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Abusive Player Editing Shows We Can’t Have Nice Things in Madden
When it released, Madden NFL 13‘s new “Connected Careers” mode forbade the editing of any player. This was somewhat understandable, as the roster is used by others online and changes can affect the outcomes of games elsewhere in your league. It was still rather Draconian, as it meant you could not edit your own created…
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According to Twitter, The Wii U is “AWESOME,” “Overall pretty comfy”
Retailers Best Buy and GameStop have slowly been receiving Wii U demo kiosks to show off the upcoming Nintendo hardware to interested gamers. Though not every store seems to have gotten their kiosks yet, many have. And many gamers have gotten their hands on the Wii U’s GamePad. So what are they saying? What do…
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The Week in Gaming Apps Goes on a Toy Run
There was a period of my life during which I spent all of my time either playing pen-and-paper role-playing games or running from Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart in search of the hottest toys. This Week in Gaming Apps is dedicated to that guy. He would have loved this. We’ve got two games based on cartoons with…
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Conan O’Brien Knows How To Save Zynga
Zynga, beset by layoffs and financial losses, has been having a rough time lately. Such a rough time, in fact, that now it’s the butt of late-night talk show jokes. Comedian Conan O’Brien’s site suggests five games that the social mega-publisher can use to turn their fortunes around. And sure, Brony Wars would attract a…
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Apple’s Game Center Seems to be Malfunctioning Today. Blame Letterpress?
Game Center is really acting up today. iOS players have been taking to Twitter to voice concerns about Game Center breaking when attempting to play games, specifically Letterpress Letterpress is a fairly new word game for iOS devices. It relies on Game Center’s connectivity that allows you to play against your friends, sending notifications as…
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Gamer Gets Pumped to Pump Iron. His Motivation: EVE Online.
Video games are not widely known as a motivation for hitting the gym. Especially not online games, which are better known for metaphorically chaining their players to their desks. One EVE Online player, though, decided that instead of hiding behind a fitter avatar, he’d become that avatar. As CNN reports, EVE Online player Marcus Dickinson…
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One Part Alice in Wonderland, One Part Sherlock Holmes
It’s rather suspicious how two games I decided to write about today wound up new entries on this morning’s iPad charts. Perhaps I should have Constable Cheshire Jr. and the Mad Hatter look into the matter once they’re done unraveling the mystery of Mirrors of Albion An exciting new entry in the hidden object category…
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Everything You Ever Needed To Know About The Lore of Uncharted, In One Minute
In the years between Uncharted and Uncharted 3 you, like me, may have forgotten quite how the whole backstory ties together, instead getting to distracted by shooting and stealing everything. Luckily, the Lore in a Minute team is on it! In sixty colorfully animated seconds, the history of Nathan Drake’s life all ties together and…
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The Stylish Totem Runner is a Worthy Savior in a Dark Time
Forgive me, this will sound like damnation by faint praise, but I almost didn’t know what to do with myself after completing a level in Totem Runner. I can’t remember the last time a new mobile game didn’t use the intermission to sell me something I didn’t want. Most importantly, Totem Runner is good on…
By Owen Good
