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Aesthetics Matter: Train
I heard about Train a few months ago and was just fascinated. Vague spoilers follow, and I really encourage you check it out first to really understand the full experience. If you want a good underst… more →
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(Resonance Machine) Love and Pain
JRGBruno wrote 1 week ago: Anger is the righteous emotion, and anything worth a shit is worth getting angry about. The games wh … more →
You Can't Go Back To WoW
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shoinan wrote 1 month ago: This is a piece I wrote for MMO Life in June 2009, the link to which appears to be permanently broke … more →
The Passage Of Time In Azeroth
shoinan wrote 1 month ago: This is a piece I wrote for MMO Life in June 2009, the link to which appears to be permanently broke … more →
How Too Human's Single-Player Tried To Hide What Its Co-op'd Already Exposed
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shoinan wrote 3 months ago: Too Human reminded me of Assassin’s Creed. While the latter’s extensive preview treatment proved mor … more →
Rainbow-Tinted Spectacles
shoinan wrote 3 months ago: Nine other writers and I were kindly invited by Hi-Score’s Daniel Lipscombe to write a few wor … more →
Mithra And The Indie Bar
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shoinan wrote 3 months ago: Last week I took full advantage of Steam’s indie collection sale, snapping up ten highly rated games … more →
Aesthetics Matter: Train
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Dan wrote 3 months ago: I heard about Train a few months ago and was just fascinated. Vague spoilers follow, and I really en … more →
Plants vs. Zombies: Pimp Edition
Dan wrote 4 months ago: I may have been out on holiday, but in the meantime, Plants vs. Zombies has come out. It was made by … more →
"Easy to Use and Incredibly Difficult: On the Mythical Border between Interface and Gameplay"
JRGBruno wrote 4 months ago: An interesting article by Jesper Juul on the complex relatioship between ease of use and challenge i … more →
Don't Domesticate Suda! A Preemptive Polemic
JRGBruno wrote 5 months ago: Suda 51, sitting on his protagonist's favorite chair. I’m not sure what to think of No More Hero … more →
BG 15 - GTA IV : Exploring the Mundane
Jonathan McCalmont wrote 6 months ago: Futurismic have my fifteenth Blasphemous Geometries column. It is not only the first of the columns … more →
Playing the Sex card.
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Justin Keverne wrote 6 months ago: For a mature title The Witcher displays an all too believably juvenile attitude towards sexual relat … more →
The Art of Rules, Ctd.
JRGBruno wrote 6 months ago: From Game Culture: Games are supposed to be safe places, where we experiment with strategy and compe … more →
Mechanical Definitions.
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Justin Keverne wrote 6 months ago: At a low enough level all game mechanics are the same, we press a button, move a stick, and somethin … more →
I have a voice...
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Justin Keverne wrote 6 months ago: A few days ago I was asked to guest on a couple of podcasts, I’ll admit to a fair degree of ex … more →
The Art of Rules
JRGBruno wrote 6 months ago: Rules are to game design what editing is to film: a craft that is at once unique to its medium and f … more →
MadWorld's Contrasts
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shoinan wrote 6 months ago: After MadWorld received glowing recommendations from Area 5’s Co-Op show and Big Red Potion’s own Jo … more →
Stephen Totilo: What Made Me a Game Journalist
JRGBruno wrote 6 months ago: As my minutes at MTV come to an end, I’d like to share some experiences about my time covering games … more →
The Mechanics of Street Fighter IV
JRGBruno wrote 7 months ago: Street Fighter IV was received with widespread critical acclaim and relatively strong sales. Whether … more →
