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Blizzard Impatient for Augmented Reality

pixelsocks — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:17:29 +0000

The World of Warcraft is impinging on real life again. Not to worry, nobody’s recently dead or addicted, but you can now reach out and touch Azeroth by 3G. According to Icrontic, Blizzard is integrating Warcraft’s auction house with the popular Armory website. Warcraft fans will already be familiar with the Armory; it’s a web-accessible [...] Related posts:

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Silent Hill Apparently Not Weird Enough for Akira Yamaoka

pixelsocks — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:38:17 +0000

If you were worried that Akira Yamaoka’s sudden departure from Konami would be a blow not only to Silent Hill but gaming at large, you should probably revise your priorities can rest easy. The onetime Silent Hill composer and producer has landed a job with Grasshopper Manufacture. The studio is home to Goichi Suda [...] Related posts:

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Review: Overlord

pixelsocks — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:58:03 +0000

Overlord is essentially Pikmin with a little more attitude and a little less polish. However, there is a dearth of console RTS games, so some roughness is easy to forgive. Just come prepared to get a little lost, a little bored, and a little frustrated. Related posts:

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Mega Man Zero Collection

pixelsocks — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:04:03 +0000

I have a soft spot for the Mega Man dynasty. The original series, the X series, Battle Network, ZX…you know, enumerating them in a row like that, I can’t help but feel like Capcom is taking my money. Oh well, what’s one more on the pile? Capcom plans to release a DS collection of the [...] Related posts:

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Apple’s New iPad

pixelsocks — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:58:52 +0000

Just a quick aside before I get to the real article: Tim Schafer’s sleeper comedy Psychonauts is $2 on Steam as part of their usual Midweek Madness promotion. For that price, it might as well be selling on the app store. Speaking of app stores, today Apple revealed its newest product: the iPad. The similarities [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Review: a boy and his blob

pixelsocks — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:11:36 +0000

a boy and his blob is the childhood you never knew you wanted. It’s a genuinely idyllic summer of adventure, unconditional love, and meticulous platforming. It's not often that a game can live up to the nostalgia it evokes, but it helps when a modern developer gives it a complete overhaul. Related posts:

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Dashboard for Facebook Games

pixelsocks — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:02:02 +0000

Facebook games may not be modal in the Super Mario Brothers sense, but their browser-ready accessibility makes them newsworthy. According to the Facebook developer blog, the social networking site will launch a games and apps dashboard in the coming weeks. Facebook released a developer API in advance of the unveiling, and its description reveals several [...] Related posts:

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Meet the New Sequel, Same as the Old Game

pixelsocks — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:39:42 +0000

2K Boston may have changed their name back to Irrational Games, but some things are immutable. Fire up your consoles, because the PC release of Bioshock 2 will feature everybody’s favorite DRM: SecuRom. Bioshock veterans will recall the stink about SecuROM in the original game, what with the unrequested rootkit installations, the accusations of [...] Related posts:

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Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum

pixelsocks — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:39:09 +0000

It's a tired fact that licensed games try to span two entertainment media and so fail at both. The license does little justice to the source material, and the source constrains player agency. So instead of a good license or a good game, you get half of each. However, now and again, the source material dovetails with established genres. Lucky for Batman, he already lives in an action adventure game. Related posts:

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RottenTomatoes Makes Chun Li Cry

pixelsocks — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:14 +0000

The heir to the Street Fighter cinematic dynasty has honed the series tennets into something award-winning (via 1up). Rotten tomatoes has recognized The Legend of Chun Li with the coveted Moldy award. With a freshness rating of just 4%, the ill-fated film pushed the boundaries of poor quality farther than any other aggregated film in [...] Related posts:

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