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Are Used Games Harmful To the Game Industry? |
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Are Used Games Harmful To the Game Industry? June 6, 2013. UPDATE: The article has been edited to take into account information on the XBO and PS4 revealed prior to and during E3.). UPDATE 2: The article has been edited to take into account news that Microsoft has rescinded their policy on second-hand XBO games.). In my article “Do Video Games Cost Too Much? Are used games a problem as some have claimed? But what do these numbers actually mean? Well, perhaps Tomb Ra...
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Review: “Halo 3: ODST” |
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Review: “Halo 3: ODST”. November 22, 2009. 8220;Feet First Into Hell”. SPOILER ALERT: If you’re one of the few who still hasn’t played the game but wants to, you might not want to read this review right now. It contains spoilers for the Campaign.). While ODST was built off of Halo 3 and is very similar in many ways in terms of gameplay, there have been some notable changes. In fact, the gameplay in many ways favors that of Halo 1. The plasma rifle is mostly useful f...
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Building the Ultimate Halo Game | | Page 4
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Building the Ultimate Halo Game. April 23, 2009. Nothing really needs to change much at all in terms of how players aim their weapon, and the general “feel” of aiming the weapons (e.g., the degree of turn acceleration) and how moving your characters and firing the weapons affects one’s aim would be more in tune with Bungie-era Halo. However, if dual wielding were to be included (and that would be a. Weapon Variants and Specialized Ammo Types. Pistol, AR, SMG, BR, DMR.
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Building the Ultimate Halo Game |
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Building the Ultimate Halo Game. April 23, 2009. UPDATE (Spring 2012): After first publishing it in April 2009, I decided to go back and revisit this article and update it to take in to account the releases of. UPDATE (Winter 2015/2016): This article has been updated to account for changes and new features introduced in Halo 5. I’ve also rewritten and adjusted some other sections to reflect new ideas I’ve had. The Fall of Reach. And other parts of the expanded unive...
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“Do Games Cost Too Much?”: An Analysis of Modern & Historical Video Game Prices |
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. 8220;Do Games Cost Too Much? 8221;: An Analysis of Modern and Historical Video Game Prices. July 3, 2012. UPDATE (Nov. 2012): In response to complaints made about the recently-announced $300 price point of the Wii U, I have added an addendum. To this article addressing console prices. Update (Feb. 2015): Updated to add pricing information on PS4 and Xbox One games. Software price charts updated to 2014. Do games cost too much? So, while a lot of gamers might not bel...
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Review: “Halo Reach” |
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Review: “Halo Reach”. April 14, 2011. 8220;One final effort is all that remains…”. This is it. The last Bungie-made Halo game. After five titles and more than a decade of working on the franchise, Bungie is now passing the torch to 343 Industries and moving on to a new IP. So, how does their grand farewell to the series compare to past Halo games? Is Reach everything I have hoped for in a Halo game? Read on to find out. A world falls. An era ends. The shotgun has be...
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Building the Ultimate Halo Game | | Page 3
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Building the Ultimate Halo Game. April 23, 2009. Story Proposals and Basic Outline. Campaign Scoring and Skulls. Story Proposals and Basic Outline. To be head writer (I would have also nominated Eric Nylund, but he parted ways with Microsoft back in 2013). For his “Shield and Sword” project which I think would be ideal for future Halo games. A preliminary sketch of the first level. Terrain (elevation and cliffs, hills, etc.) not shown. Related to the issue of AI, I ...
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Review: “Halo 4” |
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Review: “Halo 4”. February 11, 2013. 8220;Well Enough Alone”. So, how goes 343I’s first attempt at making a Halo game? Are they worthy successors to Bungie’s legacy, or has the franchised suffered a blow because of Halo 4? Read on to find out. A hero returns. But is his latest adventure up to snuff with the series in the hands of a new developer? Stage Designs and Environments. Gametypes, Customs Games, and Forge Mode. TECHNICAL ASPECTS and MISC. FEATURES. As for pl...
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Building the Ultimate Halo Game | | Page 2
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Building the Ultimate Halo Game. April 23, 2009. Equipment, Armor Abilities, and Power-ups. Interactive Environments and Weather Affects. For Forge, there would be at least two controller layouts, whereas before there was only a single layout. One layout would be the same as it was in Reach, Halo 4, and Halo 2 Anniversary, while another would be the same as in Halo 5. Amount of damage, it always does. As in Halo 1, melees would do varying amounts of damage depending...
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Author and Blog Info and Review Guide. Are Used Games Harmful To the Game Industry? June 6, 2013. UPDATE: The article has been edited to take into account information on the XBO and PS4 revealed prior to and during E3.). UPDATE 2: The article has been edited to take into account news that Microsoft has rescinded their policy on second-hand XBO games.). In my article “Do Video Games Cost Too Much? Review: “Halo 4”. February 11, 2013. 8220;Well Enough Alone”. Read on to find out. Continue reading →. Update...
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