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Cultural Assassination: Is Globalization Just Westernization? | High Dynamic Range Lying

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High Dynamic Range Lying. Gaming for Smart People. Heads Up: Carmack Speaks Out on Wolf3D Classic. Impressions: Final Fantasy XIII Demo. Cultural Assassination: Is Globalization Just Westernization? April 10, 2009. Why hasn’t Japan widely adopted the “global” shooting controls in its various games, with the exception of a few? The problem is in its colloquialism. If these controls, among a number of North American gaming conventions, are indeed commonplace and required, why do Japanese gamers not sta...

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Gears of War 2 | The New Gamer

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Gears of War 2. January 27, 2009. Ots of people consider innovation the most important thing about game design. If a game isn't doing something new, if it isn't blowing you away at every step, then you start to wonder if it's worth your time. Think of how many often people give sequels the short end of the stick. If a game is too much like its predecessor, people can get antsy. Gears of War 2. Than the vehicle mission in the original. Was a pretty sweet flick. The difference is this: from the start,.

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LinkUp: Wii Boxing the Arts | The New Gamer

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LinkUp: Wii Boxing the Arts. June 2, 2008. LinkUp is a recurring collection of off-beat, game-related articles. If you'd like to send along a link, please contact us. Wii Boxing at the Reykjavik Arts Festival. My companion noted that it must be the first time a Wii has been used in an artwork." Maybe? All I know is that the accompanying photo is strangely surreal, and I want to know more. Chris Sims on The Contra Hearings. Lends itself particularly nicely to their efforts! Humorists take a swipe at.

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You can leave a message using the contact form below. Your e-mail address: *. To combat spam, please enter the code in the image. Formed in 2003, The New Gamer was established to provide a different critical perspective on videogames. We scrutinize the whole game, what it has to say, how the separate elements effect the player, and what each game brings to the burgeoning field of interactive entertainment. Simply put, we like to write about games. High Dynamic Range Lying. The House Next Door.

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Saling Chicago: Lucky Rabbit's Foot | The New Gamer

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Saling Chicago: Lucky Rabbit's Foot. June 27, 2008. T's been two years but we're finally back on the streets of Chicago, one couple pawing through strangers' garages in search for game and geek-based treasure! Need to catch up on our prior garagesaling exploits? Check out the archives. Hey, over the last two years I learned how to wake up like a real early-bird garagesaler! Unfortunately, unitdaisy apparently used those two years to learn how to oversleep. We didn't leave the house until nearly 10am!

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6 Differences - Splitting the Difference | The New Gamer

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6 Differences - Splitting the Difference. May 29, 2008. He lowly difference puzzle. I may have begrudgingly mulled over two nearly-identical, typically banal, illustrations to suss out the discrepancies when I was a kid, but it certainly wasn't because I. No, I often only did it as a last resort to try and desperately savor the comics page, to put off acknowledging that fun time was over and that it was time to move onto more serious sections of the newspaper, and ultimately, the day. Fell into my lap.

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Cleaning Up Our Act: The Power of a Single Word | High Dynamic Range Lying

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High Dynamic Range Lying. Gaming for Smart People. Why is the iPhone failing in Japan? Cleaning Up Our Act: The Power of a Single Word. June 16, 2012. Language can be a powerful thing. Language has toppled governments, made grown men cry, and helped two people fall in love. Language has a strong control over the human mind, and a single word has the power to change one’s perception of the world forever. The use of gay as a pejorative was simply shocking. It’s important to note that most unofficial video ...

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Heads Up: Carmack Speaks Out on Wolf3D Classic | High Dynamic Range Lying

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High Dynamic Range Lying. Gaming for Smart People. Heads Up: Metal Gear Solid Touch is out! Cultural Assassination: Is Globalization Just Westernization? Heads Up: Carmack Speaks Out on Wolf3D Classic. March 29, 2009. That said, the most interesting aspect of the game’s release is creator and id Software programming guru John Carmack’s post mortem designer’s notes on the conception, birth and creation of the tiny project. It even has its fair share of absolute hilarity:. And I had fun doing it. You are c...

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Ghosts in the Game: There is No Family in DRM

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Ghosts in the Game. Ever since the first computers, there have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code that have grouped together to form unexpected protocol. One we call behavior, unanticipated." -Dr. Alfred Lanning, "I, Robot" (2004). Friday, September 24, 2010. There is No Family in DRM. I have a problem. I just bought my wife an eBook reader for our anniversary (5 years! I live in Canada, so our big book store is Chapters. Right now we have one eReader. Specifically she has an ...