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In storytelling, betrayals are tools used to evoke drama and tension in the plot. Playing your favorite video games, you can’t help but be more and more invested in your player/s as the game goes on. In most games today, Continue reading 5 Video Game Betrayals You Never Saw Coming
The late 80s through the 90s was the golden age of PC games, setting the foundation for the amazing games we get to enjoy today. While not as graphically spectacular when compared to the games of today, 90s video games Continue reading Old-School PC Games that Deserve a Remake
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Endless Space 2 Amplitude Studios/Sega Ever since a little game called Master of Orion came out back in 1993, I’ve been hooked on 4X games. A few years later its sequel (MOO 2) dropped on the gaming masses like an Continue reading Endless Space 2 Review – Endless Possibilities for Endless Strategies
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Glitches can be pretty annoying, and some can even be game-breaking. Mainly bad glitches can break immersion or even make the game unfinishable. Most glitches are broken bits of code in the game that ruin your fun. But there are Continue reading Glitches That Made Games More Fun
Video game developers put in hours and hours to perfect their craft. The livelihood they’ve chosen is to entertain us and engage us in the best of what their creativity, coding, and design skills can offer. Unfortunately, certain groups would Continue reading Interesting Ways Developers Punished Video Game Piracy