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An Open Letter to BioWare: Sex in Video Games
By admin on September 17, 2010 | Comments Off
Given all of these current and future projects (and that’s not even including Old Republic) I think it’s time we revisit something that may be sensitive to you: Sex scenes in videogames.
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What Can Hollywood Learn From Video Games?By admin on September 5, 2010 | Comments Off
Most franchises fizzle out at the third film, and that is precisely why Hollywood should take a lesson from the game series BioShock, which will soon be releasing its third entry, BioShock Infinite.
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The Biggest Games of Fall 2010By admin on September 2, 2010 | Comments Off
Every year, it gets more out of hand. More sequels, more technology, more money needed, and barely enough time to experience it all. Going into Christmas 2010, the lineup of big — or even just plain interesting — games is once again boiling over
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Top 50 Worst Ways to Die In Video GamesBy admin on August 22, 2010 | Comments Off
May we never again kick the bucket at the bottom of a spike pit.
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The Top 7… Best launch games of all timeBy admin on August 17, 2010 | Comments Off
Nothing cures buyer’s remorse like a system-defining game on day one
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id Software Demos Rage On iPhone, Releases Source Code For Two GamesBy admin on August 12, 2010 | Comments Off
glenkim writes “Kotaku has posted their liveblog of the QuakeCon 2010 keynote, with some big announcements by game developer and Slashdot regular John Carmack. Highlights include a video of the id Tech 5 engine (aka Rage) running on the iPhone 4G at 60fps, with claims that it also runs on the iPhone 3GS. Carmack noted that performance on the iPhone was able to ‘kill anything done on the Xbox or PlayStation 2.’ He also announced the source code release (more…)
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Thermoelectrics Could Let You Feel the Heat In GamesBy admin on July 30, 2010 | Comments Off
myshadows writes “Tech Review has an interesting article on how Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have been able to give a sensory addition to gaming peripherals — namely, temperature. ‘As the range of interactions with digital environments expands, it’s logical to ask what’s next: Smell-o-vision has been on the horizon for something like 50 years, but there’s a dark horse stalking this race: thermoelectrics. Based on the Peltier effect, (more…)
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5 Unwinnable Situations from Classic 80s GamesBy admin on July 23, 2010 | Comments Off
It was once common practice to have situations in which it becomes impossible to complete a videogame. To add insult to injury, the games in question rarely mentioned that fact to the player, leaving them to lurch around forever without knowing that the only way to succeed was to turn off the game and start from scratch.
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Pendleton will miss Delhi GamesBy admin on July 19, 2010 | Comments Off
Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton tells BBC Sport she is withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games in Delhi to focus instead on the European Championships.
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The case for more violent video gamesBy admin on July 9, 2010 | Comments Off
How and why games should push the limits with bloody abandon.
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