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It's hard to avoid the allure of League of Legends. It's free-to-play, features matches that can be completed in an hour, and has a community that... well... it has a community. [13.Feb.12]
The Advantages of Playing 'Skyrim' at Your Own Pace
After playing Skyrim for 90 hours, I saw something that blew my mind, and I suspect that I only had this reaction because it took me 90 hours to get there. [10.Feb.12]
Glee Karaoke Revolution Volume 3
The problem isn’t the game itself. Glee Karaoke Revolution is fine, fine. The problem is that I also own one of the Sing It! games. [10.Feb.12]
Faith vs. Sonic
Despite sharing many of the same problems, I'm willing to cut Mirror's Edge more slack than Sonic CD. [9.Feb.12]
Lana Del Rey's Video Games and, Well, Video Games
It isn't really a song about video games, of course. However, it is interesting for what it implies about games by taking gaming for granted as a normalized cultural practice. [8.Feb.12]
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The problem isn’t the game itself. Glee Karaoke Revolution is fine, fine. The problem is that I also own one of the Sing It! games. [10.Feb.12]
SoulCalibur remains the most accessible fighting game series out there, but it certainly won’t make anyone a pro. [06.Feb.12]
Quarrel is Scrabble meets Risk. It fixes some of the problems of Risk, while adding a few new irritations of its own. [03.Feb.12]
The Sims 3: Pets is the best available option for playing the addictive series on the go. [01.Feb.12]
Sonic CD is the most faithful kind of re-release, if not the most flattering. [30.Jan.12]
Skyward Sword marks the point where the Zelda formula finally reaches its expiry date. [27.Jan.12]
It's nice to be able to listen to the soundtrack without the distraction of all that pesky, you know, gameplay. [23.Jan.12]
It isn’t just being pretty that makes Skyrim feel like a Jack London story, but instead its philosophy of striving for a photorealistic depiction of a reality. [20.Jan.12]
Add Go Vacation to the ranks of social games that bring face-to-face interactions into a virtual world. Its premise is simple: the game takes you to a virtual resort where you can participate in a variety of mini-games thinly disguised as sports and recreational activities. [16.Jan.12]
There is a surprising amount of beauty to be found in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. [13.Jan.12]
Rumble Blast's position as a mindless, cute, but somewhat enjoyable title would be completely understandable if the game were marketed as a modestly priced, downloadable title. [11.Jan.12]
It is another color matching puzzle game, but it’s a color matching puzzle game that changes the formula while being so player-friendly that you’ll never run out of hexagons to click. [09.Jan.12]
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Moving Pixels
Batman is a bit player in his own story, and I think a lot of that stems from his desire to save everyone. [26.Jan.12]
Moving Pixels
These games taught me: the danger of following the rules; the pleasing presence of unexpected personalities; the pleasures of a well paced and meditative process; the joys of a frantic and chaotic twitch-fest and; the satisfaction derived from a game that brings out my inner masochist. [04.Jan.12]
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By Kevin Dickinson
Granted, Link does “hiyah,” “eyah,” and “ahh” his way through all of his post-64-bit adventures, but no amount of elfish interjections can change his status as a silent protagonist. Is a failure to communicate much, a failure to communicate? [08.Feb.12]
By Emilio Bellu
Filmmaker Kevin Smith may be in a celluloid slump, but his new podcast network is on point. [06.Feb.12]
By PopMatters Staff
This year was a year when something called Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars could be celebrated alongside the latest Gears of War game. This was a year in which one of the most reviled games, Dragon Age II, was also one of the most revered. [30.Jan.12]
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