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Was the Ending of Mass Effect 3 Telegraphed Five Years Ago?
There are nearly as many different specific complaints about the conclusion of Mass Effect 3 as there are players who’ve completed the game. One of the major recurring points of contention, however, is the way in which the very final sequence of the game seems disconnected from the rest of play and from the series.…
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Let Sleeping Dogs Drive and This is What Happens
I told you not to bother them. Now they’re doing stunts, participating in illegal street races, and jumping from car-to-car with larcenous intent. BAD DOGS. The game formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong features a massive open world filled with things that explode, shatter, or die horribly when hit with sufficient force. Naturally vehicles…
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These Games With Donut Whales and Robot Pickles Should Be A Real Thing
The Game Developers Conference sees a lot of creativity and interesting ideas pass through the halls of the convention center it’s hosted at. Production company iam8bit put together their own creative project that spawned some abstract and quirky game ideas. Using oversized fridge magnets—you know, the ones with words that you put together to make…
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In Lieu Of A Real Rollercoaster Ride, Side-Scroll Through Madcoaster
I’m a fan of constant, yet simple side-scrolling platformers. A week ago today we saw one inspired by the Hunger Games film But today I’d like to introduce Madcoaster. Madcoaster doesn’t ask much of its players in terms of the controls. You simply tap the screen to jump, and swipe downwards to transition from higher…
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Look How Excited I Am For All These Things I Don’t Need!
Your favorite game is coming out in X number of weeks. The publisher just announced the pre-order, special edition, ultimate extreme epic package. And you really, really want that statue that comes with the game if you fork over the extra cash. But is it worth it? Are you really going to cherish that art…
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Thursday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Special Editions are like crack for gamers. But the bad kind. Watch! Pid reminds me a lot of Limbo. Play! Tina has been playing Madcoaster on her iPad to help pass the time on her train rides. Watch! The quirkiest games you’ll probably never get to play.
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BioShock‘s Ken Levine and FarmVille‘s Mark Pincus are Both Nominees for Time‘s Top 100
Every year, Time magazine rounds up what they call “The TIME 100,” a list of the most influential personalities of the year. In many ways the round-up is simply a rogue’s gallery of “here’s who you probably heard of recently,” but the list is an interesting way to track what seems to be taking precedence…
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The Most Compelling Image I Could Find to Represent This Week’s Nintendo Download
REMIX! This week sees the release of only two new games across Nintendo’s three platforms, signaling a time of change for the Weekly Nintendo download. Oh don’t worry, it’s not going away or anything. It’s just expanding to include whatever new videos the 3DS is getting in any given week, along with demos released for…
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Kingdom Hearts 3DS’ Opening Movie Mixes Things Up
New screens from the opening movie for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance show off the game’s dedication to stirring the series’ already convoluted storyline into one large frothy jumble tasting faintly of salt water ice cream. I’ve been wondering which of the two Hikaru Utada opening themes they’d be using to kick off this…
By Mike Fahey
