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By Nick2930, on November 15th, 2012%
So, I've been sitting down to finally get some quality time in with Assassin's Creed 3 lately and, at about halfway through the game, I have to frankly admit that it's a marvel. The setting, the story, the mix of historical events and fiction set against the tumultuous birth of our country….one has no option [...] . . . → Read More: When What Is Optional Is Mandatory: The Bizarre Nature Of Assassin’s Creed 3
By Nick2930, on October 30th, 2012%
As our species has become more technologically advanced, we've become more distanced from the world our distant ancestors inhabited, back when they were focusing on how to walk about on two legs. Largely this has been a good development as now we don't have to worry about being eaten by a wild animal in our [...] . . . → Read More: Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken Review (PC)
By Nick2930, on October 23rd, 2012%
The use of stealth in combat has always been depicted as a rather flashy affair, especially when the practitioner of the art is Batman. The cape, the helmet, the inverted takedown….he's like a one man Broadway production of stealth combat. It's only natural therefore that we should like to produce this effect in the games [...] . . . → Read More: The Stumbling Shadow: The Problem With Stealth in Video Games
By Nick2930, on September 26th, 2012%
People tell stories and, as we've evolved both as lifeforms and as a culture, our methods of telling stories have evolved as well. The latest incarnation of our storytelling technology is the video game which, despite the bad press it has gotten form certain sources, is a thing that I believe is ultimately a benefit [...] . . . → Read More: Videogames: The Future of Storytelling
By Nick2930, on September 15th, 2012%
I've always been a big believer in the idea that games should do more then just exercise your hands, and that's why I've always been a big fan of tower defense games. These have often been a simple yet challenging formula that keep me diverted for hours and that's why I was excited to have [...] . . . → Read More: Shad’O Review – Otherworldly Tower Defense
By Nick2930, on September 8th, 2012%
I was playing Yager Entertainment's Spec Ops: The Line when I came up for the idea for this article, and what prompted me to sit down and type this all out was the fact that the game wasn't, strictly speaking, fun. Was it a pretty game? Absolutely. Were the characters people I felt concern for? [...] . . . → Read More: The Perils Of Being Ordinary
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