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My personal account of 2011. The games I played (both new and old,) and my thoughts on the year's events.

We've all played the must-have Triple-A titles like Call of Duty and Alan Wake--but how often do we pass by could-be gems like Two Worlds II or Alone in the Dark? Join Pixel Perfect Assoc. Editor Jason Parris as he looks to the value that B-Games have for our industry in his comparative look at Alan Wake and Alone in the Dark.

In an age where the introductory cut-scene is king, Matt makes the argument for games to be more pick-up-and-play than pick-up-and-watch.

It's fun spotting cameos in video games. Sometimes they're hidden, sometimes they're obvious, but they are always awesome! Here are 10 of my favorite.

A gamer comes to the hard realization that it's time to start letting go of some of his games.

Quick-time events suck, even in otherwise great games, but Heavy Rain showed us how to make a great QTE-focused game.

Sylistic conventions like cut-scenes and quick-time events are often the subject of polarizing controversy, but if we dig deeper we'll find that it's not as black and white as our discussions tend to be.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 might still feel like "God of War: Jedi Edition," but after playing the demo, I'm pretty OK with that.

Video-game movies are incapable of succeeding as a reputable cinematic experience because of a fundamental incompatibility between games and film.

In this edition of Bitmob Splitscreen, two gamers discuss the role video games have had in their current and past relationships.

Here are the Bitmob community members in the July 2010 and August 2010 issues of GamePro.

Lucasarts has "unleashed" a new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. Here's hoping they resolve a few of the flaws from the first one.

News Blips for el Cinco de Mayo, 2010. An Alabama man wins 2K Sports $1 Million contest for pitching a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K10, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed could have been a Wookiee "super hero" game, Blizzard turns to Facebook for Battle.net friend lists, and more.

The Force Unleashed is a crappy game that inspires inexplicable love.

Video Blips for February 24, 2010: A Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer, Red Dead Redemption gives some attention to the ladies, a Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight developer diary, and more.

Quick-time events are lazy game design. When will developers stop resorting to such unimaginative gameplay?

Richard Eisenbeis examines how suicide has acted as an emotional catalyst in video game narratives.

News Blips: 360 Price Cuts Official, Capcom Announcing New Games, Free Facebook/Twitter for Gold Members, and More.

The first installment of Gaming Maladies describes the terrifying paralysis elicited by having a whole lot of game made available at once.