Uncharted 3 Beta Synopsis

The Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta is out, and it runs from July 2nd(or June 28th for lucky early-access people) to July 14th. While it’s not the final product, it’s shaping up to be a pretty good online experience. Like the

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Uncharted 3 Beta Synopsis

The Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta is out, and it runs from July 2nd(or June 28th for lucky early-access people) to July 14th. While it’s not the final product, it’s shaping up to be a pretty good online experience. Like the

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Never Say Never: Xenoblade and The Last Story

Anyone who’s ever cared about Japanese games featuring effeminate men with ludicrously oversized swords has been following the saga of Xenoblade and The Last Story. Nintendo has had an on-again, off-again affair with localizing these two titles from prominent studios

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Never Say Never: Xenoblade and The Last Story

Anyone who’s ever cared about Japanese games featuring effeminate men with ludicrously oversized swords has been following the saga of Xenoblade and The Last Story. Nintendo has had an on-again, off-again affair with localizing these two titles from prominent studios

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Interview with Chris Avellone

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with the great Chris Avellone himself, one of the minds behind the critically acclaimed Fallout franchise and Planescape: Torment. What follows is our exchange, where we speak of nearly everything you can

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Interview with Chris Avellone

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with the great Chris Avellone himself, one of the minds behind the critically acclaimed Fallout franchise and Planescape: Torment. What follows is our exchange, where we speak of nearly everything you can

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New Ideas: Dishonored

I’m one who hardly ever posts news posts. I’m too busy to scour the net for exclusives, and I’m not paid nearly well enough (at all!) to care about reporting on new things. Besides, it’s not like we have any

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New Ideas: Dishonored

I’m one who hardly ever posts news posts. I’m too busy to scour the net for exclusives, and I’m not paid nearly well enough (at all!) to care about reporting on new things. Besides, it’s not like we have any

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Bethesda Community Interview on Skyrim

  The wait is over! The good folks at Bethesda have posted the Fan Interview on the official Bethesda Forums. Many of us here at Nightmare Mode are drooling of some of the juicy bits that have been revealed in

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Bethesda Community Interview on Skyrim

  The wait is over! The good folks at Bethesda have posted the Fan Interview on the official Bethesda Forums. Many of us here at Nightmare Mode are drooling of some of the juicy bits that have been revealed in

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Unspoken Word – Journey and Communication

Journey’s faceless protagonist will be many things—a hero returning home; a queen in exile; a poet passing into death—all inventions of the individual player. And yet, in our endeavors across this alien desert, this mellifluous proof of the violence of

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Unspoken Word – Journey and Communication

Journey’s faceless protagonist will be many things—a hero returning home; a queen in exile; a poet passing into death—all inventions of the individual player. And yet, in our endeavors across this alien desert, this mellifluous proof of the violence of

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July Omnitopic: Weakness

(We’re only running a week or so late. Blame Steam! Steam, father of all lies! Mother of all untruths!) Video games are about power. When we have power, we have fun, or so the story goes. Power lets us do

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July Omnitopic: Weakness

(We’re only running a week or so late. Blame Steam! Steam, father of all lies! Mother of all untruths!) Video games are about power. When we have power, we have fun, or so the story goes. Power lets us do

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“Red Dead Redemption” and its redemption.

I loved Red Dead Redemption. Let’s just get that out-of-the-way. I did everything; tamed every horse, did every side-quest possible and upon entering Mexico and that beautiful song played – Jose Gonzalez’s Far Away – I threw my controller across

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“Red Dead Redemption” and its redemption.

I loved Red Dead Redemption. Let’s just get that out-of-the-way. I did everything; tamed every horse, did every side-quest possible and upon entering Mexico and that beautiful song played – Jose Gonzalez’s Far Away – I threw my controller across

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The Neverending Road

A factor in many reviewers’ judgment of any given game is the length of time it takes for them to complete it. However, the focus often seems to be on the amount of the content rather than the quality of

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The Neverending Road

A factor in many reviewers’ judgment of any given game is the length of time it takes for them to complete it. However, the focus often seems to be on the amount of the content rather than the quality of

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Google+ Code Hints At Social Games

Sorry, folks–I know that many of you were happy that you’d escaped invites for those social games some of you detest so much, but it looks like it’s just a matter of time before they start popping up on Google+.

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Google+ Code Hints At Social Games

Sorry, folks–I know that many of you were happy that you’d escaped invites for those social games some of you detest so much, but it looks like it’s just a matter of time before they start popping up on Google+.

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