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Top 5 Modern Isometric Games
With two amazing isometric games coming out in the form of Project Eternity and Path of Exile 2013, it looks like the visual format might...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

With two amazing isometric games coming out in the form of Project Eternity and Path of Exile 2013, it looks like the visual format might be making a return from the old SNES days. Isometric games are ones that use floor tiles at a ratio different than 1:1, with their horizontal width being greater than...

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Weekly News Roundup – JAN 6 2013
Happy New Year, everyone! This week has been very busy and plenty of holiday arts and crafts projects are surfacing. The Pokémon lego builds are...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago10 years ago

Happy New Year, everyone! This week has been very busy and plenty of holiday arts and crafts projects are surfacing. The Pokémon lego builds are pretty cute, but the Big Daddy one sort of trumps them. We finally have official, solid proof of the next Xbox in the form of an E3 counter from Microsoft,...

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On Freedom of Speech and Video Games
There seems to be no shortage of politicians seeking to blame violent video games as the cause for the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, as opposed...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

There seems to be no shortage of politicians seeking to blame violent video games as the cause for the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, as opposed to lax gun control or psychological issues, but a town in Connecticut has decided to up the ante. As previously reported on the site, a group dedicated to helping the...

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A Look Back on 2012
2012 was the first year that I entered into both game journalism and game development, and it’s allowed me to see plenty of things in...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

2012 was the first year that I entered into both game journalism and game development, and it’s allowed me to see plenty of things in a new perspective. As a journalist, part of the job is finding issues with games and reporting on them—but as a developer, a lot of these issues are obvious mistakes...

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How Journey Succeeded to Become Game of the Year
In all regards, Journey was a beautiful game. It stunned gamers everywhere with its breathtaking visuals, despite how simple the graphics and models were compared...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

In all regards, Journey was a beautiful game. It stunned gamers everywhere with its breathtaking visuals, despite how simple the graphics and models were compared to other PS3 games and other games on the market. While it did have amazing titles like Mass Effect 3, The Walking Dead, and Halo 4 competing against it, it...

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Designing Around F2P
Free-to-play has always been the biggest lie you could find in a gaming term. There is nothing that takes developers, publishers, running servers, or downloads...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

Free-to-play has always been the biggest lie you could find in a gaming term. There is nothing that takes developers, publishers, running servers, or downloads that can truly end up being free. Free-to-play is only a phrase that means the consumer does not have to pay for a game’s package, and gets it for free....

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Weekly News Roundup – DEC 30 2012
This week was rather slow, with everyone distracted by the holidays! I didn’t even manage to finish my Greensleeves redstone composition in Minecraft (although the...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago10 years ago

This week was rather slow, with everyone distracted by the holidays! I didn’t even manage to finish my Greensleeves redstone composition in Minecraft (although the room for it is all hollowed out, thanks to the help of a friend). I’ll probably use it for another song. Ideas, anyone? Speaking of Minecraft, the documentary was released...

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Moving the Kinect into Unknown Territory
The Kinect has had a lackluster lifetime, with few developers using it as more than a gimmick to translate some dance moves or make their...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

The Kinect has had a lackluster lifetime, with few developers using it as more than a gimmick to translate some dance moves or make their arcade shooter slightly more interactive. It’s rare for the Kinect to have interesting functionality at all, with the few games that do use it focusing in on its microphone capabilities....

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Top 5 Gaming Wishes of 2013
2012 is wrapping up pretty nicely, especially since none of those apocalypses ended up happening. As we exchange our calendars and turn over the page...

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by Sara Swanson 11 years ago11 years ago

2012 is wrapping up pretty nicely, especially since none of those apocalypses ended up happening. As we exchange our calendars and turn over the page for a new year, here is a small wish list of five things I would like to see next year (and hey, might actually happen!). 5) Next Gen of Pokémon...

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Black Knight Sword
“It’s the new game by Goichi Suda”. That’s all that many consumers need to hear. Suda 51, the man behind No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw...

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by Charles Battersby 11 years ago11 years ago

“It’s the new game by Goichi Suda”. That’s all that many consumers need to hear. Suda 51, the man behind No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw and Killer 7 has a new thing, and he will now accept your money for it. Meanwhile, other game buyers will want to know crazy things like “Is it good”,...

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