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Rent Video Games
Dec
31
[Wow, it’s just about the last GameSetWatch post of 2008, so we go to Brandon Sheffield’s formerly Gamasutra-published chat with the DC Universe Online creators - it’s going to be interesting to see what SOE make of what should be a big deal for superhero underoo wearers worldwide.]
Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming DC Universe Online […]
Dec
31
[From now until early January, our sister site IndieGames.com: The Weblog will be counting down the best indie titles of 2008, and we’ll be reprinting the best here on GameSetWatch for your viewing and playing pleasure.]
The fourth of the 2008 Best Of Features over on the IndieGames.com blog, we’re proud to present twenty of the […]
Dec
31
GameSetLinks: Argh Hargh Piracy Again
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[GameSetLinks is GameSetWatch’s daily link round-up post, culling from hundreds of weblogs and outlets to compile the most interesting longform writing, links, and criticism on the art and culture of video games.]
Rounding up a multitude of only slightly tardy GameSetLinks, this one is headed by Jeff Attwood big upping World Of Goo while examining piracy […]
Dec
30
The Sony PS3 Remote
Category: PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Sony, Blu ray, review, remote | Leave a Comment
If you buy a PS3, there’s a good chance you’re going to watch some Blu-Rays on it. Hell, a lot of people bought PS3s only to watch Blu-Rays. The purchase of a remote is almost absolutely essential if you don’t want to mess around with the awkward and confusing controls found on the game […]
Dec
30
[Every week, GameSetWatch sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming’s top news and reviews for Apple’s nascent — and increasingly exciting — portable games platform, written by guest editor Danny Cowan - lots more reviews coming soon after a little drought, by the way.]
This week’s notable items in the iPhone gaming space, as covered by FingerGaming, […]
Dec
30
[The Experimental Gameplay Sessions at GDC, organized by Jon Blow and compatriots, is often one of the highlights of the show, and packed to the gills, so we thought it would be good to highlight his call for submissions for those doing… different stuff.]
The organizers of the Experimental Gameplay Sessions lecture at the 2009 Game […]
Dec
30
[In a new opinion piece published on big sister site Gamasutra, Wizardry and Jagged Alliance veteran and game design professor Brenda Brathwaite analyzes how you can stop the rot by “talking up” when game development teams have relationship or management problems.]
Games are intensely personal processes, even if they involve a hundred people. You can’t […]
Dec
30
GameSetLinks: A Brainpipe Full Of Pie
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[GameSetLinks is GameSetWatch’s daily link round-up post, culling from hundreds of weblogs and outlets to compile the most interesting longform writing, links, and criticism on the art and culture of video games.]
Hurray, time for another set of delicious GameSetLinks, headed out by the London Review of Books talking about, uhm, video games, in case you […]
Dec
29
[From now until early January, our sister site IndieGames.com: The Weblog will be counting down the best indie titles of 2008, and we’ll be reprinting the best here on GameSetWatch for your viewing and playing pleasure - my personal favorite here being Top Spinner, the slightly less silly title from the QWOP creator.]
The third of […]
Dec
29
A Year With Mister Raroo: Bidding a Fond Farewell to 2008
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[Another 365 days has passed, and in an exclusive GameSetWatch article, regular columnist Mister Raroo takes the opportunity to reflect upon 2008 in terms of not only gaming, but his personal life as well — and as an added bonus, he includes his top 10 games of the year!]
2008: Challenging But Rewarding
It’s hard to believe […]