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Author Archives: Jack McNamee
How are you?
God, how are you? How have you been? It’s been so long I’d almost forgotten your face. I’m fine, myself. You know. I’ve just been thinking about games, just like always. On my desktop, there’s a single .txt file called … Continue reading
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The Australian Dollar is now above the US
As of today, 1 Australian dollar = 1.0144 U.S. dollars. So, any chance everyone could stop charging us over twice as much for games now? …No? P-Pretty please?
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Smut ain’t so bad
A Dating Sim, for those of you who never typed “Boobs” into google, is a game where you laboriously complete a series of simple tasks over and over again in order to impress one of a small selection of virtual … Continue reading
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A bit of a think about Interaction, Themes, and Bioshock.
In my last post, so many aeons ago, I had a bit of a whine about how little genuine human interaction we see in games. I made that post because I was honestly frustrated with the how limited the vocabulary … Continue reading
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The Need For Connection
I want to hug her, but there’s a shotgun in the way.
IMMERSION: Dissolving the screen.
Immersion, immersion, immersion. Ever since Half Life it’s been one of the biggest buzzwords the industry can muster- bigger than even “User Created Content”, or “Casual Audience”. It’s what all the kids were raving about, back in the day, and … Continue reading
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NPC’s I have loved: Miguel.
Today’s the start of a brand new feature: NPC’s I HAVE LOVED, featuring those loveable oafs that are too often thrust out of the limelight. Today, in honour of Deus Ex week, I’m beginning with an NPC very close to … Continue reading
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Tagged Deus Ex, Just want to hold you, love, Miguel, Nostalgia, NPC
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Analogy Hour: Why I like Stealth Games.
I like stealth games for one reason: Controlled excitement. The key word: Controlled. Sure, we all love the moment in any good action game when the killblitz kicks into megadrive and your flaming car engine rockets off the top of … Continue reading
LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 ANNOUNCED.
LittleBigPlanet 2 has been announced, and the internet is already crackling with anticipation. Here’s some details bound to tickle your UCC bone. Continue reading
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Tagged Jack, LBP, LBP 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, MediaMolecule, Release Date
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ROGER EBERT ATTACKS! INTERNET IN FLAMES!
Yes, Roger Ebert recently decided to restate his previous argument: that games are not, and can never be, art. And yes, the internet promptly rose like a fire-filled tsunami against this tiny agressor. And yes, I’ll be surprised if the … Continue reading
