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Switzerland's public broadcasting company this week released that advertisement below—"The Phony Wars"—to tout the service's new iOS and Android apps. And, Swiss to the last, they declare their neutrality between those two platforms. More »
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What would you give to relive the greatest moments in your gaming history as if it were the first time? That's the question commenter Taggart451 ponders in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku. WARNING: Spoilers ahead. More »
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Prominence is a first-person game with no shooting. Just clicking, and problem solving, and wandering around the deserted corridors of a science-fiction facility. More »
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Mike Chrzanowski, who used to work for PC developers Looking Glass, sent us these videos over the weekend that show the final hours of one of the greatest studios this industry has ever seen. More »
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Widely acclaimed when it released in 1999, System Shock 2's cinematic conclusion nonetheless disappointed Irrational Games creative chief Ken Levine. The reason: The video that was shot wasn't anything like what he had scripted. More »
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OK, maybe not a tree. More like a tangled mess of cables, wiring and cold steel. And maybe not kissing. What they're doing looks a little more "after dark" than a childhood rhyme could manage... More »
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We wouldn't say "no" to more System Shock. You wouldn't say no to more System Shock. You know who else wouldn't say no to more System Shock? Ken Levine, who told VG247 "Would I turn my nose up at another round with Shodan? No". Hardly a firm statement of intent, but SS fans will take what they can get these days. Course, there's always the tricky issue of the System Shock rights being owned by a company that's not Levine's current employers 2K, but as Fallout 3 has shown, where there's a will, there's often a way. So who knows. Maybe some day in the distant future System Shock fans can stop complaining about wanting a new System Shock game and start complaining about the new System Shock game. More »
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Writer Austin Grossman has lent his talents to over a dozen games, including System Shock, Deus Ex and Tomb Raider: Legend. He's recently published his first novel Soon I Will Be Invincible — a humorously bittersweet look at the emotional goings-on of comic book characters. Hollywood is calling, and there's already talk of a film adaptation. But what does Grossman think of game writing? More »
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Need there be any further proof that EA should be immolated and salt spread on the charred earth where once its corporate empire lay than this statement from Irrational's Ken Levine? More »
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And there's cussing! Designer Ken Levine gets catty as he explains why there is no sequel to System Shock 2, saying that "EA just didn't give a shit about that game." OMG, he just said shit! More »
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When I posted about Part One of Evil Avatar's interview with Randy Smith, some were kind enough to take time out of combing bear grease into their Van Dycks to write a highly substantial number of words pointing out the fact that I seemed to have completely misread the interview. More »
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There is a rumor floating around, supposedly to be found in Game Informer magazine's latest 'Loose Talk' column, that System Shock 3 is in the works by EA. More »
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Wondering what all the BioShock hype is about? Just why is it at the top of nearly everyone's Best of E3 list? Games Radar has a new preview and new eye-melting screens that will make you want to hibernate until the game's 2007 next-gen console and PC release. Featuring a tasty mixture of first-person shooting, role-playing, sci-fi storytelling and Art Deco styling, the coveted title from Irrational (of System Shock fame) is going to be huge. Get on board the hype train! —Michael McWhertor More »
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