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Does The Green Lantern Movie Introduce Too Many Zany Creatures?

10:30AM May 3, 2011 | Charlie Jane Anders

Green Lantern isn’t just the story of an ordinary run-of-the-mill fighter pilot who gets a magic ring from space. It’s also the saga of a whole army of aliens, each with his/her/its own magic ring. More »


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The Social Games Rant You Didn’t Hear From GDC

7:00AM March 7, 2011 | Owen Good

By all accounts, “No F@*#king Respect: Social Game Developers Rant Back” was a hit at Game Developers Conference 2011. A standing-room only crowd listened to a panel of eminent designers address the virtues of and double-standards applied to social games. More »


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A Role-Playing Game That Makes You Pay For Your Party Members

5:20AM March 5, 2011 | Mike Fahey

During my playthrough of role-playing game Hyperdimension Neptunia I am delighted to welcome a new character into my party, but the NIS America-inspired Nisa won’t fight with me or gain experience. She just sits there, until I pay. More »


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If An Alien Invasion Really Happened, We’d Be Dead Instantly

9:47AM December 28, 2010 | Esther Inglis-Arkell

In movies humans fight off alien occupation forces, explode alien ships, and mind-control aliens with the power of love. How on earth can we think that would happen? More »


In Real Life

In Defence Of – And A Salute To – The Pro

10:20AM February 25, 2010 | Owen Good

Two jackasses baiting an Xbox Live moderator and getting banned isn’t worth much outrage. But when they doctor a video and expect everyone to believe it on the knee-jerk faith that mods are fascists, that just insults your intelligence. More »


News

Band Hero Track Edits Are Ridiculous

8:00AM November 7, 2009 | Mike Fahey

If you are planning on picking up Band Hero because it contains some of your favourite songs, be warned that some of the tunes have been edited beyond enjoyment. More »


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Outgoing IGDA Chief Departs With a Rant

3:30AM April 5, 2009 | Owen Good

This was said in the context of the GDC’s notorious annual rant session, so, it’s not a classic burning of bridges in the last day on the job.

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Please, Economic Crisis, Put An End To The Christmas Rush

8:00PM December 10, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

As a part-time gamer, Christmas must be brilliant, because not only do you get some time off work to play games, but you’ll probably receive games for Christmas as well. Double score.

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Nintendo: ‘We’ve Had A New Logo For Two Years’

4:00PM November 27, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Strange days yesterday, when a press release from Nintendo Europe turned up. It said “stop using the red Nintendo logo”. Seemed…odd. People were confused. Today, Nintendo have responded.

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Shigeru Miyamoto, Broken Record

4:00PM November 14, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

Shigeru Miyamoto is a great game designer, we all know that. He’s an incredibly insightful and intelligent man. Likewise, that we all know. Yet, lately his interview responses sound, we dunno, canned? Take these recent responses regarding Wii Music:

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