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06 September 2013
Opinion: Free Game Friday: Boom

Explosions rule. They make up about 70 percent of action movies, without them Michael Bay wouldn't have a career and we celebrate with them every Independence Day.
Opinion: Distant Worlds gives 4X Players a huge galaxy and many options

Distant Worlds is a massive 4X game that shares many of the strengths and weaknesses of the genre: detailed systems, technology, and options; very long games that form their own histories and stories; minimalist graphics and effects; and a steep, steep learning curve.
03 September 2013
Opinion: Rhythm is a roguelike in Crypt of the NecroDancer

I have a good handle on rhythm. I'm not exactly Dancing With The Stars material, but I like to think I can hold my own whenever grooves require busting, or even on the lower difficulty levels of Rock Band, Guitar Hero et al. And then a NecroDancer struts into view and I'm flummoxed all over again.
30 August 2013
Opinion: Free Game Friday: Feed your free time with these food games

Is your stomach growling? Maybe it's just about lunch time? Well, hold yourself over with a couple food-related games that won't put a dent in your wallet--unlike that overpriced sandwich from the hoity-toity deli down the street.
29 August 2013
Opinion: Gimme Shelter: Herd cubs in this premier badger simulator

I have no idea what happened to Five; best guess is that my thrilling escape from the bird stalking our merry little troupe didn't go off as swimmingly as I'd hoped. I've seen enough David Attenborough specials to know better than to assign these critters a name, but Shelter's adorable little badger family has admittedly started to grow on me.
23 August 2013
Opinion: Free Game Friday: Nostalgia trip

Some of the most iconic web games came from a younger Internet. Ideas were fresh, innovative and most of all: addicting. Some were cute, some were disturbing but most were fun. Check out our list of free games that time may have forgotten, but nostalgia will keep you playing all day.
Opinion: Xbox One vs PS4 according to readers

Xbox One vs PS4: PC Advisor readers tell us which is best and why.
20 August 2013
Opinion: Ditching your 360? Amazon offers Xbox One game upgrades for $10

The Xbox One may not be backwards compatible with the Xbox 360, but if you decide to upgrade to the next-gen console this holiday season, Amazon can help you bring your favorite game along for the ride--assuming it's from a select list of hot new titles and you have an extra $10, that is.
19 August 2013
Opinion: Shooters on a budget: 7DFPS game jam serves up new ways to frag

So what'd everyone do last week? Oh, that's nice. While we were twiddling about, a number of enterprising game developers made a bunch of first-person shooters. The event was called 7DFPS: a game development jam in the spirit of Ludum Dare, it challenges folks to cobble together something like a first-person shooter in the span of seven days. It ended this weekend--you can sift through the contributions at the game jam's site, but here are some of my favorites.
06 August 2013
Opinion: Deep inside Razer's design lab, home to gaming hardware that shouldn't actually exist

Razer, the company that built its reputation on gaming mice and keyboards, is now doing what Acer, Dell, and Microsoft seemingly won't: building topflight laptops and tablets with hefty price tags. This year the upstart company introduced both the thinnest gaming laptop and the most powerful Windows 8 tablet we've ever seen--at a time when PC sales are struggling, and cheap tablets are predicted to outship laptops 2-to-1 in 2014.
02 August 2013
Opinion: Here's what Super Mario Bros. might look like as a modern game

You might not have ever wondered what Super Mario Bros. would look like if it were made today, but YouTube user Deloix did.
Opinion: Free Game Friday: A new take on old games

The classics are great, but sometimes you'd kill for a fresh coat of paint. Having mastered games like checkers and chess through sound strategy and flawless tactics, you might not have the drive and desire to continue. Well, here's your chance to love them again. Following are three classic games and three radically different ways to play them--all for free online. Be prepared to get your butt kicked all over again!
Opinion: Xbox team creates community deputies to fight trolls

Angry, mocking murmurs rattled off the walls of the player lobby. The caped avenger barely paused. Then the epithets began: stinging, hateful words that juxtaposed one toon's manhood with his mother. That did it. The hero spun, hurling his all-powerful mallet at the offender's head, and sounded the cry feared by evildoers everywhere:
31 July 2013
Opinion: PSA: Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide edition now available on Steam

Good news everyone! Skulls of the Shogun is now available for your downloading pleasure... for the rest of us, that is. The game has spent the last few months in a sort of purgatory: its PC release was exclusive to Windows 8, so if you're among the majority of folks who don't own Microsoft's latest operating system, the PC version remained out of reach--until now.
26 July 2013
Opinion: Free Game Friday: Addictive, rage-inducing logic puzzles

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25 July 2013
Opinion: Sturm und drag: Firefall is a free-to-play shooter you should play--with friends

My chief problem with Firefall lies with the pacing. It's technically my fault--I've always had a bit of an issue with wanderlust, but Red 5 Studios served up a free-to-play shooter with a gorgeous, fairly large world to explore, and then added jetpacks. Jetpacks! There's a giddy feeling of wonder to be found from sprinting through dense forests, taking potshots at the local fauna and blasting into the air to escape. A feeling that's irrevocably eclipsed the first time you strap on a glider, barrel over trees, down a canyon pass, and faceplant into a boulder because really, you have no idea how this works. Time to find another one.
15 July 2013
Opinion: Using the Force: Angry Birds Star Wars II lands Sept. 19 with toys that teleport into the game

The Angry Birds Empire is preparing to strike again, but this time, the target is the ho-hum Star Wars prequels rather than the classic films digitized in the first Angry Birds Star Wars game.
08 July 2013
Opinion: Why AMD's next-gen console victories are a big win for PC gamers

Let the light shine on the next generation of consoles. Let Microsoft and Sony slug it out in an epic battle for the eyeballs of living-room gamers everywhere. Let the headlines sing about slightly tweaked gamepads and bundled Kinect sensors. Why? Because these consoles harbor a portentous secret: Beneath all the drama about online DRM and executive shuffling, AMD hardware sits at the heart of every single next-gen game console. Every. Single. One. (Yes, even the Wii U.)
02 July 2013
Opinion: Xbox 'Mix Party' app lets guests decide the jams

So what do you need for true party awesomeness this Fourth of July? An Xbox. And a smartphone. And the new Microsoft/Nokia "Mix Party" app. And some kickass music.
30 June 2013
Opinion: Windows 8 game of the week - Cut the rope

It’s the simple things that help to keep us occupied and Cut the Rope is one of those seemingly simple yet massively addictive games that you can happily spend hours in.

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