Category: Features

Character Design: Weighing in on Women Protagonists

This article can be found at PixelxCore. Like all media telling a story, characters in video games require detail and definition – especially player characters. It’s not just the gameplay mechanics that make up your digital avatar; exploration into interesting costume design, …

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Duke Nukem, and Girls in Gaming

 This article can also be found at The Yorker.   Duke Nukem Forever is a problematic game. Not just in how after 12 years of haphazard development it feels unfinished, or how the game has been critically slammed by both critics and …

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Super Guides and You

This article can also be found at The Yorker. Nintendo’s re-release of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the 3DS is almost upon us. In order to make it worth the buck of those who might have played it before, they’ve …

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Indie Demos To Enjoy!

This article can also be found at The Yorker. It’s rare that movies and books get preview releases, and services like Spotify are making album previews more common; but in the present age of gaming, the demo is king in promoting a …

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The Great Genre Expredition: Dungeon Crawlers

Blizzard Entertainment is a company that sticks to its guns. It’s well known for ”World of Warcraft” and ”Starcraft” series, partially due to the crushingly huge popularity and exposure those titles have, partially since they’re the only games they’ve released since 2006. …

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A Game I’ve Played Lots of Times

This was done as the Day 13 Entry to the VG Resource’s 30 Days of Gaming. I don’t really play games as much as I used to; and in a way, it’s sad. Real life – school and socialising – takes up …

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The Great Genre Expedition: Puzzle Games

This Article has also been hosted at The Yorker and the VG Resource. Admittedly, puzzle games aren’t quite so ‘out there’ as game genres go, but the market doesn’t really extend outside of Bejeweled – and even the 30-something ‘non-gamer’ market is …

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The Great Genre Expedition: Beat ‘Em Ups

This feature has also been posted at The Yorker and the VG Resource. Like any other media, the range of genres in video games is vast, and they don’t get equal representation. Everyone is aware of the Pop/Rock section in record shops, …

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What I learned from working at GAME

I now write for The Yorker, a new media site. You can find the original publish of this article here. Being a student with a pressing need to pay for rent, groceries, and alcohol, I was pumped to get a job working …

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6 Types of Gamer

Note: This article was written with York University in mind, meaning it makes a few references to Societies and places that might not make as much sense otherwise. Also, the badass artwork was drawn by a dude called Drinks; who has a …

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