• The Walking Dead Episode 3 The Long Road Ahead

    Telltale Games’ episodic take on The Walking Dead has some serious emotional punch.  Episode 1 genuinely frightened me, while Episode 2 filled me with rage. ...

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    Telltale Games’ episodic take on The Walking Dead has some serious emotional punch.  Episode 1 genuinely frightened me, while Episode 2 filled me with rage.  Episode 3 made me sad.  Very sad.  At this point in the story, the protagonist Lee has amassed a band of fellow survivors of the zombie apocalypse, but the ranks...
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  • The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left

    Someone needs to inform the folks at Telltale Games how zombies games are supposed to work.  They’re supposed to be about blasting zombie dogs with...

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    Someone needs to inform the folks at Telltale Games how zombies games are supposed to work.  They’re supposed to be about blasting zombie dogs with shotguns and blowing up boss monsters with grenade launchers.  Zombie games aren’t supposed to make you think, or re-evaluate your moral views.  And they damned well aren’t supposed to make...
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  • Episodic Gaming: Is It The Future?

    With the recent success of Telltale’s The Walking Dead video game, people are starting to wonder if episodic content is the future of gaming. Truth...

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    With the recent success of Telltale’s The Walking Dead video game, people are starting to wonder if episodic content is the future of gaming. Truth be told, even full priced games such as the Mass Effect series are pretty much episodic in terms of story. They work in much the same way, you drag the...
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  • The Walking Dead Episode 4: Around Every Corner

    Telltale’s The Walking Dead games adapt the comic books, but there one very important difference between the comic books and the game: The comics star...

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    Telltale’s The Walking Dead games adapt the comic books, but there one very important difference between the comic books and the game: The comics star Rick Grimes.  Rick is a good man who finds himself leading a band of survivors, and he does the best he can to be a wise leader, a cautious defender,...
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  • The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved For Help

    The first episode of Telltale’sThe Walking Dead was a gamble that paid off. It mixed survival horror with the point and click adventure format to...

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    The first episode of Telltale’sThe Walking Dead was a gamble that paid off. It mixed survival horror with the point and click adventure format to prove that zombies could be made scary again. But Episode 2 shows that the undead aren’t the worst danger of a zombie holocaust. No, in Starved For Help, players discover...
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  • How Atmosphere Can Make or Break a Game

    I think that there are a lot of things about game that are done brilliantly by most, and then there are some things that are...

    I think that there are a lot of things about game that are done brilliantly by most, and then there are some things that are done incredibly poorly. One of the biggest offenders would have to be atmosphere in games. It is actually a topic that is discussed quite heavily and is something that I...
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  • The Walking Dead Does Zombies and Narrative Better Than The Last of Us

    The Last of Us and The Walking Dead are the two games that you’ll talk about when you talk about modern zombie games. Both The...

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    The Last of Us and The Walking Dead are the two games that you’ll talk about when you talk about modern zombie games. Both The Last of Us and Telltale’s The Walking Dead are pretty different games, but both games have seen a great deal of critical and commercial success in their own right. They...
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  • The Walking Dead Season 2: 5 Improvements Needed

    TellTale have already announced that a second season of their hit game, The Walking Dead, will be releasing some time in the future. This shouldn’t...

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    TellTale have already announced that a second season of their hit game, The Walking Dead, will be releasing some time in the future. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, given the amount of popularity the game garnered from critics and gamers alike. Sequels tend to be hard beasts to create though, as developers need...
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  • What Do You Want in Terminal Reality’s Walking Dead?

    I would be lying if I said my excitement level for the newly announced The Walking Dead game by Terminal Reality started off at a...

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    I would be lying if I said my excitement level for the newly announced The Walking Dead game by Terminal Reality started off at a high. While I find myself enthralled by the franchise, I feel that Telltale Games’ episodic adventure provided the perfect experience to match the staple tension that oozes from both the...
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  • Those Rare Times When Licensed Games Rival the Source Material

    The recent disappearance of the 007 titles from Steam and Activision’s online store has made me wax poetic in a way about games with the...

    The recent disappearance of the 007 titles from Steam and Activision’s online store has made me wax poetic in a way about games with the 007 license. The film series has always been one of the more fun ones around and the evolution of them over the years has really been something to marvel at....
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