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on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 10:42:00 EST
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This week's highlights include pieces on formidable '90s-style first-person shooter Dusk, the classic '80s game that inspired the Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch, and a surprising mega-roundup of 2018's best 'game jam' games.
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This week's highlights include a detailed look at what 2019 may bring in terms of business trends & games - as well as a whole host of other leftover 2018 highlights, daily 'meditations' on games, a Chinese indie megahit, and lots more.
This week's video game article & video highlights include another gigantic chunk of 'end of year' charts, discourses, thoughts and ruminations.
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on Sun, 23 Dec 2018 10:50:00 EST
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This week's highlights include a multitude of 'best of' lists of the top games of the year - from video through group round-ups to individual highlights.
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on Sun, 16 Dec 2018 11:34:00 EST
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This week's highlights showcase Below, Mutant Year Zero, Hades, Gris, and Ashen - all of which have standout features - with reviews in the round-up, as well as more 'best of the year' & more besides.
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This week's surprisingly video-heavy highlights include a great mini-doc about the history of the Punch-Out franchise, a review (& compendium of reviews) for the latest acclaimed Smash Bros. game, & a multitude of other neatness.
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[Blog - 11/19/2017 - 10:41]
A lot of the rest ...
A lot of the rest of that article is interesting, but that seems badly sourced - though I will say America 's Army the game is still being updated even now, and there 's even an eSports league for it, I guess. r n r nAlso, I still claim the ...
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[News - 11/30/2016 - 03:11]
Having worked in AAA 15-20 ...
Having worked in AAA 15-20 years ago, and left partly because of some things that could arguably have been ameliorated by unionization working hours, in particular , I 'm very sympathetic to the argument. Unfortunately, I think 15-20 years ago was the time that this move would have been much ...
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[Blog - 10/12/2016 - 10:31]
FWIW, I think that '32,000 ...
FWIW, I think that '32,000 copies sold ' stat is pretty misleading - it was a median as of 2015, but that 's including massive lifetime numbers for games, and a lot of games being in bundles too. My impression is that a brand new Steam game launching in 2016 ...
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[News - 12/28/2015 - 10:18]
Thanks - we 've updated ...
Thanks - we 've updated the story to reflect these edits, and also added another data point: A Gamasutra-authored survey conducted in early 2014 suggested that solo indie developers earned an average income of 11,812 in 2013, down 49 percent from 2012 s 23,130 average . r n r nAs ...
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[Blog - 10/26/2015 - 08:05]
I 've been a fan ...
I 've been a fan of 'writing about games and not just for review ' for a decade plus now - as you guys might/might not know, I used to commission cheaply, but it was paid a lot of criticism for the now defunct GameSetWatch website, including a number of ...
