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Outward Is Full of Cool Moments But Requires Too Much of a Time Investment

Recently released on consoles and PC, Outward is the debut role-playing game from Nine Dot Studio. It happily wears its inspirations on its sleeves as it features a blend of the classic PC RPGs of…

April 17, 2019 | 12:15 EDT

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The Neverending Expansion of Digital Distribution Clients

Four years ago, I wrote about the growing world of digital distribution. I lamented the seeming split in game distribution services and the notion that I would have who knows how many of these things…

February 25, 2019 | 01:00 EST

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RIOT - Civil Unrest and the Politics of Our Perspectives

It is almost impossible to escape the modern day grind of sociopolitical analysis these days. The constant divisiveness between political affiliations, the rise of misinformation and the emotionally…

February 7, 2018 | 01:00 EST

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SteamWatch - A Steam Retrospective

Valve's Steam platform has been able to successfully stand as one of the pioneers of PC gaming ever since its launch in 2003., presenting itself as one of the easiest ways for gamers to obtain their…

January 29, 2018 | 09:00 EST

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2017: The Hair-Raising Resurgence of Horror Games

I never like to call a genre dead or dying. The industry usually has its ebbs and flows, and genres fade in and out of popularity over time. They never go away, but it may take some time for them to…

January 2, 2018 | 09:00 EST

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Five Years Of Crusader Kings II - DLC Done Right

Crusader Kings II, originally releasing onto Steam in February 2012, is a dynasty simulation title created by Paradox Development Studios, the same developers behind Cities: Skylines and Europa…

February 14, 2017 | 09:00 EST

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Competitive Shadowverse Primer - Tempo Forestcraft

Shadowverse is a popular free-to-play collectible card game from Japan that has been primarily available to play on mobile devices. With the game recently released on Steam and a new set coming by…

December 8, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Competitive Shadowverse Primer - Take Two Drafting

Shadowverse is a popular free-to-play collectible card game from Japan that has been primarily available to play on mobile devices. With the game recently released on Steam and a new set coming by…

December 1, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Competitive Shadowverse Primer - Growing Your Collection

Shadowverse is a popular free-to-play collectible card game from Japan that has been primarily available to play on mobile devices. With the game recently released on Steam and a new set coming by…

November 24, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Competitive Shadowverse Primer - Game Introduction

Shadowverse is a popular free-to-play collectible card game from Japan that has been primarily available to play on mobile devices. With the game recently released on Steam and a new set coming by…

November 17, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Genre Advancing Shooters - Half-Life

Did you know that Half-Life 2: Episode 3 was announced for development ten years ago on May 22nd? No, not Half-Life 3, I mean Half-Life 2: Episode 3. The second episode was left on an immense…

May 27, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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The Division: Entitlement, Thy Name Is Gearscore

Exploiting a loophole or a glitch in videogame code is to videogames as what using performance enhancing drugs is to athletics.  In both cases, the act results in unscrupulous players obtaining an…

April 25, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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The Division’s Atmosphere Is Nearly Perfect

I’m all in on Ubisoft’s shoot-and-loot RPG The Division for a number of reasons—I like shoot and loot games; I like the feeling of stupidly powerful the player gets when character sheet DPS exceeds…

April 2, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Putting XCOM 2's Customization To The Test

I am a stickler for customization. I like to tweak sliders, change armor, and equip the weapon that fits the character best. So I guess naturally, the first thing I did when booting up XCOM 2 was…

February 9, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Best/Worst Moment in Gaming 2015

As part of our ongoing Theme Week for January of 2016, we are looking back at some of the good and bad things about 2015. We asked our writers what they thought were some of the biggest moments for…

January 31, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Best/Worst Trends in Gaming 2015

As part of our ongoing Theme Week for January of 2016, we are looking back at some of the good and bad things about 2015. Now we look at some of the gradual changes, the trends, that came into a bit…

January 25, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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The Steam Sale Issue is Discoverability Not Flash Sales

My esteemed colleague Robert N. Adams discussed that he found this Winter Sale "disappointing" and, well, that's his opinion. The wonderful thing is opinions are something we all have, and I have to…

December 31, 2015 | 09:00 EST

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No, Valve's Lack of Reaction To The Christmas Issue is Not Okay

Sometimes something comes up that demands a discussion and especially when the reaction to it seems to be completely wrong. So here I am, and we're here to discuss what happened at Steam on Christmas…

December 28, 2015 | 09:00 EST

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Overlooked Games of 2015 - Evolve

2015 will be known in gaming circles for a lot of things when all is said and done. It is famously a year where AAA games roared back to life with major releases and announcements of projects that…

December 21, 2015 | 01:00 EST

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Aimless Lament – Binding of Isaac And The Horror of the Unknown

