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G2A, As Told By the Voices In My Head So Casey, what is G2A exactly, and why must I be so scared of them? Are they coming to take my games? For the uninitiated, G2A is a game key reselling marketplace. They provide a space and tools for...
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The PlayStation Meeting is right around the corner and just like Sony’s previous press conferences, there is a lot of buzz as to what the company will be unveiling come 7 September 2016. With the possibility of multiple console announcements in addition new game reveals this could be a press...
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It started with Spyro I recall viewing the inclusion of my old friend Spyro the Dragon in the first Skylanders game with a fair degree of venom, and I’m sure many others felt the same. Not that I’ve an issue with reboots, you understand— the previous attempt at rebooting...
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Pokémon GO is still undoubtedly incredibly popular, both in terms of the numbers playing and in its spread throughout mainstream culture. Cafés and coffee shops are investing in lures to draw trainers in. Signs in public places such as parks are directly referencing the game. Pokémon GO has put...
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The discussion about gender politics in games is one I can barely stomach. Can you blame me? It’s a tired ‘debate’ usually involving a blue-haired ‘Xer’ screeching for more <insert minority> protagonists. Yawn. Yet, while the activists bore me to tears there’s a bigger gender issue to talk about:...
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If you’ve been keeping up with your games digest, then you have probably heard of We Happy Few. Set in a drug induced sixties era, We Happy Few is a survival based game set with a utopian dream in mind. What sets this game apart from any other survival...
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“Playing” is not simply a pastime, it is the primordial basis of imagination and creation. Truth be told, Homo Ludens (Those who Play) are simultaneously Homo Faber (Those who Create).” –Hideo Kojima Let’s face it, many of us are looking at Konami right now as a once-great company that...
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I’ve always considered sound design to be a criminally underappreciated force for something so integral to a good game. Beyond passing comments like “the music in (game title) was awesome!”, it’s not often that players acknowledge (or perhaps even notice) the excellence of sound design – and that’s because they aren’t supposed...
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As we draw ever closer to October 13th the launch of Sony’s first virtual reality device Playstation VR I grow curious to what Sony brings to the VR space. While the devices qualities give it a leg up on its rivals, Sony’s history with Playstation peripherals tells a less encouraging...