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UncategorizedWatch Owen Play Golf, Without the Plaid Pants
That’s not to say I’ll be wearing no pants. Tomorrow is the launch of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and today, like last year, I’ll be playing nine holes with the EA Sports Tiburon development team, and asking them questions about the new game, how they designed its new features, and why. Won’t you join…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
These Battlefield 3 Prints Were Made For Your Walls
You know that one sparse wall in your bedroom? Graphic designer Terry Mack has it covered. Literally. In the making since January, these propaganda posters will motivate you to keep fighting the good fight in Battlefield 3 The lighthearted jabs at some of the staples of publisher EA’s vastly popular first-person shooter should be familiar…
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UncategorizedJazz, Teddy Roosevelt, and Jumping Off the Edge: What Makes BioShock Infinite Tick
Game designer Ken Levine was here in Washington, DC last week for the Art of Video Games festivities at the Smithsonian American Art Museum last week, and I had a chance to sit down with him and discuss Irrational’s big upcoming project, BioShock Infinite We’ve heard about some of the game’s bosses and about how…
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UncategorizedThe Gentlemen’s Guide to Arcade Fighting Stick Etiquette
Think you can simply saunter into your local gaming establishment without a care in the world and deliver sound trouncings to the local ruffians? Well think again, my friend. The fine young fellows of Fighterpedia have utilized the latest in moving picture magic to create a survival guide for today’s rough-and-tumble fighting game scene. There…
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UncategorizedThe Citizens of Rapture Have A New Year’s Surprise for Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan may think he has squashed the forming rebellion in Rapture, but his New Year celebrations might prove otherwise. While the underwater city is bustling with laughter and the clinks of champagne glasses, the more unruly citizens of Rapture are plotting their vengeance against the ruling Andrew Ryan. If you pay close attention to…
By Tina Amini - Uncategorized
Watch This, Play This: Monday Diversions
Watch! BioShock’s Rapture is in for a surprise come the New Year of 1959. Watch! This video will guide you in the art of using an arcade stick. Play! Ashcraft suggests Pig & Bullet to train your bullet hell skills on your iPhone. Watch! All three Skyrim 2012 videos put into one compilation in preparation…
By Tina Amini - Uncategorized
Why Gamers Love to Fail
We play games to win. To complete challenges, to finish stories, to overcome obstacles. Games are goals and we need to meet them… right? Or do we, really? Might we play, instead, to feel the thrill of failure? Perhaps getting our butts kicked regularly motivates us more than we think. And yet, surely there must…
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UncategorizedPretending to Use the Force Works Better with Kinect Star Wars
We’re just a week away from the April 3 launch of Kinect Star Wars, the game you get when you buy that sexy new Star Wars Xbox 360 bundle. While my hopes aren’t particularly high for the game, at least it gives pretending to Force Choke someone important context. Kinect Star Wars stands to play…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Ten Officially Sanctioned Guild Wars 2 Screenshots
As I mentioned in my questions and answers post, I’m not allowed to share my own screenshots of the Guild Wars 2 beta weekend with you folks, so Arenanet and NCsoft provided me with ten official screens vaguely connected to this weekend’s experience. How vaguely connected? The top shot here shows an Asura thief, a…
By Mike Fahey
