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    Top Ten Trendsetting Games

    Ah kids these days.
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    This Game Is Torture

    "Taboo may be a simpler, wider-spread, and more immediate method of prevention, but it's got massive weaknesses, and is frighteningly easy to subvert." Person B finds reasons to skip the Taboo, but person A is able to skip the Taboo simply because he wants. Ms B will need to find a...
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    Game Design Sketchbook: Regret

    I don't know Jason, I agree with GirlFlash. I think regret is more tied to things we should have done differently and realize that we already knew that at the time - we just let other factors change our decision. In your game, I have no (or little) clue what each animal eats, my decision is...
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    Ahead of its Time: The Fall of Max Payne 2

    MP1 was fantastic in many ways, and MP2 built on top of it, but the entertainment value wore very quickly. I was entranced for the first 2 hours of MP1, then enjoyed the next 2, then went through the motions for another 2, and I don't think I even finished it. I vaguely recall turning the game...
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    Game Developers you love/hate?

    EA Sports?
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    Kane & Lynch & Enough of the Bullshit

    I want to see all the media that is exploiting this affair put their money where their mouth is and hire the man right away. Until then, it's all just noise and throwing cheap dirt on a competitor. My perception is that Gamespot was slowly gaining trust among gamers because of their somewhat...
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    Ubisoft Threatens Legal Action Over Derogatory Cartoon

    Earlier this year in Spain, a classic over-the-top humor magazine (El Jueves) got in some serious trouble after its cover depicted prince Felipe and his wife having sex. Of course putting it in the spotlight only served for that number and the following one (with a parody of their previous...
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    Zero Punctuation: Super Paper Mario

    It still was 3:45 minutes longer than it should.