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Skyrim's gameplay is fun, but if the combat felt more like Dead Island the game would really be immersive.

Gameplay without story can be a great game, but is the reverse true?

What really makes a game fun anyways? Gameplay is the difference between a non-interactive experience like movies, television, or books, and the interactive entertainment of video games. In this ongoing series of articles we will explore the aspects of this intangible, oft-indefinable core component of video games.

A high definition 2-D fighter that slipped under the radar last year, Blazblue: Calamity Trigger is a must play for fighting enthusiasts. But is it for everyone? Or should you spend more time playing Street Fighter?

A funny thing happened to me as I played through New Super Mario Bros. Wii: I realized that I wanted to beat it simply for the sake of beating it. But I didn't understand the significance of that realization until I thought about why exactly I enjoyed it so much.

Uncharted 2 raised the bar for cinematic action in games, last year. But with the technological spectacle, I feel it missed out in other departments, and brought out a different kind of uncanny valley. Nathan Drake is a dick, too.

Part 1 of CO-OP's 2009 wrap-up, featuring Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and many more!

Of the three forces acting upon every gaming experience --story, gameplay and graphics-- it is the gameplay that is easily the most important. No matter how good the story or graphics, without a solid gameplay foundation, the game will be unable to succeed in the gaming market.

In other FAB-u-LOUS news, the Internet has uncovered more gameplay footage of Wiiware title Muscle March, the highly-anticipated (by me and maybe a couple other people) game about bodybuilders desperate to recover their jar of stolen steroids. I mean vitamin supplements. I mean amyl nitrate. Whatever, who knows what's in that magical jar?

This is the first new Heavy Rain footage since the Leipzig Games Convention 2008, and it\'s a full two-and-a-half minutes of gameplay, extra heavy on the quicktime events. Think it looks as good as last time?