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A Game By Its Cover Competition

by Ben Alford · August 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments

A Game By Its Cover is a competition held by TIGSource, where, in a little over a month, game developers created games based on fake carts or box arts. Over 60 entries were submitted and I played them all (minus about 3 that I couldn’t get to run). Here, I go over my favorites and [...]

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Will Crysis 2 Play as Good as it Looks?

by Nick Henderson · August 17th, 2010 · 17 Comments

As i’m sure many of you have noticed, a slew of announcements have come pouring out of Gamescom today including the announcements of games like Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Resistance 3, and Postal 3. However, I consider those to be widely known quantities so it’s no wonder the reveal of the Crysis 2 [...]

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For the Love of Pie

by David Liao · August 13th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Oh Pie. How I love you so. Sometimes I forget, but just one little bite and all the memories come rushing right back to me. But you know what’s better than Pie? Pie when preceded by a deliciously delectable time puzzle. Like in the Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom. I recently downloaded the XBLA title and [...]

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Yakuza 3 reviewed by real Yakuza

by Joseph Christ · August 10th, 2010 · 18 Comments

This is awesome.  Lisa Katayama and Boing Boing bring us an article in which real Yakuza are taught to play Yakuza 3 then give their impressions of how realistically it depicts the lives and actions of real Yakuza. M: I like the fact that you power up by eating real food. Shio ramen gives you [...]

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Medal of Honor/Linkin Park is Going Through Some Changes

by Nick Henderson · August 3rd, 2010 · 17 Comments

I have received a few emails/facebook requests to share my feelings about the new Linkin Park Music Video/Medal of Honor trailer given my history with the band and my affinity for music. I figured that since I am the only one on this website who appreciates that style of music, I will go ahead and [...]

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More of the Same Signal?

by David Liao · July 27th, 2010 · 8 Comments

I played through the Alan Wake DLC, the Signal, yesterday afternoon. For better or worse, it’s more of the same. For those of you who loved Alan Wake, this is probably right up your alley. I would like to hear the opinion from someone like Nick, who really enjoyed the original game though. As for [...]

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2010 is Apparently a Good Year to be Bond

by Nick Henderson · July 20th, 2010 · 11 Comments

I really am getting sick of posting about Bond…. really.  It makes me look like crazy obsessed fan boy but it seems that someone out there (i’m looking at you Yamaha Casey…)  is bent on ensuring that I do get hyped about the upcoming original bond game, Blood Stone,  from Activision/Bizarre Creations.  With that said, [...]

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Indie Pick: Cut It

by Ben Alford · July 17th, 2010 · 11 Comments

Kloonigames, best known for Crayon Physics, have released a new game/prototype called Cut It. It is a puzzle game in which pieces of a tower can be, as the name implies, cut with the goal of landing a white cube on a green platform. The cuts can only be performed one at a time in [...]

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Bizarre Creations Reveals 007: Blood Stone

by Nick Henderson · July 16th, 2010 · 12 Comments

In an unexpected turn of events, Bizarre Creations finally revealed their new Bond game entitled Blood Stone today. The reason I say unexpected is that the game really looks like a traditional bond game, with high octane driving sequences and third person ass kicking included. Speculation had been running rampant that the new Bond game [...]

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The Finer Details: Lethality and Humanity in Peace Walker

by Ben Alford · July 14th, 2010 · 21 Comments

When playing games with options in combat, if there is a non-lethal path then I try my best to take that pathway. I figure I should take advantage of the ability to not kill people. Though in most of the games with a non-lethal option, the states of a character being dead versus knocked out [...]

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Infamous 2 Gameplay Impressions

by Nick Henderson · July 4th, 2010 · 30 Comments

The reveal of the Infamous 2 trailer at E3 was incredibly underwhelming for me. The Game Informer article that revealed the first concrete details also left me a bit worried about the direction that the series was headed in. The hero, Cole, had been redesigned, the setting didn’t impress me the way I expected it [...]

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Leaked gameplay footage (and impressions!) of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

by Brad Simons · July 3rd, 2010 · 22 Comments

Below are 4 clips of leaked Lords of Shadow gameplay footage. After watching them myself, I’ll say this — the game could have been shown A LOT better at E3. While the gameplay in these clips still seems a bit iffy, there is a lot more variety than in the boring arena fights of the [...]

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A Happy Accident

by Ben Alford · July 2nd, 2010 · 19 Comments

As people who play video games, we normally want things that are bigger, smarter, or even more expansive. We want things to evolve rapidly and become better in every iteration over each generation. But sometimes being dumber is better. Having AI that is a little stupid or even levels that are smaller can be a [...]

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