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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Has A Horde Mode, Too
Developer/publisher Ubisoft didn’t show off much of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at PAX East. I experienced the tactical shooter through rounds of Guerilla mode, tackling up to 50 waves of increasingly difficult hordes of soldier enemies with three fellow elite Ghosts. For those not familiar with the franchise, it’s easy to recognize the heavy emphasis…
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UncategorizedFighting Gamers Tell Their Stories of Loss And Redemption
Competitive gamers play to win — it goes without saying, really. The desire to come out on top is what motivates almost every conflict, especially among professional and competitive fighting gamers. But every time there’s a winner, there’s a loser. And even the best players can’t go forever undefeated. Fighting game site I Play Winner…
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David Gaider, Ken Levine, and Chris Avellone Discuss What Matters Most in Games: the Words or the World?
This Saturday, at PAX East, I had the pleasure of attending the “Plot vs. Play” panel, moderated by Joystiq’s Ben Gilbert and Kotaku‘s own Jason Schreier. The panel brought together three developers who have all worked on landmark, story-driven games to discuss their differing philosophies on the presence and purpose of story in gaming. Ken…
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Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: Link Encounters Resistance
Colorful. Bright. Cartoonish. These are all adjectives used to describe the light-hearted and airy adventures found in Insomniac’s Resistance series. What happens when Nintendo’s dark anti-hero Link comes on the scene? Glorious chaos. In the realm of video game crossover fan fiction there are plenty of pairings that make perfect sense. Mega Man and Street…
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Let’s Hope This Wedding Had a More Satisfying Ending
Or at the very least they video taped it so they can add more context via cinematic scenes a few months from now. Reader Ryan sends us this shot of a cake from the wedding of his friends Pete and Mary. Note that this was the bride’s cake, and not the groom’s. Good going, Pete!
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UncategorizedNot-So-Great Moments in Video Game Humor: How Much Dana Gould is Too Much?
Back in 1995 we gamers were still thrilled with the relatively-fresh concept that their video game characters could be voiced by big-name talent. Gex, Crystal Dynamics gecko with an attitude, quickly helped us get over it. In the 90s video game characters had to have attitude. Gex’s attitude manifested itself as an endless stream of…
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UncategorizedWhat Does Comic Book Guy Think About Mass Effect 3?
During their adventures at PAX East this weekend, our intrepid crew stumbled upon none other than The Simpson‘s resident geek culture reviewer Comic Book Guy, who offered his impressions of the final chapter in the Mass Effect saga. Damn, I was really hoping he had finally found something he wasn’t disappointed with. Maybe we can…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Fake Gamer of the Week: Why Can’t Techno Soldier Control His Rage?
What made Techno Soldier so angry? Was it an unfortunate round of Call of Duty? Did someone call his mother nasty names? Is he cosplaying the angriest bird? The mainstream media might tell you that violent video games cause this kind of behavoir, but I believe I’ve discovered the true culprit: green and black backdrops.…
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