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Wicked Crush – Crowd Funding Pick
Missing a couple weeks of this column, there was one game that left an impression when browsing through projects weeks ago; and that game is, Wicked Crush. As I write this, the project has only 10 days to go but is below the fu...
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Gamification of Games
Gamification is one of those buzzwords that has been getting thrown around for a while now, and it doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. Gamification is the addition of game mechanics to something that is not trad...
Interviews
Loadout – (Brief Interview With Community Manager of Edge of Reality)
Free-to-play games are quickly becoming the next big thing in gaming, giving gamers the opportunity to try new games without the potential risk of wasting money on a game that they may not enjoy. And who doesn’t like free...
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PS Vita – A Slowly Sinking Ship?
Ah, the Vita. Sony really knocked this one out of the park as far as the hardware is concerned. The touch screen is incredibly responsive, the buttons have a nice click to them, and the sticks are surprisingly capable. Not to m...
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Jack Houston and the Necronauts – Crowd Funding Pick
Bubble helmets, rayguns? Yes, please. Jack Houston and the Necronauts is a point and click science fiction adventure, that will initially be for the PC with limited Linux support. If it reaches its stretch goal, then it will mo...
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Why OUYA Isn’t the Cat’s Pajamas
If you’ve been hiding under a really big rock over the past week, firstly welcome back, and secondly, please take a gander at OUYA, the $99 open source console. Running down the basics of the console would be a bit redundant ...
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Weekly Round-Up: The Last Story
Each week I’m going to take a bit of news related to gaming, share it with all of you and then spend my weekend finding as much cool stuff as I can surrounding that particular game or franchise. Got a suggestion for what ...
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GameStop Tossing Used DS Cases (And Why This Should Make You Upset)
I have a number of different outlets for purchasing games both new and used. For older games, I can rely on pawn shops and online retailers like Amazon or eBay for the real obscure. Later titles I can do the same, though GameSt...
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Retrospective – Ultima Online
Ultima Online, released on September 24th, 1997 is a game that I can hardly compare to any other gaming experience. I purchased it when I was 16 years old because all my friends had it. It was my first MMORPG. And though my lis...
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Echoes of Aeons – Crowd Funding Pick
Well, it’s Friday and what a great time to maybe take a little break from mainstream and focus on some of the smaller projects out there. Just this week, a new console called OUYA on Kickstarter has been taking a lot of t...
