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Game Violence Documentary Can Be Seen Free Online
“Moral Kombat,” the 2007 examination of violent video games by the brother of Entertainment Consumers Association president Hal Halpin, will be available for view online free for the next 30 days. Spencer Halpin’s film tries to balance First Amendment rights and free market principles on the game maker’s side with concern over game violence, its…
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Developer Calls BS on Disc-Based DLC Unlocks
Rebellion’s David Brickley, director of the upcoming Aliens vs. Predator, said there is “absolutely no justification” for downloadable content that essentially makes gamers pay to unlock code already on the disc. “Players are entirely right,” he says. In an interview with SPOnG, Brickley holds forth on DLC – calling it a useful adjunct that gets…
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A Solid 60 Seconds of MLB 2K10 Gameplay
Some reasonably sharp gameplay renders in this one-minute teaser for MLB 2K10. The worm’s-eye view tracking shots of the baserunning makes me reach for the Pepto, but the animations are sound. This year MLB 2K10 is introducing a ton of new motion captures, including two-player animations that cut down on the kind of fruitball clipping…
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Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond Micro-Review: A Bloody Fun Hazard-Time
Matt Hazard, the guns-blazing game-hero parody with a “legendary” status that’s never quite been explained, goes searching for his backstory again in Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond. Vicious Cycle may have overreached with the predecessor, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, a 3D action game panned for derivative level design and rote gameplay.…
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There’s More To Record Of Agarest War Than Sex Appeal
We’ve seen the suggestive trailers and the “Really Naughty Limited Edition,” but what about Record of Agarest War’s gameplay? Aksys’ Cherie Baker fills us in on the game’s serious side, its T rating, and a little PlayStation 3 love. Aksys has been playing up the seedier side of Record of Agarest War for the Xbox…
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