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Be Very, Very Quiet; We’re Stealthing Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution
You can charge through Deus Ex: Human Revolution guns ablaze, but you’ll miss out on the special moments shared by the game’s characters when they don’t know you’re there. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
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Groove Coaster is a Finger-Tapping Musical Space Invaders Masterpiece
Just when I was certain there was no new way to combine tapping fingers and music on the iPhone, Reisuke Ishida marries the aesthetic of his award-winning Space Invaders: Infinity Gene with an equally gorgeous collection of tracks in Groove Coaster I initially purchased Groove Coaster from the iTunes App Store yesterday simply because it…
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You Can Play Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution Without Combat, But Why?
In the latest behind-the-scenes video for Deus Ex: Human Revolution the development team demonstrates the most explosive of the game’s four pillars: Combat. You can avoid killing everything but bosses in the next Deus Ex game, focusing instead of the other three pillars of the game: Hacking, stealth, and social. I say bah! Where’s the…
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A Town With NPCs is the Most Exciting Thing About These Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens
Look! It’s an actual town, complete with people with ellipses over their heads, indicating that they wish to speak to you! Oh Square Enix, you do love us. At times Final Fantasy XIII-2 feels like an interactive apology for everything that was wrong with Final Fantasy XIII, but that’s only because it is just that.…
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The Conspiracy Unfolds in the Latest Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Body modifications that turn regular human beings into terrorist puppets? I knew it! Deus Ex: Human Revolution is just another clone of Square Enix’s masterpiece, MindJack Can’t believe I typed that with a straight face. MindJack and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are two very different games, of course. One is shiny, white, nonsensical, and overall…
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Let’s Give a Big Hand to This New Set of Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens
This latest set of screenshots for Final Fantasy XIII-2 are more than just the selection of character faces and random battle scene we’ve grown accustomed too. There’s also a giant metal hand. Hello, giant metal hand. I am assuming that giant metal hand is connected to a giant metal body that at some point animates…
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The Gritty Golden Cities of Deus Ex: Human Revolution
In order to create the most immersive settings possible for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the Eidos Montreal team had to build shining cities of the future from the ground up, and then they had to get them dirty. It’s one thing to create a futuristic city that’s filled with clean lines and glowing lights. It’s…
By Mike Fahey