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Rent Video Games
Aug
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The August 2008 issue of Game Developer magazine, the sister print publication to Gamasutra.com and the leading U.S. trade publication for the video game industry, has shipped to print/digital subscribers and is available from the Game Developer Digital service in both subscription and single-issue formats.
The cover feature for the issue is an exclusive […]
Aug
4
The Daily Hotness: The SNES was the greatest (08/04/08)
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It’s a shame Nintendo never capitalized on making portable versions of their older systems. If Sega could do it with the Nomad, then Nintendo could have done the same thing with the SNES! Granted, they probably just wanted everyone to focus on the GameBoys. Still, it would be awesome to own an officially made portable […]
Aug
4
Opinion: My Life in a Cardboard Box: Suspension of Disbelief in Videogames
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[In this opinion piece, writer Andrew Vanden Bossche takes a look at games from Silent Hill through Metal Gear Solid to examine what you can, should - and shouldn’t - believe in games.]
A sickening creature pursues you through the dimly lit halls of a subway station: A mangled dog, head split in half. You […]
Aug
4
Sometimes a game needs to be simplistic in order to be good. If you overcomplicate things with so many mechanics, the game gets bogged down, and you forget about having fun. At the same time, there needs to be a precise and refined quality to those mechanics in order to make the game enjoyable and […]
Aug
4
You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones.
This week’s theme is one that a reader incorrectly guessed as the theme in a previous week of […]
Aug
4
Like Reverend Anthony, I too hate trying to come up with some kind of introductory paragraph. So lets get straight to the point, shall we? Here are all of last month’s promoted stories for July:
A cast of thousands: Kefka by RioMcCarthy
A cast of thousands: Q*Bert by Ashley Davis
A cast of thousands: Guybrush Threepwood by […]
Aug
4
Even more behind the scenes footage of Bionic Commando: Rearmed
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Aug
4
Onechanbara will get US release on 360, sequel on Wii.
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Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad, in addition to having what may very well be the best title for a game ever, has become quite the cult hit in Japan. Now, America is finally going to get to see how incredibly awesome chicks killing zombies in skimpy clothing is too. As if we didn’t know already.
An action […]
Aug
4
Diablo III dev owns whiny critics, points out flaws in their ‘helpful’ ideas
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When I first talked about the Diablo "fans" who bitched and whined because Diablo III didn’t look dark enough and had too many colors to fit in with their absurd purist desires, I grimaced and wept at the state of humanity. Now it’s given me something to smile about as developer Jay Wilson has taken […]
Aug
4
Nunchuk-like controller coming to cell phones
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Do you find yourself playing games on a cell phone and your chubby fingers are getting in the way? Well, worry no more. The Zeemote is a bluetooth-enabled controller that looks awfully similar to a Wii Nunchuk and promises to take some of the frustration out of mobile gaming.
Featuring an analog joystick and a few […]