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This article is inspired from the following article [http://kotaku.com/5726933/theyre-selling-comics-on-the-ipad-the-wrong-way] on Kotaku, where the authors describes the problems of buying comics on the iPad. At the same time, Dragon Age 2 is featuring a pre-pre-ordering purchase bonus [http://kotaku.com/5727651/if-you-act-now-dragon-age-iis-exiled-prince-is-free], where you get a special
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Two weeks ago, I told my friends that we were living in a strange time: “We had two good games based on franchises, Batman and Transformers”. He agreed. There we have it, Transformers, War for Cybertron is pretty amazing. The first level just blew me away. The first rule of
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I bought an iPod Touch about a year ago, at the same time the iPhone 3G and 3GS were becoming very popular. I couldn’t afford the iPhone, and the iPod Touch seemed like a reasonable compromise. I was impressed by the App Store and all the applications available on
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Akihabara is often describes as an anime lovers’ and gamers’ paradise. Every year, thousands of foreigners will visit this district, in the hopes of finding that cheap/rare find that they can’t find on the Internet. However, to properly explore Akihabara, you must first understand it. The first time
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Just finished a good play session of Left4Dead 2 and let me tell you, it’s very difficult. Even that sentence seems an understatement. For those new to the world of Left4Dead, an appropriate description is zombie apocalypse. You play one of four survivors, using a wide variety of weapons,
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I blame my thesis work, which is sucking up all my free time. But I do find some time to turn on a console or two, enjoying my Ps3 or my XBox 360. On the Ps3, I’m playing Assassin’s
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Back in September 2008, I wrote about a new company called Good Old Games [http://www.gog.com]. They sell old games, DRM free, which is especially cool. This has become a very lucrative business. Last year, GoG started with only a few games, two of which were Freespace and
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While reading Massively, I saw a mention of a game that I didn’t know before, Torchlight. That was the second time I saw the game name today, the first time was praises from Penny Arcade. So I decided to check it out. The reviews were pretty impressive, a meta
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I have a very bad track record with PC games ported to consoles. My first experience was Diablo for the Playstation. Latter, I discovered a rare copy of Eye of the Beholder for SNES. Both games left a bitter taste in my mouth. Imagine my surprised when it was announced
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I had a chance to see Wet [http://www.rubiwet.com] early in its development, when I visited A2M [http://www.bhvr.com]‘s office in Montreal. My first reaction was: “Hum, this is just like Stranglehold, but with a sword.” The moment I got to play the demo, I
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Students sometime ask me what is the best way to get into the game development business? Well, if you want to become a developper, you can help yourself a lot by getting some development experience with consoles. The easier console to learn happens to be the Gameboy Advance (GBA) and
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In North America, December 26th is considered Boxing Day. The day after Christmas, it features an insane amount of sales, many store clearing their Christmas stock at below cost. It’s a particularly crazy day to visit shipping mall, and the only day were you will see checkout queues online.
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> Deep within the US Army exists elite force deployed for precise tactical operations. These are the men who are totally not the guys I was talking about. Bad Company’s marketing campaign was a huge success for me. Their light-hearted humorous shorts peeked my interest, as well as gaining high
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A couple of month ago, I caved in and bought an Xbox 360. There are several games I wanted to play on that platform and although most of them eventually become available for the PC (Halo, Mass Effect, Gears, etc), I wanted to play them on their original platform. Now,
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Or should I say RockBand 1.2? I recently purchased RockBand 2 [http://www.rockband.com/games/rb2], a necessary upgrade for my RockBand parties. I immediately noticed that RockBand 2 had a very similar fell to its predecessor. This should not be a surprise, since this game is a
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It’s a simple statement: Gears of War 2 is 10 hours of awesome, period! Purchased on November 7th, completed on November 8th, 700 kills and 370 achievement points :-)