February 1, 2011
2011 is finally starting to get under way, and you know what that means: roughly 20 million identical lists from your old pal The Internet telling you which games should have your clicking fingers and WASD-claws aching with excitement. Here’s the prob…
Tags: Features, Firefall, from dust, frozen synapse, gaming, Homefront, natural selection 2, rock of ages, Software, spy party, Web Exclusive
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January 24, 2011
I want a 3DS. Really badly, in fact. Of all the shiny new tech toys I desperately want to fiddle with at the moment, Nintendo’s eye-popping portable is very nearly at the top of the list. I mean, the 3D effect looks stunning, and the brittle dam o…
Tags: android, Columns, gaming, iPhone, nintendo 3ds, The Game Boy, Web Exclusive
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January 3, 2011
This year, I’m trying to do something different with game of the year awards. You can find a full explanation in part one, but the gist is this: I’m eschewing a list – because, let’s face it, you’ve already skimmed 10,000 top-10s – in favor of w…
Tags: Columns, gaming, Mass Effect 2, Software, The Game Boy, Web Exclusive
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December 31, 2010
This year, I’m trying to do something different with game of the year awards. You can find a full explanation in part one, but the gist is this: I’m eschewing a list – because, let’s face it, you’ve already skimmed 10,000 top-10s – in favor of w…
Tags: Columns, Fallout: New Vegas, gaming, Software, The Game Boy, Web Exclusive
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December 30, 2010
Lists, lists, lists. It seems like everyone throws together an obligatory “Game of the Year” list this time of year, because, well, everyone else is doing it. So we get all-encompassing, “comprehensive” rundowns that are immediately accused…
Tags: BioShock 2, Columns, gaming, Software, The Game Boy, Web Exclusive
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December 29, 2010
You know that stereotype of the total loser from high school – busted glasses, craggy acne canyon of a face, every spoken word followed by a refreshing mist of saliva – who goes on to become rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams? Well, tha…
Tags: Battlefield, Bioshock, call of duty, Decade in Review, Features, games, gaming, Half-Life 2, Web Exclusive, World of Goo
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December 22, 2010
How you define that which makes for an essential PC accessory? Good question. There are no shortage of devices out on the market today that you can plug into your PC in some fashion (or, for that matter, connect wirelessly). However…
Tags: accessories, Features, gaming, maximum tech, Web Exclusive
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December 18, 2010
Gray. Dingy darkness as far as the eye can see. The sky is gray. The mountains are gray. Even the snow looks as though Mick Jagger tried painting it black and got bored half-way through. A gruff voice struggles to be heard through a radio, practic…
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Columns, Cut The Rope, gaming, gears of war, medal of honor, minecraft, Octodad, Resistance: Fall of Man, Software, The Game Boy, Web Exclusive
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