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Tuesday, January 3 2012

Bethesda: Dreamtiger & Other Tails

Ohio quintet is at its best when it plays it soft, quiet.


Friday, June 18 2010

How Open Is Your Open World?

As worlds become more open they demand more attention, and there’s a clear trade-off between story and environmental details.


Monday, June 14 2010

Moving Pixels Podcast: Exploring the Capital Wasteland

We consider how Bethesda merges a retro American ideal with their post-apocalyptic vision of an America "after the bomb" in Fallout 3.


Wednesday, May 26 2010

You Say Apocalypse, I Say Retro Chic

Much like telling an erotic story within a Victorian backdrop seems ever so sexy, human depravity juxtaposed against a seemingly golden age of good, moral values is darkly comic and that much more disturbing.


Friday, February 13 2009

Fallout 3

The player who sticks to the city or limits himself to the main (and fairly conventional) quest-line will miss the pearls inside Fallout 3's bombed-out shell.


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