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You’ll probably never play Star Trek Bridge Crew. At least, not how it’s really meant to be enjoyed. That’s not because this is a poor game, or that it lacks features or fan service – it’s just too rarefied an experience. While you can crew both the USS Aegis and …
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26 May
BioWares Dragon Age: Origins gave us a grand but sometimes flat fantasy world
It’s hard to believe that two months separated the first game in the Dragon Age series and the sequel to Mass Effect. They feel like RPGs from different eras: Mass Effect 2 is a modern-feeling shooter hybrid that moves away from traditional elements like lists of stats, while Dragon Age: …
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25 May
The creator of iconic puzzler Myst looks back on its legend – and onwards to new game, Obduction
This interview was conducted by Official PlayStation Magazine Back in 1993, things weren’t going so well for game developers Rand and Robyn Miller. Then they released a highly ambitious project – first-person adventure title Myst – onto the Macintosh and into the wild. Everything changed. Praised by critics and gamers …
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24 May
Fallout 4s getting a free weekend and big discounts
Want to play Fallout 4 (opens in new tab) but never got around to it? Good news, it’s having a free weekend and a bunch of discounts. Look, they made a trailer to announce it and everything: It’s taking place this weekend, from May 25-28 but there’s a catch – …
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23 May
Baywatch review: “Unfunny, unthrilling and unsexy”
On paper, Baywatch sounds ripe with guilty pleasure: an update on one of the most popular, and cheesy, TV shows of all time, played for giggles and filled with beautiful people, wearing little. On screen, Baywatch flounders. If you’re hoping for the meta-yet-mainstream smart-stupid fun of the Jump Street (opens …
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22 May
Destiny 2 wont have Grimoire Cards, heres why
For Destiny 2 (opens in new tab), Bungie is bidding farewell to one of its strangest storytelling tools; never again will you unlock a Grimoire Card. If you’re not familiar with the concept, they’re basically an even more hardcore version of a post-credits scene: Grimoire Cards tell you a lot …
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19 May
I’ve played Destiny 2: here are the 6 things you need to know (and how they change everything)
So Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) has been revealed. You’ve seen the trailers. You’ve seen the first gameplay (opens in new tab). You’ve heard the broad strokes of the new, socially-minded structure and the vastly more fleshed-out open-world planets. But there’s one thing you haven’t done. You haven’t played …
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18 May
8 questions I have after watching Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant (opens in new tab) is out on Digital Download now, and while the movie does have some excellent moments, it’s also kind of a mess. Containing multiple revelations about what happened after Prometheus (opens in new tab), as well as a couple of big lore drops for the …
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17 May
Tackling the bottom-rung shock tactic in games: the jump scare
Though my many detractors – namely Sharon, the most critical of my aunts – accuse me of writing this column from a position of ignorance of the game development process, in truth my long career spent fixing gaming’s worst tropes is rooted in a firm understanding of the underlying science …
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17 May
Destiny Funko Pops are bringing adorable doom to a galaxy near you
At some point Funko will run out of things to pop, but until then we can enjoy the disproportionate head-to-body ratio of Destiny (opens in new tab)’s finest. There are eight figures in all, including two versions of Crota with a limited edition glowing option to keep you company at …
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