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This week's roundup includes pieces on Disco Elysium & Pistol Whip, as well as articles or videos on the science of addiction, Japanese arcades, cryptography in Mario Maker 2, and lots more besides.
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This week's roundup includes impressions and reviews of a whole bunch of big holiday titles, from Death Stranding through Luigi's Mansion 3 to Modern Warfare and beyond, as well as neat pieces on food in games, Junji Ito's influence on our medium, & lots
So, I’ve been spending time corresponding with the kind folks who replied to my ‘call for Steam data’. This is the first in a series of columns exposing some of that data - or interviewing folks anonymously about their experiences.
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This week's highlights include a couple of pieces on the hotly awaited The Outer Worlds, and a gratifyingly complex New York Times magazine piece on the nature of game addiction - or indeed, any addiction.
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This week's highlights include the end (and resurrection) of Fortnite, an early look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, plus a whole heap of new titles under the microscope - from Manifold Garden to Killer Queen Black to Disco Elysium and far beyond.
Interpreting some real-world data posted on Twitter by David Leon, the lead creator of shadow-based stealth action game Aragami, to find out some interesting facts about Steam Daily Deals & DLC attach rates.
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I think 6-8 hours probably ...
I think 6-8 hours probably is good enough But there 's no definitive number. I just know I see a lot of complaints when 20 games are 2 or 3 hours long...
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Horror games are an interesting ...
Horror games are an interesting one I actually think they are still a relatively under-developed genre, given how popular horror movies are right now in movie theaters. So I think they are more fertile ground than a number of other genres Good luck with it.
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This is based on anecdotal ...
This is based on anecdotal comments from 2 or 3 indies that I know, for which that was true. I do think, if it 's a 20 game, that you used to sell 5,000 copies over time pretty easily, which is 100k. Don 't forget that the long tail was ...
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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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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 ...
