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The Week In Anger
12Or outrage, or scorn. Video games are just one pushcart in the vast marketplace of ideas, where everyone shouts down the quality of the goods. Then again, sometimes the merchants deserve the berating. So let’s recap the week’s most noteworthy reactionary topics, scoring them for the outrage they summon and the scepticism they invite. Or…
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In Video Games’ Back-Room Deals, There’s More Than Meets The Eye
They are the heroes of our childhoods. The glory of their times. Their video game comes out later this month. For the entirety of the current console generation, just one mega-publisher has solely controlled the exclusive right to immortalise their triumphs. It’s a deal that has reaped gobs of cash, and the latest edition of…
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Would You Pay $260 For Xbox Live? Technically, I Just Did
Helplessly watching this sweating man thrust all of his body weight into my bedroom wall, grunting over the whine of the drill, I realised I was seeing and participating in the perfect metaphor for my attempts to connect my Xbox 360 to the internet in my new home.
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Aisha Tyler: ‘I’ve Been A Gamer Since Before You Could Read’
For people who care, the consensus seems to be that Ubisoft won E3 this year. Part of that was owed to a NSFW Far Cry 3 trailer, the surprise spectacle of Watch Dogs, and the hosting of Aisha Tyler. But the comedian and co-star of best-thing-ever Archer didn’t win over everybody. Need some proof?