Moving Away from Multiplayer
A kind of fatigue has set in for me in the years since video game “multiplayer” mode has gone from three of my friends and I sitting around an N64 in my living room, to…
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Link of War
(click to enlarge) Today’s awesome DeviantArt picture of the day is from David Hsu Yen, which he describes as “The Legend of Zelda meets God of War.” It’s phenomenally done as you can see, but…
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What Makes a Game Replayable?
Despite the problem some people seem to have with the term “replayability,” it’s an important concept to explore with regard to video games. Video games are, per hour of entertainment, probably a better investment than…
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The Halo Reach Journal: Day 8
(Read journal #1 here first) It’s been about a week since I picked Reach up, and I’ve now had adequate time to dive into the game and so we have a lot more to talk…
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Notable Witches in Movies, Television, and Video Games
Christine O’Donnell’s recent admission that she “dabbled in witchcraft” has been terribly overblown. To me, it’s a non-issue (don’t all teenagers do weird stuff?); her anti-masturbation stance is far more frightening. But this certainly isn’t…
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Too. Many. Pokemon.
What you see above is a tiny slice of a picture that features all 156 new species of Pokemon from the new Black and White games, and I think it’s safe to say Nintendo’s idea…
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What Does a Violent Game Ban for Kids Really Mean?
There’s an issue floating around right now in the gaming industry that’s the subject of much controversy. It’s about the merits of a law banning the sale of violent video games to minors, something 72%…
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The Halo Reach Journal: Day 1
The prospect of a “last” Halo game is kind of a sad. Many of us have been playing this series since our early teens or before, and the fact that the series is “ending” with…
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The Starcraft 2 Journal: Day 49
(Read journals 1 and 2 here first) This is the furthest out I’ve ever done a journal entry from the initial purchase of a game, but considering the fact that Starcraft 2 will most likely…