TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 2009
- Aye, Robot
The Three (Or More Or Less) Laws of Gaming AI
by Luke Plunkett - Mommy Dearest
The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
by A.J. Glasser - A Fist Full Of Quarters
The Last Of The Great Arcade Fighters
by Brian Ashcraft - War! Good God, Y'All!
Making a Game Out of Today's War
by Mike Fahey - Advertising Rage
Indie Devs Turn to In-Game Ads After Piracy Strike
by Owen Good - From Concept To NXEcution
The Untold Story of the Xbox 360 Avatars
by Luke Plunkett - Blipsters
The Chiptunes Band That Just Might Break Through
by Leigh Alexander - Sentience Fragment
Are Our Games Alive?
by John Gaudiosi
REVIEWS
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine Review: A Pretty Good Start
- Equilibrio Micro-Review: Tilt and Break
- Klonoa Review: Do Hew Wahoo?
- Fallout 3 Broken Steel Review: An Epic Postscript
- Fable II See The Future Review: Wear Shades
- Velvet Assassin Review: Lie Back And Think Of England
- Burnout Paradise Cops And Robbers Micro-Review
- Top Gun Micro-Review: Affirmative, Ghost Rider
- Plants vs Zombies Micro-Review: The Seeds Of Success
- Peggle iPhone Micro-Review: Touching Balls Never Felt So Good
- Punch-Out!! Review: Call It A Comeback
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour iPhone Micro-Review: Fore!
- inFamous Review: It's Electric
- Rock Band Unplugged Review: It's The Frequency, Kenneth
- Bionic Commando Review: Grabbing Hands Grab All They Can
- Terminator Salvation Review: I Hate Robots
- Terminator Salvation iPhone Micro-Review: Rise of the Apple Machine
- Pictobits Review: For The Love of Pixels
PREVIEWS
- DC Universe Online Preview: Doomsday Smack Down
- Dragon Age: Origins Preview: Violence, Lust and Betrayal
- Kung Fu Hustle Preview: Do The Hustle
- Fight Night Round 4 Preview: No More Rocky
- Killing Floor Preview: Holy Co-Op Survival Horror
- Red Faction: Guerrilla Multiplayer Preview: Wrecking Crew Jazzes Things Up
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Multiplayer Preview: All The Pretty Horses
- Darksiders Preview: The War of God
- Metroid Trilogy Preview: The Game So Nice, You Can Play It Thrice
- Dead Space: Extraction Preview: Can't Stop Shaking
- Army of Two: The 40th Day Preview: Total Fistbump Destruction
WELL PLAYED
- Sony Prepares An Army of Playstation Evangelists
- Big News Bound For E3
- Invasion of the Plastic Peripherals
- The $80 Million Inspiration For Disney's Latest Wii Game
- Capcom Goes West
COVER
- Aperture Science Security Camera - Laid out by Michael McWhertor, based on Michael Watson's original work