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I originally submitted this as my Square Enix entry for the 11th Annual E3 Banner Contest : I then decided to follow it up with a dumb video as well: And here's the full picture:
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I originally submitted this as my Square Enix entry for the 11th Annual E3 Banner Contest : I then decided to follow it up with a dumb video as well: And here's the full picture:
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Note: The following article contains spoilers for The LEGO Movie, Halo: Combat Evolved, and Halo 3. There was something mildly irritating lurking in the back of my head as I came away from Microsoft last year . It's not that their conference was in any way a disaster; in fact, it had a lot of high points, but I didn't feel that buzz that most people seemed to on the back of their presser. For m...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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E3 Day -1: Ys E3 Day 0: The Legend of Heroes E3 Day 1: Zwei E3 Day 2: Xanadu E3 Day 3: Everything Else For 2019's Alternative to E3 series, we're looking at a bunch of Falcom games! I've loved this RPG developer for a while and have been searching for an excuse to talk more about them, so that's what we're doing this year instead of poring over E3 trailers and news. Be sure to check Day -1 for...
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I'm still not convinced by the notion that E3 is dying, at least, not in the immediate. It makes perfect sense that when modern social media allows you to beam trailers and gameplay directly to customers all year round, that you're no longer reliant on a one-off expo where you woo the established press to do it for you. However, there are some things you can't do with games over the internet, t...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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E3 Day -1: Ys E3 Day 0: The Legend of Heroes E3 Day 1: Zwei E3 Day 2: Xanadu E3 Day 3: Everything Else Hey all, and welcome to another break away from the hectic E3 season. Most of the site wholeheartedly embraces the maelstrom of reveals and news during what is still currently the biggest event in gaming - no-one's more excited than our own moderator king Marino, who is already busy uploading...
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While E3 is always a time for excitement and speculation, it's also a time for more scepticism and questioning than we usually do. The expo might look like video game Christmas to those of us with a passion for the medium. From the perspective of the people who fund the conferences and booths, it's an advertising platform. We wouldn't take commercials for dishwasher tablets or home insurance at...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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Preamble I'm not ready for E3, nor shall I ever truly be ready. I'm not going to lie, E3 is a bit of a "burden" for me. For one, the constant cycle of live streams has, on several occasions, broken me to the point of exhaustion. Likewise, as a moderator of a video game website, I can tell you the event surfaces some all too familiar feelings of anxiety. While inclusivity in video games is inchi...
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A good video game environment is one that can balance breathless spectacle, deadly hazards for the requisite challenge, and a certain mutability that ensures the journey through is never too predictable - and no better environment provides all three of these traits than the human mind. I covered the first release from Bedtime Digital Games a few months ago - the isometric somnambulist puzzler B...
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I wasn't quite sure what to write about this week, since I was preparing my soul and sanity for another hectic E3 schedule - which, if you're not familiar with my foolish predilections, also involves a daily blogging series and many trailer reviews in addition to moderating the chat - when I realized that there was a certain throughline with some of my Indie Game of the Week articles whenever a...
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In a recent interview Jonathan Blow said that indie games peaked around 2008-2012 ( which is extremely convenient coming from the guy who made a best selling indie in 2008). Anyway, here is a bunch of indie games released since then that disprove this easily disprovable point. Gunpoint (2013) Antichamber (2013) Gorogoa (2017) Snake Pass (2017) SuperHot (2016) Roundabout (2014) The Banner Saga (...
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Warning; Heavy spoilers ahead! Do not read if you haven't beaten the game. We are used to be able to fix things in games. Beat the big bad boss, save the world, achieve success. So while the stated mission in Outer Wilds is "explore", I automatically adjusted it to "stop the sun from exploding" the first time that happened. What do you do then, when you slowly realize during the course of your...
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It’s no secret that video games reward time in a way most hobbies do not – the more you play the more interesting content one gets to see, the more immersed one becomes in the setting of a game, the better one gets at it, and the mechanics become more intricate and interesting. But I find, especially during school/study, it becomes increasingly hard to both play games and to enjoy them. I go th...
