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It’s a comment I’ve seen countless times, in numerous iterations. “‘It’s free-to-play’ And there goes my interest.” And every time I read it, I’m perplexed by the unwillingness to acknowledge the stark reality of the free-to-play market. F2P games have to try even harder to make sure you have a …

The indie scene is, in a word, bustling. A quick skim of Kickstarter or the front page of Steam makes a compelling case for the rise of indie success leading up to 2014, which shows no sign of slowing down. And it’s not made up entirely of new faces, either–AAA …

A version of this article originally posted in February of 2013. Robbin’ hoods It’s weird how many of gaming’s biggest stars are thieves, isn’t it? Yeah, we said it–thieves. Crooks. Bandits. Prowlers. Pickpockets. Dirty. Stinking. Thieves. Some are deadly. Some are deceitful. Some are… lovable? The release of Eidos’ Thief …

Still waiting Not every game needs a sequel; hell, the industry would be a much more creative place if sequels weren’t the de facto response to any amount of success. Other times, though, it takes another whack at a concept to really perfect an idea. Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2, …

Hail to the (Commander in) Chief Know what? There are a surprising number of video games out there where you run into the President of the United States. Sometimes theyre totally fictional constructs of that world (I’m looking at you, Hideo Kojima) and sometimes theyre the real deal. And then …

Nine years ago this month, the sports genre was dealt a blow from which it has yet to recover. On January 24, 2005, Take-Two signed an exclusivity deal that prevented all other third-party publishers from making games based on the Major League Baseball license. The timing gave it an air …

Don’t believe the hype, as rapper Flava Flav once cautioned America. In this case, the “hype” I’m referring to is any rumor and/or leak about the next console coming from Nintendo. Everyone in the gaming press is aware of Nintendo’s current unprofitability, thanks to poor sales of the Wii U. …

Sports games are a crowded market It’s pretty inconsiderate of people, really, to flock to sports events and the like in such voluminous numbers. As a result, poor video game developers have had to spend the past two decades trying to do crowds right. One person on-screen? Easy. Ten people? …

You just had a super long day, man… and it was a bad day, too. You woke up and your goldfish was dead. You forgot to study for a test and failed it miserably. And to top it all off your car had a flat tire. You pop in your …

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