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It’s tempting to dismiss Halo 4 as purely a workout for the adrenal glands, but it has a softer side hidden beneath the battle rifles and pulse grenades. Its characters were not just iterations of Hollywood’s collection of Johns (Rambo, MccLane, Connor), but were influenced particularly by a progeny
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It’s not news that the mainstream horror game is in a bad way: Resident Evil 6 was an atrocity, Silent Hill hasn’t been relevant in years, and the Dead Space series (which, to be fair, is excellent) seems to be moving in more of a pure-action direciton. At FMV, Matt Butler takes heart in a groundswe
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If you were ravenously consuming prerelease information for Dark Souls like I was, then you probably stumbled across a helpful nugget from its director Hidetaka Miyazaki: start with the Pendant. You see, there were a few different “gifts” the player could receive at the start of their game. Each had
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Friday’s news that Rockstar did not demonstably base GTA: San Andreas main character CJ on the appearance and life story of Cypress Hill backup singer Michael “Shagg” Washington (and that parent company Take Two was not liable) made us do several things. First, we listened to Insane in the Brain. Th
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A panel at last week’s ExPlay Festival in Bath analyzed educational videogames and their potential. Each speaker brought a new perspective to the discussion: Force Of Habit founder Nick Dymond talked about working with a professor of microbiology on Tempest-style game Dysbiosis, which teaches player
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As core gaming continues its transformation into a handful of increasingly bland blockbuster series, it is wonderful to be reminded just how truly weird mainstream gaming was in the 1990s. Wednesday brings the release of the Toejam and Earl Collection for Xbox Live Arcade, which comprises the origin
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As far as my parents are concerned, my college applications were delivered months before they were due. In reality, I adhered to a strict policy of delivering them in the 24 hour window before their deadlines (and I’d hazard a guess that this limited their quality). If only Mission: Admission had ex
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Masaru Kato, Sony’s chief financial officer, in a news conference Thursday after a dismal quarter.
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Pid is the new puzzle-platform game from the Swedish indie developer Might and Delight, and both of those qualities are fully represented. The delight is obvious: you play in a weird and wonderful Jetsons-inspired world as a little lost astronaut named Kurt. The game’s dry and clean aesthetic, its s
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The Halo 4 soundtrack is number 50 on the Billboard charts, making it the highest a game has ever risen there. Honestly? Flunk that noise. Can you party to it? The Hotline: Miami soundtrack is free on Soundcloud thanks to the continued munificence of Cactus, the game’s creator. I dare you to listen
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A great thread on r/games right now features recollections of levels so frustrating, or difficult, or obnoxious that they prevented gamers from returning for a second playthrough. There are some classics, like the “Cortana” level of Halo 3, the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time, and the descent into B
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If you ever played The Longest Journey or its sequel, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, you’ll be happy to know that a third game in the series is in the works. It’s called Dreamfall Chapters, and if it’s anything like the older game, it will have wonderfully deep characterizations. Adam Smith at Rock