Category: Videogames
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Set Tube-jawed Baffle to 6!
Spaceteam is genius in iOS app form. ASTEROID! (everybody shake)
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GOTY II: The Legacy of Kain
The unforgettable video games of 2012 that I totally forgot to mention
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GOTY
Best video games of the year according to someone who didn’t play a lot of video games this year.
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Greenlight
Complaints about the $100 fee for submissions to Steam Greenlight show a fundamental misunderstanding of what Steam is.
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All The President’s Bad Dudes
My opinions about the “enthusiast press,” the relationship between game journalist and game developers, and a muddled blog post based on a faulty premise.
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The Dream of the 90s is Alive in Tristram
Look! I sure do have a lot to say about that Diablo 3 game over there!
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Choosy Zombies Choose Jeff
Telltale’s The Walking Dead series is some of the best work the studio’s ever done, and it’s actually right on the verge of establishing an entirely new genre of video game. Spoilers on the first two episodes.
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Flowest
Journey translates the emotional impact of a symphony into the medium of video games. Its take on multiplayer, however, is absolutely unique and pure genius.
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Side Effects May Include Dizziness, Nausea, and Plot Development
More on using narrative as a game mechanic. Games have borrowed liberally from Tolkien over the years, but I’ve never seen a game incorporate one of his coolest ideas.
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What is Past is Prologue
Laying the foundation for more talk about narrative as a game mechanic, but this time with semi-concrete examples. Plus huge spoilers for Portal 2!
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Are You Experiences? (And have you ever been games?)
Narrative can too be a game mechanic, as long as you familiarize yourself with how narratives work, and you don’t have an overly strict definition of “game.”