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Developer Hopes Microsoft and Sony “Go Nuclear,” Destroy Used Game Sales
Many, many rumors continue to fly around the internet concerning the future of Microsoft and Sony’s game consoles. One of the most contentious and repeated assertions about the next iterations of both the PlayStation and the Xbox is that neither will easily support used, rented, or secondhand games. Gamers and developers have gone back and…
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Braid‘s Jonathan Blow on Art, High Standards, and Games as “Shitty Action Movies”
Game creator Jonathan Blow is best known for developing 2008 indie hit Braid, and perhaps second-best known for his prickly views on games and the game industry. He aims to be profound with his games, and hopes that his next project, The Witness, can proudly stand in the “games are art” column. The May, 2012…
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UncategorizedLet Mortal Kombat Vita Transform You Into a Woman Wearing an Ill-Fitting Ninja Costume
The full-length live-action trailer for Mortal Kombat Vita is here, making me think that perhaps I need to tone up a bit more, maybe visit a tailor before the game arrives. We saw brief flashes of Kitana’s outfit in the teaser version of this Mortal Kombat Vita ad, and it didn’t look half bad, if…
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UncategorizedWhen Chiptunes and Beaded Sprites Meet, An Awesome Stop Motion Video is Formed
Two friends put their hobbies—creating beaded sprites, and making chiptunes tracks—together to form this awesome stop motion video inspired by some of their favorite games and graphic novel characters. Watch as the beaded sprites go on a stop motion adventure in this six-months in the making video. Thanks Robert!
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UncategorizedBullet Time and Max Payne Mobile? Yes, Please.
What are you going to do while waiting for Max Payne 3‘s release on May 15? Well, there’s a new Max Payne game out today, but it’s for the iOS platform. So if you have an iPhone, iPad, iTouch, iWhatever, you’re in luck for some of that bullet time, graphic novel-esque experience on the go.…
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UncategorizedKarma Wins the Battle Between Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft, or Does It?
YouTube artist and Guild Wars 2 fan MattVisual takes a stab at World of Warcraft in his Get a Mac parody “Guild Wars 2: Vs Other MMOs”. The man has a point. Guild Wars 2‘s Karma System does indeed allow players to score nice gear without grinding. During my time in the game’s beta I…
By Mike Fahey
