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Enter the Weird World of Hojamaka Games
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Enter the Weird World of Hojamaka Games

Without Japan, video games would not be very fun. Atari's early work was important, but Japanese developers, publishers, and ...more

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Supreme Court Deems Violent Video Games Protected Under Freedom of Speech
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Supreme Court Deems Violent Video Games Protected Under Freedom of Speech

Video games are the newest major expressive media. As such, their role in society is still being defined continuously. A ...more

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Minecraft, Meet Terraria
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Minecraft, Meet Terraria

Minecraft was first released just a few years ago, but when a paradigm-shifting piece of media comes along the rest of the world ...more

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Is the End Coming for Quadriplegic Gaming?
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Is the End Coming for Quadriplegic Gaming?

A century ago there wasn't much life available for quadriplegic people. Handicap accessibility was barely even a concept, and ...more

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Anthony G Adams

Anthony G Adams posted to the corkboard Social Haven Rescue Free Iphone Game-We liked it?

If you go over to the Iphone store and download social haven rescue. You will see a cute little space app and the fish under the sea secret water world is adorable. Its a free good attempt. What ga... more

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Top Online Jocuri commented on Dungeon Defenders: Heaven for Hardcore Gamers

Great game ! I'm spending hours playing this game ... ”

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Chris Tolworthy posted to the corkboard The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Journey to the Center of the Earth

I'll keep this short and sweet, as the game is online, loads quickly, it's free, and easy to play: it's quicker to play it than describe it: EnterTheStory.com The game is updated EVERY DAY, with a... more

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berk steven commented on Minecraft, Meet Terraria

Interesting post and thanks for sharing. Some things in here I have not thought about before.Thanks for making such a cool post which is really very well written. jiu jitsu ”

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Hussain Cheema commented on PixelProspector Returns in Style with 75 Free Indie Games in 5 Minutes

Angry Birds Game ”

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Jack Jones answered Do You Like A Game?

I like www.new1000ad.com Its a free turn based war game based on civilizations around the year 1000 ad. ”

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Martin Jelinek posted a corkboard image Today announced - indie RPG Nyrthos

Hey everyone! These are a few screenshots from an indie game we announced today - Nyrthos. If you like it, definitely check us out at www.nyrthos.com and tell us what you think! Martin

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nick margallis commented on Special Edition Gold PS3 'Ni No Kuni' Bundle -- Another Reason to Move to Japan

how can i get this tell me ”

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Cynthia Lee Vitaro-Gerritsen
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Cynthia Lee Vitaro-Gerritsen commented on Open Your Chakras with Deepak Chopra's Leela for Wii and Xbox 360

yeah just saw the author on late night with Jimmy .... i'm very much into self help ... and think i'm going to give it a try ... any body play or buy it yet ... ”

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Jack Jocuri
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Jack Jocuri commented on Dungeon Defenders: Heaven for Hardcore Gamers

Looks great from the trailer, a little to much colour I must say. Dane, Jocuri Online ”

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Travis Gafford
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Travis Gafford wrote a blog post Just Released: Dungeon Defenders Gameplay Footage

Dungeon Defenders is finally out on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. We've previously featured the tower defense RPG, and if you haven't had a chance to check out the PAX interview with Trendy Entertainm... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Dungeon Defenders: Heaven for Hardcore Gamers

Dungeon Defenders is the most exciting craft game on the Fall 2011 release schedule. I got a chance to play it at PAX in August and interviewed developers Trendy Entertainment last month. After mor... more

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Cassandra Jane Anderson
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Cassandra Jane Anderson commented on Double Fine Improves the Psychonauts Meat Circus!

