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editorial | Back from GDC (two months ago) Duncan digs deep and unearths the secret meaning of the conference. No questions asked answered.


Dealing with Death



BioShock: The Game that Wasn't
Getting The Short End
by Alex Ashby

Alex is angry, and considering the brain-washing nature of the video games media, he's probably angry at you.
How I learned to stop worrying and love bob-ombs
by Marek Bronstring

There's as much pessimism in the air about the Nintendo Revolution as there is optimism. But Lawrence remembers the last time the naysayers cried wolf...
Not Again!
by Alex Ashby

Steve laments one of game stories' oldest cliches: amnesia. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Distract Yourself
by Lawrence Bishop

There are a billion small games available on the Internet ideally suited for distracting yourself. In this column we will cover them all! Let's start with these four.
The F Word
by Dan Walker

Women and video games-- a case of irreconcilable differences? Dan posits a few fresh ways that games can try extending the olive branch to that other half of humanity.
Remo Extremo
by Chris Remo

Because there isn't an extreme cup.
Gaming Sins: The Party Game
by Dan Walker

The Party game: There are few greater opportunities for blaspheme and heresy. But beware sinners, Dan 'Treesus' Walker is here to shepherd his flock through the valley of Death Game Over.
In-game advertising: is nothing sacred anymore?
by Roderick Leermakers

Whenever Roderick Leermakers isn't sipping from a refreshing glass of chilled Dr. Pepper, he's getting increasingly tetchy over subliminal product placement.
GameRankings is not God
by Marek Bronstring

Sites that compile average review scores are good... until people start abusing them. Is GameRankings making the games industry lazy?
Idle Words: Power-Up
by Marek Bronstring

Idle Thumbs' book review column returns with a look at Power-Up, the epic tale of how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life.
Idle Words: Creating Emotion in Games
by Marek Bronstring

This book makes you cry.
Gaming Sins: The Quicksave
by Dan Walker

Like the Ark of the Covenant, Dan "Treesus" Walker is a transmitter for speaking to God. Avert thine eyes Sinner! Treesus is back from the dead and he finds your lack of faith disturbing...
The Crying Game
by Chris Remo

Taking emotion in games to the next level.
Idle Words: Masters of Doom
by Marek Bronstring

This first installment of Idle Words reviews a refreshingly biographical book that chronicles the history of id Software.
Sex, lies, and duct tape mods
by Jake Rodkin

Stop using the duct tape mod, you cheaty bastards.
I Kill You
by Chris Remo

There are too many violent video games. No wait, don't run away, this is important. Hey, come back here before I hit you with this claw-hammer.
Named and Shamed
by Alex Ashby

The gaming world has been struck with a most virulent disease. Prepare your bunkers as we declare...Crap Names: Total War
How to Steal Cars, Kill People and Blame it on a Game
by Stevan Zivadinovic

A fair and unbiased look at bias and unfairness.
50 Hurts
by Marc Kent

The eternal woes of an abused gamer







It is not as bad as it seems, because the voltage is quite low.

-Alexey Pajitnov, explaining his dolphin paintball/electroshock concept.


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