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Worth Reading: 07/14/2014
As this feature shuffles over to Monday morning, let's reflect on last week's news experiments before a bunch of really thoughtful pieces take over.
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Sega Pleases, Enrages Alien Fans With Isolation's Pre-Order DLC [UPDATED]
Most pre-order DLC has been garbage, but Alien: Isolation's reunites the cast of Ridley Scott's Alien. Shouldn't fans be happy with that?
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Grim Fandango Update Also Coming to PC, Mac, Linux
It's another "console" exclusive that's not really exclusive at all. Hooray!
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Why Is Microsoft's Plan to Turn Retail Xbox Ones into Dev Kits News Today?
A lesson in pulling the trigger on a news story.
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What Happens When a Developer Catches You Pirating Its Game
In the case of Skullgirls, it's a humanizing conversation about game development that we could all probably take a lesson from.
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An International 4 Stream For People Like Me
I barely understand DOTA 2, which is why I'm glad commenting for newcomers exists.
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Cliff Bleszinski's New Shooter Is Codenamed BlueStreak
The former Gears of War designer is partnering with F2P behemoth Nexon on its first game.
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You've Never Seen a DOOM Mod Like This
There are still designers happily working in John Carmack's DOOM engine. Sam Prebble, developer of the ambitious and impressive Total Chaos, is one of them.
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Worth Reading: 06/27/2014
It might be the first week of summer, but there's still plenty of time to sit around with a pot of coffee and read, right?
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Satoru Iwata Had Surgery Last Week
A growth was found in Iwata's bile duct, explaining why Nintendo's leader wasn't at E3 this year.
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A Conversation With Wolfenstein: The New Order's Jens Matthies
The creative director for one of 2014's most surprising games talks about how MachineGames made Wolfenstein relevant in the modern age.
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Worth Reading: 06/20/2014
With E3 headed into the rearview mirror, let's settle in and click on things. Lots of things.
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Worth Reading: 06/06/2014
Once again, we'll be taking a break next week, but not before a cold, calculated reflection on the importance of Mario Kart's blue shell.
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Nintendo's Satoru Iwata Missing E3 Over Health Issues
Iwata's physician advised the Nintendo leader to take a break from overseas travel.
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Microsoft Releases Xbox One Controller Drivers for Windows
Games that support Xbox 360 controllers will work automatically.
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Godzilla, Wolfenstein, and Our Obsession With the Same Stories
We want everything to be new, but video games are often endlessly pulling from the past. For some stories, there's a good reason why.
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Forza Horizon 2 Is Coming
Somewhat curiously, it's also being released on Xbox 360.
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Worth Reading: 05/23/2014
Both this and Worth Playing are taking a week off, so let's go out with a bang.
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ZeniMax Files Lawsuit Against Oculus
This dispute just became a bit more serious.
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Dark Souls Creator Now From Software's President
Hidetaka Miyazaki has now assumed a very high position of power at his company.
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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Ends Tuesday for Wii, DS
The many hours spent playing Mario Kart DS in college are suddenly coming back to me.
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Worth Reading: 05/16/2014
I've got Godzilla on the brain as the weekend approaches, alongside a week's worth of links.
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Kinect Died in the Uncanny Valley
It's not over for Kinect on Xbox One, but how we reached this moment might have been signaled a long, long time ago.
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Far Cry 4 Is Coming
Ubisoft has confirmed the inevitable, and it's headed our way later this year.
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These Developers Decided to Start Making Games in a Van
After years working on Star Wars: The Old Republic, a group of Austin creatives bought a van, and started touring the country.
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So I Scrapped a Tomodachi Life Feature, But Wanted to Share This Anyway
In light of The Sims 4 and Tomodachi Life, it seemed like a good time to ask ratings organizations to explain their policies on LGBT content in games. It's all good news.
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Microsoft's Also Making Changes to Xbox Live
You no longer need Gold for Netflix and other apps, and Games with Gold is expanding.
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Nintendo Promises Future Tomodachi Games Will Be More "Inclusive"
The company has quickly backtracked from its original comments.
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Worth Reading: 05/09/2014
Don't worry, I'm not about to turn Worth Reading into feature where I just read links into a camera for an hour.
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The Next Unreal Tournament's Starting Development Today
Epic Games is quite literally starting from scratch with its latest competitive shooter.
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The Nintendo News You Missed Last Night
Nintendo's getting into the NFC craze, making apps, and more.
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Dying Light, Elder Scrolls Online on Consoles Both Delayed
In the weeks before E3, games are shifting release dates.
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Oculus Sharply Responds to ZeniMax Allegations
So far, the companies are happy to dispute one another in the court of public opinion.
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Infinity Ward, Neversoft Merging into Single "Super Studio"
Neversoft collaborated on Call of Duty: Ghosts, and now the two companies will be even closer.
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Worth Reading: 05/02/2014
I'm just as surprised as you are that Andrew W.K. is featured this week.
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ZeniMax Challenging Facebook Over Oculus Technology
John Carmack's contributions are at the center of the dispute.
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Indonesia May Be Developing the Next Great Horror Game
And the developers are hoping it's a chance to put the country on the map for serious game development.
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A Museum Just Acquired 22 Pallets of Atari History
Video games are getting older, and institutions like The Strong are doing their best to preserve, archive, and exhibit its past.
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Worth Reading: 04/25/2014
From the abandoned architecture of World of Warcraft to drowning simulators, there's a little bit of everything this week.
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As Nintendo Evolved, So Did Animal Crossing
The weird series about sharing, communication, and chopping trees has shown how teams with wildly varying backgrounds have changed game development for the better.
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