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Published by Joseph Christ on Jan. 7, 2013
DmC Gets its Very Own CG Trailer
Game enthusiasts have a tendency to look down their noses at CG trailers by claiming that developers use them to build hype while keeping the important content obscured. Capcom has taken a slightly different approach with DmC by waiting to release the CG trailer last. By now, players have had ple...
Published by Nick Henderson on Jan. 6, 2013
Weekend! What are you Playing?
Is it the weekend already? Wait...did I actually have to work this week? Isn't it still vacation? uhoh. Anyway...VIDEO GAMES! It's the start of the new year and just a few weeks before the big titles of 2013 start to trickle out. Time to finish off the last of our bucket lists and gear up for som...
Published by Joseph Christ on Jan. 5, 2013
Published by Joseph Christ on Jan. 4, 2013
Published by Joseph Christ on Jan. 3, 2013
Creating a Good Video Game Villain
A good video game is made even better by having a good villain. There's nothing more satisfying than struggling your way up to the person who gets off on burning down orphanages and then kicking them in the balls for it. Of course, not every game needs a main villain, but most games do incorporat...
Published by Frank Hartnett on Jan. 3, 2013
Community Review: Hard Reset
The environments in Hard Reset look great. The dystopian cyberpunk world has the look of Blade Runner, but the game runs at the speed of Doom. It is amazing that a game can look as beautiful as it does, but still runs fast and smooth, even when cars are exploding and electrical boxes are discharg...
Published by Joseph Christ on Jan. 3, 2013
Dreams of Casual-fornication
The business practice of nerfing games is not only creating crap games but is forcing developers to make massive changes to how their games work - reducing the pleasure fans take in them. Yet despite how keenly I feel that the grasp for the consumer’s pocket money has once again harmed an industr...
Published by Tara Roth on Jan. 3, 2013