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The module still reigns
Kill Screen patches together games and music at Moogfest.
Brian Howe
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Yearning to be evil in Fable Anniversary
Molyneux’s ten-year-old game did a lot of good things. Evil wasn’t one of them.
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A look back at the last great console war
“Genesis does what Nintendon’t.”
Review
You have already played The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
You have always been playing it.
Review
Mercenary Kings is the NES classic we don’t remember playing, because we didn’t
Time travel is not involved.
Review
Ittle Dew aims low but hits the mark
Ludosity’s Zelda clone is just fine with being a Zelda clone.
News
Can the Game Genome Project be the Pandora of gaming?
“You shouldn’t have to search for games; they should come to you.” So says Anu Nigam, founder and CEO of Best Apps Market, an Android app that recommends apps based on filtered traits. Now, in the ambitious Game Genome Project, Nigam’s company turns its focus to videogames. The project is clearly mo
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On the front lines of the Escapist Expo, laser-gun in hand
Our Durham bureau chief puts his virtual life in laser danger to get the story from last weekend’s Escapist Expo.
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Review: Keyboard Drumset Fucking Werewolf
Brian Howe argues that the works of Cactus fill a much-needed gap in videogames: not mainstream or art-house, but the no-budget zones at the margin expressing “different values.”
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Review: The Cat and the Coup
Brian Howe is bothered by the historical conflict of this ambitious documentary-style game.
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Review: Bulletstorm
Here is a game that revels in the absurdity of its premise and wants everyone to be able to enjoy it. Brian Howe takes a look at Bulletstorm‘s B-movie madness.