MICHAEL ESCANUELAS
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The GTAV trailer: an achievement in digital garbage technology, or an insult to California?
Friday, November 04, 2011 | Comments (21)
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Comic about Uncharted 3
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A long hard look at games that look and play like other games.
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A late night plea for the Earthbound series.
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A small editorial about the desire for something more from Dead Island.
COMMENTS BY THIS AUTHOR (18)
"thanks, 

Are you talking about the map he draws on? I thought the same thing. I was like, "Nathan how could you!?""

Friday, November 18, 2011
"Woo, thanks for the spotlight Layton. These are some great articles."
Sunday, November 13, 2011
"Ah man, good call on the Kid Dracula. I remember that game as a kid. So gooooood!"
Monday, November 07, 2011
"thanks, as an artist myself I understand Nathan's plea."
Saturday, November 05, 2011
"This I can see. Rockstar is always willing to attack the issues of America head on, its just funny to this problem address in that game that centers on California. Liberty City was not the ideal place to live either. Honestly, I don't know why anyone would wanna live in that city lol"
Saturday, November 05, 2011
"It's true, it's very hard to generalize this state. It's huge and every city offers something different. I was talking with a friend when I was San Fran and we were talking about the homeless issues. San Fran takes the cake in homeless population. That place is the capitol for the bums. LA has its homeless issue too, but I'm pretty sure SF has it the worst. Perhaps that was taken into mind when developing this city. They just wanted everything that plagues this city accross the state."
Saturday, November 05, 2011
"Downtown has its moment, but it can also be very dirty lol "
Saturday, November 05, 2011

I suppose it's the upgrade to the engine that makes the game look so much more realistic than previous titles. This game has so much more detail to it that really points out the economic issues with the city that this series has never explored before. These upgrades may not be an attack on LA, it is prevalent as a new graphical addition to the series."

Saturday, November 05, 2011
"this is true, i can also go and murder anyone i want!"
Thursday, November 03, 2011
"Yeah but instead of mutants from fallout we get bums in GTA. I'd rather have mutants."
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
"I did notice in the shots of mountains or nice houses you couldn't really see any traces of trash. But I really do hope that the issues concerning the economy are big story points. When GTA4 was released our economy was in tiptop shape or anything and they still never showed details that are present in this trailer. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. On the plus side all those details do make the game look awesome."
Wednesday, November 02, 2011

I suppose with every art originality rare. I feel the originality that comes from these products must be from the detailed contents of it. What you experience from something like Catherine will be completely different from watching your example above. That's what makes Rage such a fan favorite. Going beyond that where it's source material came from, your experience in the world these developers created is where the originality comes fro"

Monday, October 17, 2011