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The Last of Us: The story needs to stand out
Naughty Dog's new video game takes on the end-of-the-world scenario. By joining such a popular genre, the developer will need a good story to make The Last of Us truly stand out from other works.
Monday, December 12, 2011 | Comments (6)
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Colorless in the industry: Lessons on race from a black video game pioneer
We don't see a lot of minority video game developers in magazines and on television. Is that a real issue, or should we be more concerned about having creative designers in the industry?
Monday, May 14, 2012 | Comments (0)
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Games that break the mold: Cloud
The first article of a series that will look at games that stand out from others: Video games are perfect for relieving stress, yet even they can be . . . stressful. Why not try a game that "breaks the mold"? Why not play the no-stress game Cloud?
Saturday, May 12, 2012 | Comments (0)
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Publishers should sell games without the baggage
Publishers love releasing special edition packages for their most anticipated games. But unless the stuff that comes with game is valuable, they should just sell the game itself. Look no further than Resident Evil 6 and Leon's jacket.
Wednesday, May 09, 2012 | Comments (1)
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Responsibilities of an adult gamer: Cleaning video game consoles
Adulthood comes with many responsibilities. For gamers, no responsibility is more important than cleaning a video game console that is seldom played.
Sunday, November 20, 2011 | Comments (0)
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Three epic unnecessary choices in Tekken: Blood Vengeance
Tekken: Blood Vengeance has the best action around, but some of the simplest tasks its characters do come off as . . . too epic.
Friday, July 29, 2011 | Comments (4)
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How I learned to break a joystick (and bond with my father)
A father teaches his son how to play Madden like the pros: By destroying the controller.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 | Comments (1)
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From Lara Croft to Tomb Raider: Growing a hero through voice
Using the slogan "A Survivor is Born", Crystal Dynamics presents a weak and vulnerable Lara Croft through how her voice sounds when she is in danger. But will that voice grow as much as her physical abilities and character do within the game?
Saturday, June 25, 2011 | Comments (0)
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8-bit sound isn't going anywhere
8-bit music still has a firm footing in the world, with the likes of I Fight Dragons sampling the sound.
Thursday, June 02, 2011 | Comments (0)
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My mother made me a better gamer
Mother's Day is this weekend. There's no better time to celebrate than sharing how your mother influenced your gaming.
Saturday, May 07, 2011 | Comments (8)
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Call of Duty: Design approaching reality
Has increased graphical fidelity made it harder for us to detach ourselves from the violence in games?
Thursday, April 07, 2011 | Comments (9)
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Profits over competition: Trying to make a living
Sony says they care more about profit than competing with Microsoft this year. Does that make them a big bad greedy company? No. They just want to make a living.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 | Comments (2)
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Ico and Shadow of the Colossus: Telling stories through setting and gesture
Are subtle gestures and limited dialogue better at telling a story than long conversations and gratuitous explosions?
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 | Comments (10)
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On Dan "Shoe" Hsu's  VentureBeat acquires Bitmob!
"Well this is great news! And now I have a new website to visit--VentureBeat."
Friday, January 13, 2012
On Chris Skinner's  5 video-game terrors you should be very afraid of
"Yeah, the shark in Arkham Asylum threw me off completely. Was not expecting Tiny. "
Friday, December 16, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  Three epic unnecessary choices in Tekken: Blood Vengeance
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The Devil transformations at the end stay true to some of the Tekken games where players fight Devil or Ogre. So I'm not surprised by seeing that. Jin andKazuya transforming made sense because that's what they do in the games, but I didn't need Heihachi and his Mokujin spirit. I'm optimistic that one can write a good plot for a movie based on a fighting video game franchise; it's just not this movie, though.

But do you like the Tekken video games at all? I think they're okay--I'm not a huge fan of fighting games in general, except Soul Caliber 3. I'm a sucker for customizable characters. "

Sunday, July 31, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  Three epic unnecessary choices in Tekken: Blood Vengeance
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Yeah, Shin was an excuse to bring together--Namco was better off with a Tekken tournament plot than this. Apparently the M gene "ran out of juice" and that's why Shin dies. Absurd. I do like the action scenes--the only good thing about the movie. The story is nothing special. 

Friday, July 29, 2011
On Chris Hoadley's  True love: Hardcore gaming in The World God Only Knows
"I love Crunchyroll! And now I have a new anime to watch."
Friday, June 24, 2011
On Kate Cox's  E3 proves that publishers are still out of touch with half the population
"And how long has this issue been around? Yeah, a long time. Still, no publisher has addressed the female gamers in a positive way. Business as usual, I guess."
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  My mother made me a better gamer
"Wow. That sounds awesome, Ryan. My mother isn't into video games. But she will take a board game or puzzle over a video game any day! lol."
Saturday, May 07, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  My mother made me a better gamer
"Wow. That report card rule sounds intense. But I think that's a good point you make about appreciating games. I guess if we played them so much we'd eventually get bored with them. You like it more when only play it a few times a month! Moms are great, right?"
Saturday, May 07, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  My mother made me a better gamer
"Thanks, Jason! You are sneaky for that level-up trick. Yeah, I would not get away with that at all in my house."
Saturday, May 07, 2011
On John Wion's  The journey from gamer to father
"This is a good article, but I wonder where the "Gamers Becoming Mothers" are. I'd like to get their side of the story, too!"
Friday, April 15, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  Call of Duty: Design approaching reality
"I try to play COD like I would in real life but I still get slaughtered, but not all the time: there are days when I rank four or five on Free-for-All. But playing COD with that method certainly makes me more aware of how damaging gunfire is, unlike Halo. I mean, it's Halo. lol."
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
On Antonio Byrd's  Call of Duty: Design approaching reality
"You make valid points.

However, I didn't focus, at least I meant not to give the impression, on if Black Ops or other FPS games depict combat accurately, but in the level of detail put into the design of the environments and then couple them with moments of actual fighting, whether they are accurate to life or not, made me think about how I would fair. Syphon Filter didn't make me think about how I would fair in a gun battle because of the design of the game, the shape and form and movement of the characters, didn't draw me in.

It's the graphics added to the situations that grabbed my attention, and, well, not the situations by themselves."

Friday, April 08, 2011
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