New games are announced every single day, so why the hell should I post about this particular one? Assassin’s Creed has captured my imagination and joy ever since the first game in 2007. What some saw as horribly repetitive and flawed game, I saw as a gameplay break through. The graphics of the first game were …
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Apr 20
Can Video Games Make Us Want to Travel?
Last week, I went to Washington D.C for Spring Break. Along with visiting family and looking at GW as a prospective school, I also just wanted to be in D.C, which I’ve always loved as a city. I thoroughly enjoy walking amongst the classical architecture and greek-revival style buildings that line the Washington Mall and …
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Mar 24
Nintendo Announces a New DS. Again?
Well this was an interesting thing to wake up to. Nintendo, rather plainly and with little fanfare, released a notice to the press that they will be unveiling the first true successor to their runaway hit portable game console, the DS. It’s been a long time coming as the venerable DS is now on the …
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Mar 08
Breaking: Steam Comes to the Mac
After a week of teasers and hints, Valve on Monday announced that Steam, their digital distribution service for games, will be coming to Mac OS X in April. Steam is one of the most popular sources for game downloads on PCs and is wildly popular among PC gamers. Valve is one of the game industry’s …
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Feb 08
The Retro Revolution Has Begun
I woke up on February 4th expecting it to be any other day. Yet unbeknown to me, that was the day Sega was set to unveil their new Sonic game, which before was known simply by “Project Needlemouse”. Sega had teased the game by posting virtually every side character to be associated with the spiny …
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Jan 21
The Games of 2010 or “Tell Me What You Want!”
I’m always torn when it comes to gaming, mostly because there is so much good stuff out there to divide my time (and money) but also because I have a terrible anxiety that I’ll make the wrong purchase. For example, I could have bought Batman: Arkham Asylum probably three times before I finally did, because …
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