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Months Later, We're All Still Playing 'Skyrim.' But Why?
Published 02/01/2012 at 10:55 a.m.
Last night I read a couple of books, cooked a passable meal, did some light housework, and tricked a colossal brass automaton into killing off a dozen or so pesky goblinoids who were ruining the ambience of the latest in ...
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'Saints Row: The Third" Is Finally Absurd Enough to Work
Published 01/18/2012 at 11:15 a.m.
The Saints Row series has always been more or less Grand Theft Auto’s id left to run rampant without even GTA’s extremely minimal levels of restraint.
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The Stop Online Piracy Act is the Law That America Desperately Needs. Right?
Published 01/04/2012 at 11:43 a.m. 2 Comments
Say hello to H.R. 3261, also known as the Stop Online Piracy Act, a one-two punch of government intrusion and corporate oligarchy that detractors can decry as the harbinger of the end of the World Wide Web from the convenience ...
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Best of 2011: Video Games
Published 12/28/2011 at noon
2011 was far from a perfect year for video games, with too many unpolished diamonds in the rough and too few true standouts. Still, a number of games managed to rise above the rest and make the year bearable.
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'The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword' Shows What the Wii Can Do—Five Years Too Late
Published 12/21/2011 at 10:38 a.m. 1 Comment
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is Nintendo’s answer to its fans’ long-ignored prayers, but, like so many prayers, the response from on high is insufficient.
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'Super Mario 3D Land' Aims to End Nintendo's Slump
Published 12/07/2011 at 10:09 a.m.
Super Mario 3D Land is upon us, and with a killer app spurring things on, 3DS sales have nowhere to go but up.
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'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' Brings the Thunder Back to Tamriel
Published 11/23/2011 at 1:24 p.m.
If you’ll permit me a Seinfeld moment, what is the deal with Bethesda Game Studios’ fixation on prisoners as protagonists in the Elder Scrolls series?
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'Batman: Arkham City' Has Insurmountable Competition: Its Predecessor
Published 11/09/2011 at 10:46 a.m.
Arkham City tears the roof off Arkham Asylum and gives it a good shake, presenting from start to finish a world that is fundamentally broken. It’s the perfect environment for zipping around between rooftops on your way to find a ...
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Dear John: An Open Letter to John Carmack
Published 10/26/2011 at 10:13 a.m.
Dear Mr. Carmack: As a man best known by his works, it’s been a while since we’ve really seen you, hasn’t it? DOOM 3 feels like it was so very long ago.
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In 'Space Marine,' Death Becomes Dull
Published 10/12/2011 at 10:09 a.m. 1 Comment
Space Marine is the latest entry in Games Workshop’s long, slow slog moving the Warhammer 40,000 franchise away from tabletop wargames that nobody would be caught dead playing and toward the more lucrative market of video games that merely most ...





