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    Consoles Are Holding Gaming Back

    Most of the good indie games I've been playing barely look better than SNES games, maybe N64 level. So I don't really care. Do you expect AAA titles to be anything than interactive movies?
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    Zero Punctuation: Mass Effect 3

    I find it wild that so many people are ripping ME3 for its ending. I mean really? Who plays video games for the story? Talk about doing it wrong. Video games writers are, with rare exceptions, people who weren't good enough for books, movies, tv, or even something as lowly as comic books. Video...
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    Skyward Sword

    SS is OK to mediocre. Not great, not terrible. Has some clever and epic moments, has really dull sequences. Motion controls were OK aside from swimming and sometimes the bird view would freak out for some reason. But there's plenty to gripe about besides controls. I can't see myself replaying...
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    What Game Surprised You This Year?

    The Binding of Isaac. Heard zero hype for this game despite the fact it was being made by one of the Meat Boy guys. Looked weird but heard it was good, only $5 on steam, so I tried it out and whoa. Zelda and Robotron with Meat Boy's "cute gross" artstyle makes for wonderful offspring. This is...
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    Name one game that you think has aged well and one that hasn't - CHAT WITH THE STAFF!

    StarCraft and Counter-Strike 1.6 have been around forever and still have hundreds of thousands of people playing them online + major tournaments with serious money and huge amounts of professionals. Who knows how SC will handle its sequel but CS has actually rebuffed attempts by Valve to...