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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:28:51 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Live-Action Cutscenes: A Retrospective</title>
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<description>A couple days ago, I picked up a game from my childhood, Krazy Ivan, from a used media store. While the gameplay was nothing special (in fact, it was a...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:24:15 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Bonding over Joysticks</title>
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<description>Ever since I can remember I've had a terrible memory.Sometimes I wonder if this is the result of blunt force trauma or a by-product of a superbly boring...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:18:58 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Top 7 Games That Need a HD Makeover</title>
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<description>Ever played an old game and thought of how awesome it would look and feel if it were to be given a remake? Well plenty of us have and...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:54:08 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Restricted by freedom</title>
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<description>I just completed Mass Effect 2. I'm not here to specifically talk about that, though. Rather, I'm here to talk about a funny thought that I had while I was...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:38:07 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Video Game Addiction</title>
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<description>Last night I watched an episode of MTV's True Life about video game addiction. It followed two college students who were struggling to maintain their video game playing with their...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:43:56 -0800</pubDate>
<title>The evolution of a library</title>
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<description>In a number of my past blog entries, I've addressed in a quantitative manner the topic of reviews and various questions surrounding them. In every case, however,...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:22:37 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Getting into Grad School with a Super Nerd essay?</title>
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<description>So I recently submitted the following essay to a top 20 Business Graduate Program. It took me a long time to come up with my answer to the following question....</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:39:16 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Mass Effect 2 DLC</title>
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<description>(Throughout this I am talking from the perspective of an Xbox 360 owner. I do not know how the topics I discuss differ on the PC, if they even do...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:45:35 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Top 7 Gaming Annoyances</title>
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<description>With the bar for quality games constantly being pushed, its imperative that developers constantly strive to deliver innovative and genre breaking titles to meet the demands of gamers. For...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:12:41 -0800</pubDate>
<title>6 Juvenile Things Every Gamer Has Done</title>
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<description>Let's face it, any gamer who has been playing from their childhood years and beyond have done some pretty juvenile things which were, in essence, the digital equivalent to drawing...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:16:16 -0800</pubDate>
<title>A Layman Analysis of the 'Star Fox' Series</title>
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<description>Where is Star Fox Wii?It seems that not a week goes by that someone, somewhere asks this question on one of the countless threads dedicated...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:24:41 -0800</pubDate>
<title>The Perfect First-Person Shooter</title>
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<description>First Person Shooter is one of the more explored genres in videogames, only in this generation there are lots of options. A pity that the vast majority of them are...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:46:37 -0800</pubDate>
<title>A good year for PC gamers</title>
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<description>Yeah, it`s tuesday ...and for me the most hated day of the (working) week. Just a quick update on my gaming progress. I actually got Avatar: the game (i thought...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:28:59 -0800</pubDate>
<title>What I'd Like To See In The Next Decade: A Game For Adults Only (EDITED)</title>
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<description>Author's Note: It has been a long time since I did one of these, so if it seems a bit rough, bear with me.Also, this isn't the place to argue...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:38:34 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Kiddie Games Make Gamers Act Like Kids</title>
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<description>Kiddie games, these days there are those that hate them and those that will also point out that supposedly mature games are not very mature in nature, taking adult themes...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:44:07 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Is The Future DLC-Only?</title>
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<description>I've got a lazy bone or two, but I go to the gym three days a week. I park in the outskirts of lots to avoid shopping carriages and idiots...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:09:24 -0800</pubDate>
<title>The Evolution of Tanya</title>
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<description>The Command and Conquer: Red Alert series has always been known for its live action cutscenes that employed a decent amount of...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:12:05 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Video games vs. The Movies</title>
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<description>Gamers have been the victims of prejudice for years now, often being labeled as childish geeks who lack "a life". They're often portrayed as glasses-toting, curly-haired, freckled-faced, acne-loving kids...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:28:29 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Irrational Consumption and Games Journalism</title>
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<description>Let's face it; video game journalism is in decline. You can turn the other cheek and pretend that all is well, but you wouldn't be doing anyone a favour. Quality...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:53:19 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Thoughts on GOTY</title>
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<description>A site posting GOTY is almost always in for some serious ridicule. It is impossible to pick a single game that will please every single gamer in the world. Hell,...</description>
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