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Review: Layers of Fear (Microsoft Xbox One)

March 4, 2016

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Review by Lindsay M. Video games are art; this is a well-established fact at this point in time, in large thanks to my fellow game writers. Video games (usually) aim to contain visually pleasing elements combined with writing, music, character creation, art design, and even programming. Imagine how much more…

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March 3, 2016

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News by Matt S. I’m skeptical of any Hollywood attempt to take a Japanese property or idea and spin it into a film. The Ring remake was a beautiful disaster. The Hunger Games (admittedly a book first) was a series of films that looked like Battle Royale with a bigger…

Review: Screencheat (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 3, 2016

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Review by Matt S. I’m not usually big on the whole FPS genre, let alone multiplayer-focused FPSers, but for Screencheat I’ll make an exception any day of the week. A solid throwback to the fond memories I have of split screen Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, Screencheat is a unique, creative…

Review: Mega Man Legacy Collection (Nintendo 3DS)

March 3, 2016

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Review by Clark A. Although Mega Man is by far Capcom’s most prolific franchise, it’s been about half a decade since the company devoted any serious resources to it. Capcom hasn’t erased the blue bomber but rendered him the equivalent of a niche Mickey Mouse. He’s retained his iconic status…

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March 3, 2016

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Feature by Danica Dee. Today is Doll’s Day, or Girl’s Day in Japan (Hinamatsuri). One of the lesser-known Japanese special days outside of the country, it’s nevertheless an important religious holiday, and I thought it might be nice to highlight it here today. Hinamatsuri is, as the name suggests, a…

On creating languages for Far Cry Primal

March 2, 2016

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Interview by Matt S. Okay, so one of the coolest features in Far Cry Primal was easily the fact that Ubisoft commissioned an entire language for it to tell its story through. Now, creating a language is not a simple matter of taking existing words and coming up with some nonsense…

Review: Heavy Rain (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 2, 2016

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Review by Matt S. As much respect as I have for David Cage, I hadn’t actually played Heavy Rain before. I didn’t have a PlayStation 3 when it first launched, and when I did eventually pick one up, there were an awful lot of games I had to catch up…

Review: Adventures of Mana (Apple iPhone)

March 2, 2016

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Review by Matt S. The Mana series is the closest that Square Enix comes to a B-grade franchise. That’s not to say the games released under its name are bad (I’m one of the very few that genuinely love Children of Mana on the Nintendo DS), but with the exception…

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March 2, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Well readers, I am going to be upfront about this: if you choose to go further than this paragraph, you may not want to do it in a public or work setting. Now that you’re tucked away in a corner somewhere on your cell phone, here’s…

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March 1, 2016

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News by Matt S. A bit of a boast piece here, but I do think that the article will be of great interest to DDNet readers. I’ve written an in-depth piece on the social implications of Hatsune Miku, virtual and augmented reality, and the idea of constructed realities. That article…

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