At first glance, horror might not be the word you'd use to describe The Binding of Isaac. It is grotesque, or perhaps macabre, but the slightly animated nature of Isaac and the monsters he faces don'…

October 22, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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An Open Letter to Valve – Let Curators Recommend DLC

Dear Valve, I don't know how likely it is you are to read what I have to say, but after stumbling across an issue with your shop, I felt it important to say something on an issue I discovered. So…

August 10, 2015 | 11:00 EDT

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The Bat is Broken: The Mess That is Arkham Knight

It takes a certain kind of stupidity to wander into piranha infested waters. In a statement released wednesday, WB Games stated that the much maligned PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight isn't…

June 26, 2015 | 12:00 EDT

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Steam Refunds Are Great! (Unless You’re Bad)

Steam dropped a bomb on both suck and fail this week when it announced consumers can request refunds on nearly any purchase made on Steam for any reason. Customers can contact Steam support and…

June 5, 2015 | 12:00 EDT

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The Slippery Slope of Paid PC Mods

The controversy surrounding the Valve ‘Paid Workshop Mod’ incident has sparked a great number of discussions within the PC gaming fanbase. Terms such as ‘greedy’, ‘entitled’, and other condemning…

May 14, 2015 | 09:00 EDT

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Steam Paid Mods Post-Mortem

It wasn’t that long ago that Valve introduced paid mods on Steam in partnership with Bethesda. That led to 4 days of fast paced excitement as everyone reacted to the new paid mod system that debuted…

May 13, 2015 | 11:00 EDT

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Calm Down, Valve isn’t out to get you!

Earlier today, we posted a news story about Valve’s opening of a line for developers to ban someone from their game. Previously, developers had been able to code ways to do that themselves or use…

April 29, 2015 | 10:17 EDT

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How Valve Could Have Learned From The Sims Modding War

By now everyone knows about Valve’s decision to allow modders to sell their creations on the Steam Workshop. The first game to be initiated into this endeavor was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but to…

April 29, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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Backlash Erupts Amid Reveal of Steam Workshop Paid Mods - Updated

Modding has been one of the defining features of PC gaming for decades. The idea that you could modify the game you purchased - maybe add content, or restore features that were abandoned in…

April 23, 2015 | 06:43 EDT

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Remaster Redundancy

At the time of writing, there are nearly a dozen unique rereleases of major games from the 360/PS3 era onto the ‘new gen’ XBOX One and PS4 with signs of many more to come. To clarify, the count…

February 25, 2015 | 01:00 EST

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The Ever-Expanding World of Digital Distribution

In 2006, I purchased a physical copy of the Half-Life Anthology collection. It contained all of the original Half-Life games as well as Team Fortress Classic. Although the box contained a CD-ROM, I…

February 22, 2015 | 01:00 EST

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Ocular Reality - Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube

Video games have always challenged gamers with new puzzles and experiences to solve whether it be figuring out the attack pattern of a boss or if you're challenged to thinking with portals. While…

December 20, 2014 | 11:00 EST

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Subpar PC Ports Hurt Everyone

Square Enix’s announcement of the ‘Lightning Trilogy’[Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2 and Lightning Returns] coming to Steam a few months ago was cloaked in speculation and rumor until the first title in…

October 21, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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Opinion: Spacebase DF-9 Self-Destructs

Following the release of update 6.0 hilariously and prophetically dubbed "Brig Ambitions, Broken Dreams", Kickstarter darling Double Fine announced in the middle of September that they would be…

October 15, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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Is Linux the Future of PC Gaming?

It has recently been revealed that Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Presequel will be coming to Linux. Aspyr Media, the company responsible for the Borderlands 2 iOS port will be taking the reigns…

September 9, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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A Look back at the Steam Sale

When it comes to Steam sales, you always remember your first.  That first binge where your library exponentially increases, as you are constantly amazed by the low prices on games you don’t…

July 11, 2014 | 11:24 EDT

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Steam Quality Control is Terrible

Seeing as Steam is the premier service for many PC gamers, it should hold up to some serious scrutiny. Few services come even a fraction close to the amount of traffic and use that Steam has. Many…

April 9, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Why I Can't Quit Spelunky: A Retrospective

When I finally, triumphantly, beat Spelunky, I thought I was done. I thought that stranglehold of an addiction was bound to be loosened, releasing that grasp that kept me hooked even when I had…

March 26, 2014 | 10:00 EDT

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Most Anticipated Games of 2014 - Watch Dogs

As 2014 starts roll in, everyone always stops what they are doing to think about the great Videogame titles that are coming out  over the next year. Some come out in the beginning, middle and end. No…

January 17, 2014 | 09:00 EST