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Super Mario Bros. The Movie

November 28, 2018 Nebula_Neos Leave a comment

Mario Mario and Luigi Mario             With a new animated Super Mario Bros movie spearheaded by Illumination (the studio behind…

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Posted in: Movie Review, Other

Animal Crossing Walk-Through: How To Collect the Most Amount of Bells

November 14, 2018 saberCEOjo Leave a comment

The Animal Crossing Economy thrives on the making and spending of “bells”, which is the name of the currency in…

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Posted in: Other Filed under: Animal Crossing, Tom Nook, Walkthrough

It Takes a Garden – Chao in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and Reflections on Child-Rearing

November 1, 2018 cmontemo Leave a comment

The future rests in the innocent.  The ways in which children are raised, encouraged, and taught shape who they are and…

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Posted in: Game Criticism, Other Filed under: blood, Chao, child-rearing, criticism, cute, garden, parenting, Sonic, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, yosh

Uldred Fight Dragon Age Origins

October 24, 2018 melodymeddler Leave a comment

The Broken Circle Quest is long and can be tedious.  This is the final fight, which compared to the long…

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Posted in: Other Filed under: Dragon Age, Dragon Age Origins, PC Gaming, Walkthrough

October Minecraft Walkthroughs

October 3, 2018 Flmngrose Leave a comment

Happy October everyone! Enjoy dressing up and carving pumpkins! In this short walk through we create a Jack ‘O Lantern.…

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Making Videogames Avant-Garde: A Retrospective on the Dreamcast

September 28, 2018 R0s3nTh0rn Leave a comment

The article:  The Dreamcast, Console of the Avant-Garde by Nick Montfort and Mia Consalvo Summary: In this article Monfort and…

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Bonus Round: Rapture and the Mental State of Andrew Ryan

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While playing the game I notice some striking parallels between Rapture and Andrew Ryan. On a literal level both are…

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Posted in: Close Playing, Other

Close Playing: Portal

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Kalani Pannasch-Heineman Games and Culture Close Playing: Portal While beginning the video game portal, I found it pretty simple to…

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A Look at Portal

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In my playing of portal, I found that I was able to get through several of the puzzles quickly and…

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Gaming For the Visually Impaired

September 26, 2018 kpannasc Leave a comment

Columbia Engineering computer scientist Brian A. Smith has developed the RAD — a racing auditory display — to enable visually…

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