Hard Reset has two months to make us care

Marketing video games must be a bitch of a job. In most cases you’re targeting the coveted 18-39 male demographic, and video game culture being what it is, the audience is going to absolutely abhor you should you misrepresent or

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Hard Reset has two months to make us care

Marketing video games must be a bitch of a job. In most cases you’re targeting the coveted 18-39 male demographic, and video game culture being what it is, the audience is going to absolutely abhor you should you misrepresent or

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Rock Paper Fire

Rock-paper-scissors is the ultimate game of weaknesses and advantages. No matter how many times you play rock will always smash scissors, scissors will always cut paper, and paper will always cover rock, somehow resulting in paper winning. I never figured

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Rock Paper Fire

Rock-paper-scissors is the ultimate game of weaknesses and advantages. No matter how many times you play rock will always smash scissors, scissors will always cut paper, and paper will always cover rock, somehow resulting in paper winning. I never figured

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Sky Island Review

Warning: This review contains detailed and unrestricted spoilers. Sky Island is a puzzle platformer starring a vaguely humanoid star who collects stars. If your mind isn’t completely blown yet, let me add that you can collect coins for points, Goomba-stomp

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Sky Island Review

Warning: This review contains detailed and unrestricted spoilers. Sky Island is a puzzle platformer starring a vaguely humanoid star who collects stars. If your mind isn’t completely blown yet, let me add that you can collect coins for points, Goomba-stomp

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The Cold Season: Iron Grip: Warlord

The Cold Season is an exploration of independent video game Iron Grip: Warlord, a FPS/Tower Defense hybrid available via Steam et al. It’s quite good, and worth checking out, especially if you have friends to play it with. This is

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The Cold Season: Iron Grip: Warlord

The Cold Season is an exploration of independent video game Iron Grip: Warlord, a FPS/Tower Defense hybrid available via Steam et al. It’s quite good, and worth checking out, especially if you have friends to play it with. This is

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LAST WINDOW: THE SECRET OF CAPE WEST – Review

Mysteries pile up, crimes may occur, but Kyle Hyde is always ready! Ready to sell cleaning products, do the crosswords, play pool and, of course, hear about all your life’s problems! LAST WINDOW: THE SECRET OF CAPE WEST is a

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LAST WINDOW: THE SECRET OF CAPE WEST – Review

Mysteries pile up, crimes may occur, but Kyle Hyde is always ready! Ready to sell cleaning products, do the crosswords, play pool and, of course, hear about all your life’s problems! LAST WINDOW: THE SECRET OF CAPE WEST is a

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Infested Planet Preview

Infested Planet is a game I’m excited to see evolve, as it has the potential to be a unique and engaging RTS unlike any I have played before. There are no resources to harvest. You start with all of your

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Infested Planet Preview

Infested Planet is a game I’m excited to see evolve, as it has the potential to be a unique and engaging RTS unlike any I have played before. There are no resources to harvest. You start with all of your

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EA casts its net further, acquires PopCap

In what’s looking to be a huge year for Electronic Arts, the goliath publisher has acquired Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies developer PopCap for $750 million. This comes on the heels of EA launching its re-branded digital distribution service, Origin.

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EA casts its net further, acquires PopCap

In what’s looking to be a huge year for Electronic Arts, the goliath publisher has acquired Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies developer PopCap for $750 million. This comes on the heels of EA launching its re-branded digital distribution service, Origin.

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Ban It! A Look At Why Games May Not Involve Contemporary Conflicts

Games that try to highlight current conflicts through games should be appreciated as legetimate attempts at artistic vision, but unfortunately such attempts have rarely been met with joy and open arms, more often the opposite, i.e. exasperated criticism and closed

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Ban It! A Look At Why Games May Not Involve Contemporary Conflicts

Games that try to highlight current conflicts through games should be appreciated as legetimate attempts at artistic vision, but unfortunately such attempts have rarely been met with joy and open arms, more often the opposite, i.e. exasperated criticism and closed

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Spoiled Novelty: Mechanical Spoilers

Games aren’t new anymore. They don’t surprise us. The common thesis around the internet is that there’s nothing new in games because developers are creatively bankrupt. There are no new ideas because no one has any except for independent developers;

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Spoiled Novelty: Mechanical Spoilers

Games aren’t new anymore. They don’t surprise us. The common thesis around the internet is that there’s nothing new in games because developers are creatively bankrupt. There are no new ideas because no one has any except for independent developers;

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Ken Levine wants developers in the media spotlight

Bioshock creator Ken Levine’s been doing the media rounds promoting G4TV’s airing of the E3 Bioshock Infinite demo, and appeared on the Gamers With Jobs podcast to discuss the video, E3 and the difficulty in promoting a game in mainstream

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Ken Levine wants developers in the media spotlight

Bioshock creator Ken Levine’s been doing the media rounds promoting G4TV’s airing of the E3 Bioshock Infinite demo, and appeared on the Gamers With Jobs podcast to discuss the video, E3 and the difficulty in promoting a game in mainstream

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