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2012: The year of player choice in games

This was another fantastic year for video games. The console cycle has been winding down, and developers (both indie and triple-A) are squeezing everything they can out of these machines before the new ones come along. Thanks to that, we …

The Front-Loaded Folly of Game Publishers in 2010

This year, gaming started off with a hyperstylized, hypersexualized bang.

Just a few days after 2010 began, Bayonetta arrived. Her sassy attitude and pure sex appeal made many question whether they or not they could fall in love with pixels. 

A …

Pressing Issue: August 2010 Release Calendar

 

Bitmob.com regularly hosts writing challenges to help budding writers cut their teeth on various situations they may encounter. My task for the "Pressing Issue" challenge was to research and assemble a release calendar for August 2010 including major retail 

First-Person Narcissism

 

The first-person shooter is one of the oldest genres in the videogame industry. Regardless, it still seems to be one of the most financially viable; just take a look at Modern Warfare 2. While developers continue to create both …

Best Xbox 360 RPG: Mass Effect 2

 

Role-Playing games have gone through quite a renaissance since the days of Final Fantasy for the NES. In the modern age of consoles, developers are no longer tied to the older conventions of turn-based attacking and mana bars. Instead, …

Review: Alan Wake

 

From the exciting and foreboding opening lines to the blood-curdling revelations just before the credits, Alan Wake is a nonstop thrill ride. Remedy Studios, the developers behind the acclaimed film-noir series Max Payne, has put five long years …

Why Does Nintendo Continue To Repackage Our Childhoods?

 

With the announcement of the Nintendo 3DS, a DS that renders in three-dimensions, the company is looking for some killer-apps to sell the contraption. While they have some original titles coming down the pipe, there are only two that …