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Old Man’s Videogame War
I won’t pretend that Scalzi’s novel – Old Man’s War – is a superclever analogy for life, universe and everything, or that it directly applies to music, videogames, art and who knows what else. But it...
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Distinct author style, should it remain/change?
So here’s a thing. A lot of professional authors (oh, yeah, this post is mainly about literature, so if that’s not your thing, well.. Bit of a shame, innit?) tend to develop a certain style of writing...
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A little note on SF work endings
Well, obviously this is inspired by Mass Effect 3 and it’s recent amended-ending-dlc thingie. That said, there will be no spoilers, and I will not discuss any of plot holes, whether I liked them, if it...
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A matter of perspective
So this is a thing I’ve been considering for a wee bit more than would normally seem appropriate. Nearly all current videogames seem to be split into either first perspective and third perspective....
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Achieving perfection
Ding! Achievement unlocked: “Read first paragraph”. +5G! 1/49. Yeah.. that’s really not all that great, isn’t it? Achievements, cheevos, scorewh**e cookies, ding-ups, other-pseudophallic-innuendo or...
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Charging money for mods: the counterargument
Okay. This write-up is based entirely on the idea posed in this here article (link) – specifically about Valve being somewhat open-minded about the idea of modders charging real world money for their...
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You are not the good guy
So here’s a commonplace videogame concept: You play as X, an inherently “good” protagonist going up against various Y, which can be summed up as baddies. In some games, this means you have the license...
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Music quality in videogames: the investigation
Foreword & Brief TL:DR This is something I have wanted to do, as a personal curiosity-satisfying thing, for a while. For years I have held the opinion that the music we get to hear in videogames is...
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Replayability – Do you have it, Game?
If I was asked to define replayability in terms of videogames, then quite possibly the best short descriptor would be along the lines of “the capacity of a game to provide a high amount of...
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Falling back into the sysreq race
For a glorious two whole years, I was permitted to have a sneak peek at a very specific part of heaven. That part where you can just buy a PC game, without worrying about processor frequencies, number...
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