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Flow Creator Explains Why He Went Indie

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2008-05-06 10:31:00 by Jean Snow in Wired: Game|Life
...explains his reasons for leaving the development team behind the upcoming Nintendo DS version of Will Wright's Spore , and why he decided to start his own company You know, the reason we started this company is because nobody is making this kind of game, and to expand that emotional spectrum of video games... The only way to do it is to just...
 
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Atlus Explains RPG Naming Process

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2008-05-30 21:12:42 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
...explains what goes into the crafting the fantastic names found throughout a modern role-playing title Unsurprisingly, it's not quite as simple as merely translating the Japanese names Maragos explains the process using a real example from the game's enemy database. Etrian Odyssey 2 has a hard-coded 8 character limit on enemy names, forcing...
 
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2K explains what's up with BioShock's Xbox 360 'exclusivity'

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2008-07-18 13:13:03 by Isaac C. in Xbox 360
...explains the PlayStation 3-specific code that popped up on the PC version of the game. So why didn't they announce the PS3 version as soon as the 360 version was out? Wilding explains Basically we chose the right time and we had the opportunity after a while, and we said all right, we'll go for it. Obviously we couldn't announce it for a...
 
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Blow explains dilemma of Braid's price to 1Up

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2008-08-07 00:00:00 by Alexander Sliwinski in Joystiq
...explains if the game maintained sales among a niche audience at 800 points he would be "bankrupt or in debt." Then again, if Braid sells moderately well -- and if the buzz over the title keeps going, it should -- he says he could have stuck it out at 800 points and then the game would have probably sold even better. Check out the developer's...
 
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Comic Panel Explains Aquaman, Johnny Cage Absence From Mortal Kombat Vs. DC

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2008-11-26 17:00:39 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...explains the perfectly good reason those characters arent in a fighting game that did have room for Superman, Sub-Zero and that master of fisticuffs Lex Luthor Check out the comic book panel in this post and read the explanation for yourself. Note that the narrator is Dark Kahn, the villain who brought these two universes of characters into a...
 
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Iwata saddened by gossip, explains Nintendo's smile strategy

2008-01-22 06:32:30 by Destructoid.com in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...explains of Nintendo's strategy for the future. Commenting directly on the claims that Nintendo is purposely withholding Wiis in order to create a shortage When I see those types of articles], I honestly feel sad," said Iwata. "Game machine production amounts are set about half a year in advance, so they cannot be easily changed. The concept...
 
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Criterion Explains Why 360's HDD is Necessary for Online Play

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2008-02-04 11:02:48 by Susan Arendt in Game | Life
...explains a post on Criterion's website Equally important to Criterion was ensuring that "all online players could show off new content when they go online," something that simply wasn't going to be possible "by supporting the lowest common storage denominator, the 64Mb Memory Unit, either in size or data read speeds The post goes on to say...
 
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Criterion explains Burnout Paradise online hard drive requirement

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2008-02-04 00:00:00 by Scott Jon Siegel in Joystiq
...explains that it was a priority to have the offline and online modes of the game transition seamlessly into each other, something that wouldn't be possible using the limited space of a memory card. Criterion states that they had been in talks with Microsoft to work out a solution for Core and Arcade owners, but when none could be found they...
 
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Its the Law: ECA Cant Endorse a Prez Candidate - Hal Halpin Explains Why

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2008-02-08 18:46:27 by admin in Video Games Blog
Clinton? Obama? McCain? Huckabee? Ron Paul Differentiating between the major presidential candidates - especially when it comes to video game issues - can be confusing For that reason, Hal Halpin, president of the Entertainment Consumers Association, is often asked which candidatethe gamer-centric organizationendorses for the 2008 presidential...
 
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