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Metro: Last Light DLC and Season Pass Detailed

Metro: Last Light may have only come out a few weeks ago, but Deep Silver isn’t finished with the game by a long shot. Deep Silver announced a series of impending downloadable content to be released this summer, along with a Season Pass to give users discounted access to the whole series. The ‘Faction Pack’ and the ‘Chronicles Pack’ are said to offer new single player content focusing on expanding the universe of Metro: Last Light. The ‘Tower Pack’ aims [...]

Remedy Talks Alan Wake 2, Releases Alan Wake Humble Bundle

During yesterday’s Xbox One reveal, Remedy’s next project, Quantum Break, was announced and given a trailer. Today, Remedy’s creative director Sam Lake released a video addressing fans on exactly what the developer’s new IP means for the Alan Wake saga. In the video, Lake addresses the challenges facing Alan Wake 2. Though the franchise has now sold more than 3 million copies and become somewhat of a cult hit, original sales figures were not as promising. According to Lake, “Even though we [...]

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Josh Whitehurst
April 28, 2013
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Music Does The Game Good

While it is probably one of the lesser appreciated aspects of a video game, (damn graphics and all of their fancy polygons) music is definitely one of the most remembered and cherished. From humming the Mario theme down the street to having the Final Fantasy VII victory fanfare set as a ringtone on your phone and full-fledged orchestral concerts celebrating the sounds that give you a reason to take note and listen, it is and probably will continue to [...]

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Keith Chima
April 4, 2013
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Spotify and Rdio Playlist Inspired by Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami has one of the most fun and original video game soundtracks of the past year (or several, in my opinion). Both the visuals and the music of the game were inspired by the movie Drive, which I also loved. Before watching Drive or playing Hotline Miami, 80s culture kind of, well… creeped me out. Both Drive and Hotline are creepy in their own right, but surprisingly, they actually stimulated my interest for this kind of music. I [...]

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Mike Eaton
March 7, 2013
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[Infinite Themes] The Good Old Emergent Game – My Magical Rookie Season in NHL 2002

Game 1: Edmonton Oilers vs. Vancouver Canucks ‘Mike Eaton’ is a newly created character using NHL 2002 who has my birthday and physical dimensions. I am a 29 year-old rookie in the National Hockey League playing defense for my hometown Edmonton Oilers. My first game has me playing on the third pairing with Igor Ulanov, a hard-nosed conservative defensive player. I want to avoid making mistakes so I play safely too, until late in the third period when we are [...]

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Yamilia Avendano
February 9, 2013
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[Community] Do The Harlem Shake

Watch several Twinfiknights pull a long-distance harlem shake. How does this tie into video games? Honestly, we just find any excuse to twerk it.

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Matthew Stevens
February 5, 2013
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[Rant] Let’s Save the Industry: Violence Edition

Having been in this industry in one way or another for nearly 10 years now, while being an enjoyer of this industry for 26 years, I have seen it grow so much. I’ve seen it take attacks in stride, both create and lose jobs, and turn from a child’s toy into a truly expressive art form. I view the videogame industry like its my child and I want to protect it like its my child. I have a feeling that the [...]

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Brett McLeod
January 16, 2013
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[TSFT] Episode #51: Our Gaming Agenda – The Bioware Edition! (And others too!)

Welcome back! Glad you’re here. You may notice these cool newfangled buttons! Super sleek! Anyway, this week we talk about what we’ve been since our holiday break, and that consists of 80% Bioware titles! We spoil Mass Effect (partially, you’re safe if you haven’t played 3), talk some Dragon Age, KOTOR, and then a little Alan Wake, among some other titles. It’s a fun episode, and be sure to stick around after the credits for an in depth discussion on ravioli, [...]

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Mike Eaton
December 21, 2012
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[Featurama] 2012: A Storied Year For Games

It seemed like one of the hallmarks of last year was open worlds and being able to tackle them however you wanted. Aside from Portal 2, there wasn’t a whole lot in the way of truly unique stories. Sure, Saints Row the Third was hilarious and subversive, but it was a byproduct of the world in which it existed. To be honest, most of the time I couldn’t care less about story in video games. Once in a while however, [...]

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Guest Writers
December 17, 2012
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[Guest Featurama] “Did I ever tell you why I liked video games?”

[Promoted from our inbox, here's another fantastic Guest Writer! Chris Leddy shares a touching story about why he loves video games and why that's all the justification he needs. He's a British games journalist dabbling in the world of PR and Comms on the side. When he's not drinking tea or playing games publicly deemed as awful (Can Lost Planet 2 get a little love?) he can be found over on twitter, incessantly babbling about Mass Effect and Dark Souls.] Throughout my [...]