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Review: Just Dance 2016 (Microsoft Xbox One)

November 4, 2015

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There is nothing wrong with Just Dance 2016. By now the series is well-established, and people know what they are more or less getting out of it each year. Fans of the series will no doubt feel right at home with the music and modes, though an argument could be…

Review: Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations (Microsoft Xbox One)

November 3, 2015

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“Adventure Time, c’mon grab your friends. We’ll go to very distant lands. With Jake the dog and Finn the human, the fun will never end, it’s Adventure Time!” The Adventure Time theme song actually suits Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations. I spent my time playing the game with a…

Interview: An academic look at Life is Strange

November 3, 2015

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One of the things that I am most excited about with the games industry are titles like Life is Strange. More than simply entertaining games, works like Life is Strange also have academic merit, offering experiences through the interactivity, visual design, and narrative that come together to provide us with…

Review: Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft Xbox One)

November 3, 2015

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All in all, Halo 5: Guardians is an excellent game. It tells a story about two teams, and in many ways is a tale of two games as well. While many shooters have chosen to forgo a campaign completely, or have become tokenistic in effort at best, Halo 5 continues…

I have deep concerns with STEM being the focus of game developer education

November 3, 2015

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For aspiring game developers, it’s all about STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has become the toast of education systems in general, with the rationale that they best prepare children for future vocations, as they are increasingly going to rely on one, if not all, of the above four…

Tin Man Games meets crowdfunding goal for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain in a mere 36 hours

November 2, 2015

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Tin Man Games, the Melbourne-based dev that is arguably the best digital gamebook maker of this generation, has reached the goal of its current crowdfunding campaign less than 36 hours after the launch. As of writing, the Kickstarter campaign for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain has raised $26,859 AUD (the…

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November 2, 2015

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I really wish Microsoft called the upcoming Xbox update something better than “New Xbox One Experience,” because then I wouldn’t feel so silly writing about it. Still, the label certainly boils it down: on November 12, Xbox One owners will be able to update their consoles to have a new…

Anime Impressions: One Punch Man

November 2, 2015

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One Punch Man should by all means be a one trick pony. How can a show centred on defeating over the top bad guys maintain any prolonged interest when the main hero can dispatch them all with (you guessed it) one punch? If fighting was the crux of One Punch…

Review: Devil’s Third (Nintendo Wii U)

November 2, 2015

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“What do they make these out of?” An all-American soldier asks, after setting down explosives to take down a locked (traditional) Japanese gate, only for those explosives to go boom and the gate left without so much as a scratch. For me, that moment became the defining moment of Devil’s…

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November 2, 2015

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Hot on the heels from the unfortunate revelation that Nintendo has censored the English release of Project Zero on the Wii U to strip a bikini costume out of it, comes the news that it has done the same thing with its upcoming Xenoblade JRPG, on the same console. This…

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