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Activision-Bungie Contract Has Rules About Everything, Even Easter Eggs
The ongoing legal saga between Activision and former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vincent Zampella continues to bring all sorts of once-secret documents to light. We already learned that Bungie’s 2010 contract with Activision guarantees the delivery of four “sci-fantasy” shooter games, called Destiny. But what other details are hiding in that 27-page contract?…
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My Entire Diablo III Play Through in Under Five Minutes
Last week I played through the entire story of Diablo III with my Demon Hunter. It took me some 15 hours. Now you can watch the entire thing a little over four and a half minutes. Taking a cue from what our own Kate Cox did while playing through Mass Effect 3 (see below), for…
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This TARDIS Case is Not Actually Bigger on the Inside
Sadly, this TARDIS has to obey the laws of physics as we humans know them. It only travels one direction in time: forward, at a rate of one day per day. Its volume on the inside is exactly as indicated by its dimensions on the outside. And there’s no Time Lord pouncing about all of…
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Journey Down to a Comic Adventure Romp in the Caribbean
I’m a sucker for a classic point-and-click adventure game. The LucasArts adventures of the early 1990s are how I fell in love with gaming, and to this day remain the biggest influence on my taste in digital worlds. So whenever I see a new entry in the genre appear, I have to jump on it.…
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Map Editor Gives Strategy Fans total Control of Total War: Shogun 2
For the first time in Total War history, fans can creatively assemble custom maps for Shogun 2 using the official level creator, AKA The Editor. TEd for short, the official Shogun 2 editor is free today for owners of the base game or the Fall of the Samurai expansion. Simply download the tool from the…
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Tera MMO Log Part 2, Supplemental: Look at All That Rested XP
The plan was to spend a series of four consecutive weeks playing En Masse Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing game Tera, reporting back every Wednesday leading up to the final review. Then all hell broke loose. Diablo III arrived. Since I still like to believe I am a single 25-year-old with boundless energy and…
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My First Gaming PC: A Love Story
In the fall of 1992, my father drove me to a nondescript computer store in Alpharetta, Georgia and changed my life. Amidst the hum and buzz of countless white and beige boxes I found my first gaming PC. I wasn’t a newcomer to keyboard set, but my experience up until that point had been limited…
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Does This Dragon’s Dogma DLC Notice Piss You Off?
Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s open-world fantasy RPG that released yesterday, has been the subject of some controversy that Capcom fans are now well familiar with. On-disc DLC was the cause of consumer uproar when it was learned that Street Fighter x Tekken contained locked content on the shipped discs that could be purchased on launch day.…
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Someone Made A Trials Evolution Map Where You Drive On Dragons
Achievement Hunter’s trek through maps of Trials Evolution has recently taken them through a level full of dragons and burning lava. Dragons. Dragons that you drive on top of, and maneuver around to avoid their spits of fire. It really is impressive what people design in games with open level editors. I’m just sad Geoff…
By Tina Amini
