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Gears of War 3: Raam’s Shadow
If Gears of War 3, for all its impressive refinements, had become predictable, the chance to play as this final boss in this downloadable add-on is anything but.
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Fractal: Make Blooms Not War
Puzzle games that trade in honeycomb hexagons crowd the gaming landscape. But Fractal: Make Blooms Not War (from Auditorium and Pulse developer Cipher Prime) shares only a few strands of DNA with the tired match-3 genre, instead asking that players clear seven like-coloured hexagons in a game of block shunting of often confounding complexity. The ...
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DoDonPachi Resurrection: Deluxe Edition
In a games industry that is shifting in scope, shape and structure with more speed and significance than ever before, few would have expected a company like Cave to be flourishing. The diminutive Shinjuku-based developer’s primary business was founded in the arcades, crafting shoot-’em-ups defined by screen-filling showers of bullets that look, to all but ...
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The Week in Links #36
Want to make a Flash game but don’t know where to begin? Head to the Flash game dojo. They make it sound super simple. Stuff no-one told me. Cute/ witty/ insightful single-panel illustrations from a Barcelona artist. Twitter whale in Gradius. “A work of art is precisely that which remains when you have run out ...
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The Week in Links #35
OMG. Robyn’s been plagiarizing. Creepy Robots. ‘It’s only a matter of time before one of these kills somebody.’ E. Honda is amazing. Impressive, Snake. How to design a magazine cover. “A script will not sell because:… it is intelligent or otherwise hindered by nuance.” Grim times for scriptwriters. “The Observer understand that the solidity of ...
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The Week in Links #30
H. G. Wells reviews Metropolis. I’d describe his general tone as ‘pissy’ Professor Layton no doubt relieved to have ‘only’ been accused of giving children rickets in the papers this week. David Simon interviewed on the Journal. Well worth the time. If I ever have to own a gun, I’m going to get me one ...
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The Week in Links #28
When I finally go, can it be in the claws of a GIANT EAGLE? Castle of Cagliostro scale model. Probably the best anime for non-anime dorks, right? Playing card spheres. A Christmas project if ever I saw one. Capitol Records sues Vimeo over lip-dub videos. Because they are colossal, near extinct twits. Extended US Legend ...
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The Week in Links #19
Game designer on ‘Triple-A MMO’ starts an anonymous and frank thread on Reddit. Some interesting stuff in there. PlayStation 4 concept art. Post-medium publishing. This is a quick and brilliant read. Sweden Invaders. The jumper you wouldn’t mind unwrapping at Christmas. ‘Good thing I have two extra lives‘ Why life increasingly feels like a constant ...
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The Week in Links #18
‘I’m beginning to resent Coppola’s subtly fascistic dictatorship over our travel experience.’ On visiting Tokyo post-Lost in Translation. She’s exactly right. I wonder when that effect will wear off? Boxers. Before and after. Batman branches out into catching pirates. “It’s not a bug in the game’s code, it’s a bug in your moral code.” “It’s ...
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The Week in Links #17
Dan Savage on the disconnect between the US religious Right’s opposition to universal healthcare and the teaching of Jesus. The ice men cometh. (For about 30 mins, at least) Achewood on the danger of E-mail lost to spam. Street Fighter II tokens on eBay. The price! (You are not my) Daddy Day Care. ‘The lion ...
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The Week in Links #16
Keep calm. Who hasn’t confused a “schwanz” with a “schwanz” before? Hyper-sweet Scott Pilgrim poster based on Capcom’s Gem Fighter. He’s going to be so famous this time next year. + 360° video makes my brain do a little hurt. If I want to point something out I give a time stamp AND a compass ...
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The Week in Links #15
‘Time moves faster when close your eyes.’ Lies I’ve told my four-year-old recently. ‘Launch missiles!’ WARNING: difficult to look away. Also: possibly NSFW if you, um, work with robots. Elephant Fail. So, who’s going to get themselves some Langdell-wear? Playmobil Michael Jackson and Bubbles. None more plastic. ‘A line of Street Fighter IV cellphone straps ...