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As we all know, E3 is less than a week away! As another year of high-profile announcements draws ever closer, now is the perfect time to unwind with smaller experiences. This week, I played through two very short indie games on the Switch , both published by Devolver Digital and focusing on animal characters. What are the odds, right? You might already be familiar with Ape Out because of its ey...
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It's that most magical time of the year. No, it's not your bimonthly call from your STD doctor giving you an all-clear. No, it's not the birthday you'll spend alone smashing discounted storebought cake into your mouth because it's the only thing left that gives you feeling on a day that means absolutely nothing to you anymore. No, it's not new underwear day, although hey, it could be both - tre...
sparky_buzzsaw (Premium member)
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Another month, another round-up. May's always one of my busiest months for blogging due to my own stupid machinations; it's when I decide to embark on a month-long spring-cleaning of my backlog. I've been giving over May to these ridiculous missions for seven years now, and yet my list of games to play never seems to diminish. Strange. This will be a very blog-heavy update, focusing almost enti...
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The past I've had my launch Oculus Rift since day-ish one. (That initial launch/shipping thing for the Rift was a mess.) I've loved VR. I haven't played as much VR as I thought I would, but I've enjoyed it. If you asked me before I got the Rift, I thought I'd end up living in VR and only play VR games. Why not? I'd say it was mostly down to the types of games plus the resolution and fov weren't...
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We've reached the end of May, so here's my list of current and upcoming games for the PlayStation Vita. May was a solid month for releases, opening with Vblank's retro open world crime simulator Shakedown Hawaii . It continued with another batch of Ratalaika indie ports like My Big Sister , Devious Dungeon 2 , Back in 1995 , and Warlock's Tower , as well as more of Kemco's retro JRPGs in the fo...
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Welcome to the Bucketlog! It's going to be 2019's year-long blog series, focusing on games I've been meaning to play since forever. I've put together a list derived from a mix of systems, genres, and vintages because it's starting to look like 2019 might be the first "lean" year for games in a spell (though time will tell whether that pans out to be true) and I figured this would be a fine oppo...
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Preamble Before we jump into the "real" purpose of my blog, I want you to look at this GameSpot Tweet and realize how older we are right now. The best games that turn 10 this year https://t.co/HU5jkEjbKB pic.twitter.com/jUku9ZmMUn — GameSpot (@GameSpot) April 21, 2019 While people champion 2008 as one of the most significant individual years in video games, 2009 remains unfortunately forgotten....
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I don't know if we have a concept page for this, but The Mooseman is another in a series of what I tend to call Anthropology Adventure games: those that exist in part to educate the world about the customs and folklore of the developers' distant ancestors. Other examples of this include Year Walk , which invoked an ancient Swedish legend, and Never Alone , which did the same for a traditional I...
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Turns out there was a lot of information I either elided or flat out misinterpreted when writing the Arx Fatalis Intro , so let's start with that. Perhaps the most significant of omissions was the fact that Arx Fatalis was the inaugural game of the French developer Arkane Studios , better known these days for Dishonored and Prey - it's very evident after a few hours of Arx Fatalis where Arkane...
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So it's been a long two years. Let's talk highlights. +Going back to school! +Being a grown ass adult! +Started losing weight! +Wrestling has never been better! +Worked for Retro World Expo +Running a WWF No Mercy Tournament for Retro World Expo +Getting lots of interviews! +Meditation Rules Let's talk negatorino's -Still at the same place! -Lawyers! -Student debt! -Not finding a job that makes...
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I was listening to a Bombcast a few months ago and Ben Pack mentioned that "Ben" on the website hasn't made an update in 6 years. I haven't made an update in a while either but that's mainly because I have no reason to. I still use the site and stuff. I don't know if GiantBomb will introduce sunsetting old accounts that are inactive, but if they do I hope this post will reset my counter for the...
