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Wolfenstein Publisher Bravely Adopts Anti-Nazi Stance
At the bottom of the official press release introducing the gaming world to Machine Games’ Wolfenstein: The New Order, publisher Bethesda Softworks clarified its position on the Nazi regime’s attempted genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a business driven by sales, estranging yourself from even the smallest demographic is a tough decision. I applaud Bethesda for having the strength of character to distance themselves from the Nazi regime in such a public fashion.
How Adventure Time’s Creator Beat Up On Small Kids (In A Video Game)
Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward tells Edge magazine about his favourite games. Others listed include Altered beast and, awesomely, Klik & Play. [Edge 248, Christmas 2012]
Before WoW, WarCraft’s Online Wasn’t Quite As Exciting
Continuing his epic look behind the scenes of Blizzard’s early games, former exec and WarCraft developer Patrick Wyatt educates younger fans on the quaint nature of online play in the franchise’s early days.
This Statement Nails What Was Great About The Super Nintendo’s Best Games
The above quote, from Mark MacDonald, of the Tokyo-based game localisation company 8-4, sums up what felt so special about the best games on the SNES. It rings true for all-time greats such as Super Mario Word and The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, which emerged within a year of the system’s release with an amount of polish generally unseen on a system’s early games.
Atari Founder’s Favourite Game Was Kicking Competitor’s Asses
Nolan Bushnell, the co-founder of Atari and…other things, chats with Eurogamer’s Simon Parkin.
Some More Ways Video Games Are Like Porn
Yesterday, we ran a pullquote from independent game designer Eric Zimmerman in which he discussed some of the similarities video games have with porn.
How Mainstream Video Games Are Like Porn
Video games are very popular. So is porn. If you ask game designer, Metagame co-creator and NYU Game Center founder Eric Zimmerman, they have some fundamental things in common.
