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Tokyo, Our Favorite Punching Bag
Shin Megami Tensei IV demonstrates once again that blowing up Tokyo is one of science fiction's favorite apocalyptic gimmicks.
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Lunch Freebie: Treasure Trap
Today on Lunch Freebie, we've got a browser-based title that let you play as the soul of a displaced monarch, one who wants nothing more than to keep his tomb safe.
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Blast from the Past: The Dawn of the First-Person Shooter
With several remakes of classic 1990s first-person shooters on the horizon, Pete kicks off a detailed exploration of this most prolific of game types with an exploration of the genre's genesis.
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The Story of Net Yaroze, Sony's First Indie Push
Eurogamer's David Owen explores how, 15 years ago, Sony's original PlayStation ushered in a new generation of independent talent.
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The Human Slingshot Game May Be Worst Idea Yet
Four human beings. A giant rubber band. Rapid, repetitive and violent motion. If this isn't a bad idea, we don't know what is.
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Lunch Freebie: Berserk Ball 2
For today's 'free game you can play RIGHT THIS MINUTE', we have an old favorite: Berserk Ball 2. How far can you hit a nerd? (No, really.)
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How Plants vs. Zombies 2 Works as a Free-to-Play Game
Eurogamer's Chris Donlan casts a critical eye over the highly anticipated sequel's controversial free-to-play mechanics.
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Love for the Middle Child: Mario Bros. Turns 30
Mario and Luigi leapt into their first starring roles in an arcade adventure its creators seem oddly eager to forget.
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On Video Games, Kids and Outdoor Fun
A provocative editorial from The Times sparks some debate -- do kids really want to play video games, or are our Xboxes and PlayStations being used as babysitters?
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Apples and Oranges
Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell looks at why Apple's recently-released controller designs don't necessarily point towards a consoley future.
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Lunch Break Special: Second Chance
With the Monday blues weighing on your shoulders, do you think you have what it takes to save the world? Today's Lunch Break Special wants to know.
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Lunch Break Special: Megaman Unlimited, Nostalgia Imminent
Have some nostalgia with your Sunday brunch. After five years, Megaman Unlimited is finally, finally released.
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Screenshot Saturday #2: Pretty Indie Things to Covet
It's that time again! We've picked the best of Screenshot Saturday for our, er, Screenshot Saturday column so you don't have to do it yourself.
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Lunch Break Special: Zero Summer, the Cowboy with No Name
Howdy, partner! You better saddle up and come wit' me. Watch yo' back, 'cause Zero Summer's ain't no Wild West you've ever seen before.
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Indies Did This: Grumpy Cats, Gatling Gun-Tusked Elephants and More
Wanna prove to your friends you know cool indie games better than they do? Indies Did This, a weekly take on what everyone is working on, has you covered.
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The Story Behind Japan Studio's Most Personal Project
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson takes a look inside the family theater of Puppeteer.
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Choose Your Own Significance
The Novelist will mean different things to different people; former AAA dev Kent Hudson is hoping it means creative freedom
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Lunch Break Special: Ending, Minimalist Puzzler-Meets-Roguelike
Today's Lunch Break Special is a minimalist puzzle-game-meets-roguelike-like called Ending. Prepare to die. Lots.
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Origins of the Open World: Mercenary
We're looking at an impending "year of open world games," but the concept has been around since some innovative games as far back as 1985.
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DotA, You've Grown Up: A Look Back
With Dota 2 released, Cassandra spends some time reminiscing about how far this community-made mod has come.
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Why Grand Theft Auto V Has to Be a Comedy
Eurogamer's Chris Donlan channels Martin Amis' assertion that "comedy is the only genre left standing" and examines GTAV through that lens.
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Origins of the Open World: Alternate Reality
The coming year looks set to be "the year of open-world" -- but the concept is quite a bit older than you might think.
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Nintendo's Magic Trick
Turning a nondescript conference room into a gamer's paradise through their 2013 lineup. John gets updated hands-on with Nintendo's big releases and tells us why you can never count out the big N.
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Reanimated: The Story of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
Eurogamer's Rick Lane looks at the troubled RPG and how fans kept it alive long after its developer abandoned it.
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Wrestling with Next-Gen Emotions
What do Shinji Mikami, David Cage, and Bobby Kotick have in common? The notion that storytelling is a technical hurdle as much as a creative one
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We're All Adults Here... Right?
A lot of modern gamers have grown up with the industry, and are now fully-grown adults. Why, then, are we still treated like children in many respects?
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Living With the Backlog
Discounts and sales mean gamers are getting more bang for their buck. How do you handle your growing collection?
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M is for Molydeux: Rad Games from the Molyjam 2013
Creepy forests, aggressive sausages, and far, far too many kicked puppies. While last weekend's Molyjam was not terribly kind to animals, it certainly produced some nifty stuff.
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Seeing the Good Within
Why would you ever play a "bad" game? To have an interesting experience, of course. Pete turns to John Updike's rules of criticism for inspiration.
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Wiird Channels
Eurogamer's Rich Stanton raises a glass and bids a fond farewell to several of the Wii's Channels.
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A Dark Room: A Minimalist Adventure That Will Light Up Your World
A Dark Room is a text-driven experiment in minimalism, discovery and exploration.
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Screenshot Saturday: Pretty Indie Games to Keep an Eye On
We take a look at some of the best, er, looking things you can find this week on Screenshot Saturday.
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Farewell, Wii Vitality Sensor: Four Peripherals That Shouldn't Have Been Released
With the Wii Vitality Sensor dead and buried, we look at four devices that should have never reached consumers.
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America's Best and Worst Contributions to Gaming
In celebration of the 4th of July, the USgamer team gives their thoughts on what the US of A has brought to gaming over the years -- both good and bad.
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Super-Charging Your Super-Heroes: DC Universe Online comes to PS4
We chat with DC Universe Online producer Larry Liberty about bringing free-to-play heroes to PlayStation 4.
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Kickstarting Reality: Broken Age Shows Players the Reality of Game Development
Double Fine's trials and tribulations with Broken Age aren't isolated incidents in the game industry.
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Have Traditional MMOs Had Their Time?
Eurogamer's Robert Purchese ponders what the rise of MOBAs and shared-world shooters means for the "traditional" MMORPG in 2013.
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Call of Duty and the Invisible Hand
Is linear design an inextricable part of the Call of Duty experience?
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Five Games That Make an Adequate Replacement for a Fireworks Display
Happy 4th of July! If, on the off-chance, you're by yourself today and missing the fireworks, give some of these games a shot.
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Born Slippy: The Making of Star Fox
Eurogamer's Damien McFerran talks to the ex-Argonaut staff behind the revolutionary SNES hit, some 20 years after its original release.
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Wanna Play a Completely Naked RPG Dungeon-Crawler?
Well do you? And no. It's not naked in a rude way. It's naked in the sense that this is an RPG stripped down to its absolute fundamentals.
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On Not Being One of the "Cool Kids"
Ever felt your tastes were just slightly out of step with everyone else? Pete certainly has. Embrace your weird and wonderful tastes -- it makes conversations about gaming more interesting for everyone!
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Inside the Creative Assembly Game Jam 2013
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson reports from this year's Rezzed Game Jam in the UK, home of some truly creative takes on the '80s as a theme.
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Mega-Recharge: Is Capcom in the Process of Giving Mega Man an Extra Life?
Mega Man's inclusion on the Super Smash Bros. roster may hint that Capcom's robot is set to rise again.
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Inside the Actors Studio with Nolan North
Eurogamer's Jeffrey Matulef chats to Nolan North about Deadpool, acting philosophy and resistance to typecasting.