will always save the day in the nick of time. Heroes rise

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After Pressing Start: Dragon Quest IV Chapters of the Chosen

When the world is falling into despair, the Hero is always ready to catch it. The Villain will inevitably have a head start but the Hero’s accelerated growth will always save the day in the nick of time. Heroes rise

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Role playing games without borders

A funny thing happened in Japan: the year’s biggest and brightest Japanese RPG turned into a Western RPG. The moment this crystallized for me came towards the beginning of Monolith’s Xenoblade Chroncles. The main character and his love interest Fiora

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Role playing games without borders

A funny thing happened in Japan: the year’s biggest and brightest Japanese RPG turned into a Western RPG. The moment this crystallized for me came towards the beginning of Monolith’s Xenoblade Chroncles. The main character and his love interest Fiora

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The Campfire presents: The Longest Climb

  The Campfire is a new column where we regale you with tales of our video game adventures. In ‘The Longest Climb,’ the Khajiit adventurer M’Rohk attempts to climb to the top of Skyrim’s tallest mountain, and finds himself wishing

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The Campfire presents: The Longest Climb

  The Campfire is a new column where we regale you with tales of our video game adventures. In ‘The Longest Climb,’ the Khajiit adventurer M’Rohk attempts to climb to the top of Skyrim’s tallest mountain, and finds himself wishing

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10 things we want from WayForward's Adventure Time game

Through a series of elaborate tweets from Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and WayForward Technologies an Adventure Time game was announced. Before the announcement Ward had a habit of posting doodles of potential game ideas, but nothing concrete. Right now

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10 things we want from WayForward's Adventure Time game

Through a series of elaborate tweets from Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and WayForward Technologies an Adventure Time game was announced. Before the announcement Ward had a habit of posting doodles of potential game ideas, but nothing concrete. Right now

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