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How Much Should Gaming Studios Actually Experiment?

It’s an odd thing to consider because the majority of gaming critics (professional and hobbyist) always give kudos or criticism to new titles for their experimental creativity (or lack of). But, can an over confident developm...



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Ratchet And Clank’s Most Important Weapons

With Ratchet And Clank: All 4 One looming rather excitedly on the gaming horizon, Sony has begun releasing comical ‘demonstration’ videos that show off some of the new toys featured in the new game. Due to this, I thought i...



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Multiplayer Thwarts Single Player? The Question Of Cash

The question that is cropping up more and more at the moment is whether games that can offer organic long term value through online multiplayer, are destined to be given a heavier price tag in the future. Obviously videogames ...



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Best Old School Side-Scrollers

Since summer is in full swing, I'm entering a sentimental mode and counting down some of my favorite side scrollers to date. These are the games that kept me out of the summer heat for so many days and sometimes frustrated the ...



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Modern Warfare 3: A Multiplayer Promise Gone Too Far?

With Activision’s mega franchise gearing up for yet another spectacular release into the gaming calendar later this year, fans across the globe will be asking whether Modern Warfare 3 can bring the good stuff. The pressure is...



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The Fight Of The Fighting Games

With Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition released a couple of weeks ago and both Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Mortal Kombat being out for a few months now, fighting game enthusiasts are hotly debating on the interwebz which of t...



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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Gamers

A landmark decision direct from the Supreme Court was handed down last week that rejected a California law blocking minors from buying violent video games. This ruling not only puts games in the same regulatory basket as other...



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Is The PS Move Dead In The Water?

It’s hard to believe that Sony’s ‘Wii beating’ motion controlling gameplay revolution glow stick of shiny-ness launched late last year. The controller saw the majority of its selling action within the first few months o...



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The IP Shack #8: 3 Ways Online Multiplayer Might Have Ruined Your Gaming

Now hopefully you didn’t take that headline too literally because most of us actually do rather enjoy a spot of internet ‘noob’ butchering. That being said, the underlying point is a serious one and this isn’t the first...



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The Mute Button And The Multiplayer ‘Morons’

It’s interesting to consider what kind of effect a gaming headset has on the multiplayer experience, to actually step back and reflect on how essential the online microphone is to gaming. With millions of people all over the ...