Aww, but now new players who start with the new version will never know the sense of pride that comes when you've finally mastered that evil evil level. (Personally, an improvement I'd have liked ... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Friday Indie Game Review Roundup: 3 Obscure Puzzle Games That Test Your Wits

This week's review roundup is a diverse lot. They really only have two things in common—their indie origins and puzzle elements. Otherwise, they come from France, Spain and the U.S., a few from unk... more

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Andi Tnd
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Andi Tnd commented on Friday Indie Game Review Roundup: Arcade Games Are Dead

those games are sensational .. great games man. and very addictive games play new addicting games ”

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eshian
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eshian commented on Afterfall: InSanity Game Only $1 in Outlandish Plan to Reach 10 Million Pre-Orders

woops copy pasta fail. ”

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eshian
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eshian commented on Afterfall: InSanity Game Only $1 in Outlandish Plan to Reach 10 Million Pre-Orders

From the sound of this video up top, it sounds like a pretty crappy deal. Its highly unlikely that any game in general could sell 10mil (counter-strike hasn't even reached that kind of number and i... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Slightly Mad Studios Launches Slightly Brilliant AAA Game Funding Project

Getting money to make a AAA game is hard. When anyone is lucky enough to get the funds they need, it usually comes from a giant game publishing company that wants the rights to the game, not to men... more

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James A Tyler commented on Indie Games Hit the Red Carpet at the IndieCade Awards

A lot of these games look really cool. Any idea when they're coming out? ”

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Afterfall: InSanity Game Only $1 in Outlandish Plan to Reach 10 Million Pre-Orders

Nicholas Entertainment Group (NEG) is a Polish independent game publisher that recently got their hands dirty with development. Their first game (with Intoxicate Studios) is the forthcoming horror ... more

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Travis Gafford
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Travis Gafford posted to the corkboard Indie Games Hit the Red Carpet at the IndieCade Awards

Last Thursday, on October 7th, indie game developers from around the world walked down a red carpet in Santa Monica, California in the hopes of winning an IndieCade award. We previously discussed t... more

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Johnny Elite
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Johnny Elite commented on NORTHWAY Games: Cool Indies by a Restless Company on the Road

Damn. Sounds like the life. Wish them all the luck in their journeys/game creation. ”

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post NORTHWAY Games: Cool Indies by a Restless Company on the Road

Game design is sedentary work. Generally its practitioners do their work with their butts planted securely in front of a computer in an office (be it home or away) as their muscles and verbal skill... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post PayPal Problems Strike Yet Another Indie Developer

PayPal has, all in all, been great for allowing Web 2.0 economy to grow. For most entities, it's the best way to send money between two people on the internet. Not the case for indie studios. Fir... more

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Johnny Elite
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Johnny Elite commented on Indie Game Review Round-Up: Radical Fishing, Super Crate Box & Serious Sam

Dang! Radical fishing's trailer looks crazy, but I don't think I'd like to play it. I would wanna play Super Crate box though! Reminds me of Donkey Kong and Aero Fighters. Loved those games. Sam lo... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Hideo Kojima and Fox Engine Make Special USC Appearance

Hideo Kojima is one of the biggest names in Japanese game design. He's the man behind every Metal Gear game, each of which has been beautiful but divisive. He's an auteur, a rarity in AAA game desi... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Indie Game Review Round-Up: Radical Fishing, Super Crate Box & Serious Sam

The Netherlands are a hotbed of indie game development, which seems appropriate for such a brilliant and eccentric little nation. Two man Dutch indie developer Vlambeer have found themselves in the... more

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Sven Goossens
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Sven Goossens commented on Sales Stats Show that Gamers Prefer Downloads Over Discs

Yeah! If you download all your games what do you have? Nothing just something what doesn't exxist something you can't hold. I don't evver download a game i wanna hava somthing. ”

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eshian
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eshian commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

I laughed so hard. That little kid deserves it. Although its even funnier that a grown man would lose his temper like that over a game. ”

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Johnny Elite
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Johnny Elite commented on Sales Stats Show that Gamers Prefer Downloads Over Discs

I agree. I like downloadables, but a physical disc is good in case the console dies. ”

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Johnny Elite
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Johnny Elite commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

Budgie smugglers? I like that. But it's definitely not a fantasy of mine! ”

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Randy Yeager
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Randy Yeager commented on Sales Stats Show that Gamers Prefer Downloads Over Discs

