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Mortal Kombat's Johnny Cage joins Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, and Raiden as the fifth representative from the series to be inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame. Next week's character will be from Street Fighter.
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Some Japanese dub suggestions for Hade II based on its Early Access There are 2 official statements to make here: on the on hand, Supergaint Games is in the “bigger, badder” sequel business now; on the other, I have probably become a loyalist to that studio. Hades II came out as Early Access surprisingly but not that surprisingly in an, er shall we say, interesting week. After all, it’s not eve...
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Last year, in a year packed with so many high profile releases that I couldn't get to every one that I wanted to play (totally unlike this year where that's already happened and the year isn't even half over), Hi-Fi Rush was the game that I wanted to play most, but didn't. And it was entirely because it wasn't on the console I own, if I had a modern Xbox, or a gayming PC, I absolutely would hav...
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Gen 3 Consoles: NES w/ chips, SMS, A7800, GB, GG (besides the color palette) Games pictured: Forbidden Forest, Donald Duck's Playground, Pitstop II, Entombed, Summer Games 2, World Games, California Games, Defender of the Crown, IK+, The Last Ninja, IO, Operation Wolf, R-Type, Cabal, Stunt Car Racer, Turrican, Another World (different), Turrican II, Flimbo's Quest, Wrath of the Demon, Creatures...
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Fellow Amico enthusiasts, it’s time to get excited! For those who used to follow the intellivision Amico project the last couple years have been fallow. Tommy Tallarico has left the company and the Internet, abandoning his previous commitment to posting through every failure and disaster, and activity has died way down. Intellivision still exists as a sort of zombie company but they’re not clai...
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Hey there and welcome back to another enormous map for Indie Explormer of the Week to uncover one traversal upgrade at a time. Our non-linear search action selection this time is Supraland: Six Inches Under , a standalone expansion for the inestimable Supraland (covered back in IGotW #297 ). As with its predecessor, it follows a civilization of sapient plasticine people in some kid's backyard a...
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Here's a hot take for you: The gaming industry is in the toilet! Yeah, I'm not about to tell you anything that you also haven't thought about recently. But I've really been shaken up this past week, and a word vomit post is my only way to really process it. The consolidation and layoff train has been rolling for years by now, but the last straw for me was Xbox's closure of Arkane Austin and Tan...
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Many people today are turning to online platforms like social media to form connections. However, according to Scott Swanson, the founder and CEO of the revolutionary communication platform Bonder , these social media platforms claiming to unite us are causing much more harm than good. Restoring connection to the world Despite the seemingly interconnected nature of today’s online world, we migh...
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I want to be clear from the outset that I’m not talking about Microsoft’s involvement in games being under threat. Xbox owns Minecraft and Call of Duty. It spent almost $100 billion buying game makers over the past decade. The gaming division is now bigger than Windows. Microsoft isn’t leaving gaming, or if it does it will be by spinning off the gaming division into its own company or possibly...
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@zombiepie has accused me of downplaying the gravity of Microsoft, and by association Phil Spencer’s recent actions so I want to start off by acknowledging that the recent job destruction at Microsoft is a choice, made by someone at Microsoft, totally unnecessary in a company as rich and profitable as it is, and inexcusable in both their existence and execution. But while Microsoft’s implementa...
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Up next to join the Video Game Hall of Fame is Morrigan Aensland, the first Darkstalker and latest Capcom representative to join my Video Game Hall of Fame, alongside Mega Man, Jill Valentine, Ryu, Chun-Li, Ken, Guile, Leon Kennedy, Dante, Arthur, Nemesis T-Type, Akuma, M. Bison and Chris Redfield. The next addition for May 2024 will be a Mortal Kombat favorite.
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I know, you didn't think I'd realize that 40 is XL and not XXXX, didn't you? I'm not as look as I dumb, turns out. Anyway, after passing that incredibly low bar, I'm back once again for more delicious Sega Genesis/Mega Drive tapes. Well, at least that's what I'd like to report but we're still neck-deep in the holiday shovelware rush of November '93 and that means more licensed tie-ins. Five of...
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Note: The following article contains moderate spoilers for Half-Life. Over the past fortnight, I've been revisiting the original Half-Life, and its remake, Black Mesa, chewing over their weapons, setting, and place in FPS history. Now, I want to pick around the edges, to talk about the trivia. We're going to take some time out to explore the physics of Half-Life further. The Anti-Mass Spectrome...
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My brother and I had a PlayStation growing up in the 90’s, though it served as a JRPG machine more so than anything else. All the Final Fantasy games, Legend of Dragoon, Breath of Fire III and IV; heck, I even played Chrono Trigger for the first time on the console as part of Final Fantasy Chronicles with its ridiculously bad load times. As a result, I didn’t really expand my horizons beyond my...
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I was discussing the WiiU on a separate blogpost where I started looking at the top games I played on the system. Turns out, only 6 of the top games I played were WiiU games and the rest were Virtual Console ports of SNES and N64 games. List looks like this: 1. Breath of the Wild: 70+ hours 2. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE: 60+ hours 3. Mario Kart 8: 40+ hours 4. Mario's Super Picross(Virtual Conso...
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Gaming has long been a beloved pastime for many, providing an escape from the rigours of everyday life and allowing players to immerse themselves in fantastical worlds and thrilling adventures. As a longtime gamer, I have always cherished the time spent playing video games, although as responsibilities have grown, finding the time to indulge in gaming has become increasingly challenging. This d...
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It's 2024 and we're all used to constantly being cheated, manipulated, scammed, and nickeled and dimed in our real lives. It's just part of living in modern society, especially in the U.S. Whether it's grocery store shrinkage labeled as "new and improved," printers that have chips to avoid you using after market ink replacements AND that refuse to print in black and white after emptying their o...
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Hey team, we're back with another explormer on Indie Explormer of the Week, but wait! Put down those rotten fruits, dear sirs and madams, as there's a significant change-up this time: this explormer's a 3D explormer ! Quite the novel shift to the staid formula around here, right? Pseudoregalia kinda feels like... if the Klonoa team at Namco played Team Ico's Ico , was inspired to whip up a plat...
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Nina Williams, a Tekken fan favorite, joins Kazuya, Jin, Heihachi, and Paul as the fifth Tekken character to join my Video Game Hall of Fame. Next week's entry will be a perennial Capcom favorite.
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This week, let's delve into two interesting narrative tools that can express themselves a bit differently in video games: The meta moment and the fourth wall break. First off I am not talking about the more recent, alternative meaning of meta, which basically means the optimal strategy/ies to win in a game and tends to be used when talking about competitive MP games. Meta moments are when a gam...
