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Here’s The Video That Convinced Microsoft To Pay For Mark Of The Ninja

You might wonder why Microsoft decided to publish Mark of the Ninja, an independently-developed 2D stealth game that looks and plays like very few other games out there.

7 August 2010

Why Are So Many Indie Darlings 2D Platformers?

2D platformers like Limbo and Braid have created deep metaphorical experiences, but can gamers appreciate them? And can their success move game literacy into new genres?

30 October 2009

In Praise Of Hard Games

I’ve been roasted by a dragon, used as a pincushion for ghoul spears, and hacked to death by an axe knight, repeatedly. I keep trying, and I die and die again. Are we having fun yet?

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