I like my disks. There's just something cool about having a physical object that is your game. ”

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Sales Stats Show that Gamers Prefer Downloads Over Discs

The NPD Group is a market research firm that issues the most trusted sales numbers for video games. They just released their second quarter 2011 report, and the trends it reveals confirm much of wh... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post A Closed World: MIT Video Game Confronts Sexual Identity Issues

University video game design programs have been spreading like wildfire around the world over the last ten years. They allow students, researchers and game developers to work on their craft in an a... more

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elkopite
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elkopite commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

@Travis Gafford Not coming from the USA i don't really understand the ratings system of games there, but i'm more than certain that ESRB have rated COD as an M game which is for age 17 and older..n... more

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elkopite
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elkopite commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

Ha Ha Ha is this a personal fantasy of yours?? being choked out by a man in tighty whites...or Budgie Smugglers as they are known in the U.K.....nice post mate, the vision alone brought a smile to ... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Pokemon + Jabbawockeez + YouTube = Kusarine Project

Japan has a tendency to produce things that boggle the Western mind. Its citizens are already responsible for without a question the weirdest music video in the history of the medium. With that sai... more

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Johnny Elite
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Johnny Elite commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

I know plenty of 40 year old gamers, but none as stupid as this guy, but they all seem to have the same lifestyle. Unemployed and playing games in tighty whities with chip crumbs all over their sto... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post 17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competitors Announced

Where did PC games begin? It was before windows, before graphics, even before Zork (pictured in thumbnail). In 1975-76, while working as a programmer at defense contractor and packet switching inv... more

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James A Tyler
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James A Tyler commented on IndieCade: An Indie Gaming Conference and Festival All in One

This sounds really cool. I wish I was in the area. I bet you have a lot of fun. ”

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JD Coverly
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JD Coverly commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

He should have been detained for being under the influence of being 46, unemployed, with 3 kids, and still playing video games. Nothing wrong with older gamers, but that's like a strikeout in respo... more

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Nicholas H Battjes commented on Iconic Indie Game Publisher Interplay Struggles to Make a Comeback

I disagree about the zombies vs. Earthworm Jim issue. Zombie games are all the rage. But Interplay has something most zombie game developers don't: good original IP to work with. Dozens of companie... more

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Travis Gafford
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Travis Gafford commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

In the US it is legal for parents to purchase games for their children, the same way they can permit a child to see a rated R movie. ”

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elkopite
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elkopite commented on UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

Nothing against the mother or child and i'm certainly not condoning what that 46 year old bully did, but isn't C.O.D. an 18 years and over game??our clan had a similar encounter when we were gettin... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post UK Man Chokes 13-Year Old Boy Over Call of Duty: Black Ops Trash Talk

The UK seems to have become an international hotbed of gamers going wild on society. Last week a British Navy sailor killed his superior officer, which parts of the tabloid media blamed on Grand Th... more

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Cory Poole
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Cory Poole commented on Double Fine Improves the Psychonauts Meat Circus!

It was this and the original Deus Ex for me. I played it the first time in 2007 on PC through steam. ”

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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Double Fine Improves the Psychonauts Meat Circus!

Anyone who likes shooters is going to hate me for saying this: the best game of the 2000's for me was Psychonauts by Double Fine Studios. It came out in 2005 for the original Xbox, achieving critic... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Resurrecting the Video Game Magazine: PC Gamer Digital

PC Gamer represents all that was awesome about games journalism in the '90s, now sadly diminished. Brilliant, funny, full of integrity, and solid print sales were always present, and with the tragi... more

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Nicholas H Battjes
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Nicholas H Battjes wrote a blog post Friday Indie Game Review Roundup: Digital Board Games (No Assembly Required)

The noble board game has stalwartly staved off elimination in the face of more technologically advanced video games for four decades. Try as they might, video games just can't seem to surpass them ... more

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elkopite
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elkopite commented on Finally! A Practical Use for Arcade Game Skills

everytime i have clicked on a competition, the small print states "only residents of USA" ”

7 months ago Reply

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