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GameSetLinks: The N+ Amiga Green Stuff

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2008-09-07 00:00:44 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...GameSetLinks In here somewhere - a new mini-competition for the new N+ XBLA pack, custom Bangai-O DS levels from pro designers, new official Amiga emulation packs, Jeff Green's game journalism departure (aw!), geeked-out collector things, and much more Things to do N+ Level Pack Contesque: Part the Second | metablog Another gigantic N+ XBLA...
 
Tags: game, consumer game journalism, level, xbla level, game journalism departure, level pack contesque, departure, games, rp2
 
 
 
 
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In-Depth: EA's Gibeau On Reinvigorating EA Games

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2008-09-06 16:00:11 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Games' Frank Gibeau about the continuing -- if you believe it, which I believe I do, somewhat -- reinvention of Electronic Arts as a more creative, progressive game company. And that's worth a crosspost here on GSW, I think Since its unveiling during Game Developers Conference 2005, Will Wright's evolution sim Spore has become a huge...
 
Tags: idea, pretty powerful idea, games, company, label, progressive game company, casual label, original creative idea, design team
 
 
 
 
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COLUMN: 'The Aberrant Gamer - What Women Want'

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2008-09-06 08:00:22 by Leigh Alexander in GameSetWatch
...Gamer is happy to return as a biweekly, sometimes NSFW column by Leigh Alexander, dedicated to the kinks and quirks we gamers tend to keep under our hats those predilections and peccadilloes less commonly discussed in conventional media Why dont women like the big console games? Someone asked me recently As a female game journalist, Im one of...
 
Tags: modern console games, console games, game design professionals, game design, games, casual games biz, game, preferences, female preferences
 
 
 
 
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Best Of Indie Games: Adventures in Space

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2008-09-06 00:00:02 by timw in GameSetWatch
...Games.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days, as well as any notable features on his sister 'state of indie' weblog This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this...
 
Tags: indie, commercial indie games, games, commercial indie, indie games, game pick, unlike grubby games, players, weblog editor tim
 
 
 
 
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Not Quite Game Time With Mister Raroo: (Side) Eye Training in Minutes a Day!

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2008-09-05 16:00:34 by Bill Sannwald in GameSetWatch
...games with a look at Flash Focus for the Nintendo DS. As it turns out, Mister Raroo's prescription called for eye strain, dizziness, and an eventual secession from the exhausting demands that Nintendo places upon its loyal fans Of Side Eyes and Chalazions When my niece Autumn was in fifth grade, I was introduced to the term side eye. A boy in...
 
Tags: eyes focus, focus, flash focus, properly focus, flash focus strains, eye, afraid flash focus, eye homework, eye strain
 
 
 
 
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Column: Diamond in the Rough - 'A Body in the Dark'

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2008-09-05 08:00:57 by Thomas Cross in GameSetWatch
...game makes on an old, tired aspect of game design -- an innovation that contributes to the advancement of video games as a medium, but that might get overlooked because the game is not otherwise remarkable or is hindered by major design flaws When playing a video game, the physical presence of your character is often strangely difficult to...
 
Tags: body, game, dark game strikes, person, person view, video game, person games, in-game character presence, blink edwards eyes
 
 
 
 
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GameSetLinks: Inside The Cave Of Bootleg City

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2008-09-05 00:00:46 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...game links, and you guys keep reading them, so it sounds like this symbiotic relationship is still going relatively well, eh Actually, I'm off on holiday as you read this (Hawaii, since you ask - maybe I should go find Henk Rogers and say hi!), but fortunately, posting ahead and a pleasant leisure schedule should mean relatively little...
 
Tags: games, video games, 16-bit games, inside games, art, web art game, 128-unit sidney apartments, unit, list
 
 
 
 
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Opinion: Should The Government Intervene Over Online Games?

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2008-09-04 16:00:49 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...games, creating games that are "...designed like fast-moving consumer goods, trendy fashion items, and in some cases, like drugs." Is government intervention a good thing here The Olympics are over and life is returning to semi-normality to Beijing and China, if you count another earthquake and the Para-Olympics normal In a reminder of when...
 
Tags: online games, chinese, chinese games, games, chinese online games, industry, chinese game industry, china game team, china
 
 
 
 
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COLUMN: Bell, Game, and Candle - 'What Kind of Game Would Unicorns or John McCain Play?'

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2008-09-04 08:00:13 by Alex Litel in GameSetWatch
...Game, and Candle' is a regular GameSetWatch column by game commentator Alex Litel, discussing stuff that happens in the game business. This time - a [verbally NSFW] discussion with a unicorn and a fundraiser foray provide insight into earthly troubles Oh fuck, Alex, I already have to deal with enough fucking demos; I dont need different...
 
Tags: mccain, john mccain, john, unicorn, 23-year-old unicorn, unicorn named roger, roger, game, unicorns