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  Saturday Soapbox: Voting with your wallets isn't the whole answer to abusive micro-transactions

  Cliff Bleszinski makes a reasonable point, but there's more to it. 156

Saturday, 13 October 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: F2P FTW?

  As free-to-play games land on consoles, Chris Donlan re-examines his own prejudices. 29

Saturday, 1 September 2012

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  How are video games like a French Dip sandwich?

  They're both too good to be lost to history. 48

Saturday, 25 August 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: The Feelbad Factor

  Why more games should be making us feel bad. 62

Saturday, 4 August 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: Yearning Japanese

  Lamenting the death of the import scene. 93

Saturday, 28 July 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: In Defence of Lollipop Chainsaw

  Girl power. 81

Saturday, 21 July 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: Whatever Happened to the Working Class Hero?

  How gaming's obsession with empowering fantasy is making us lose the human touch. 71

Saturday, 7 July 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: Guilt By Association

  Putting the "You" into "You Bastard". 46

Saturday, 16 June 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: In Games We Trust?

  What the furore over Tomb Raider's "attempted rape" says about the state of story in games. 180

Saturday, 9 June 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: At What Point Does a Game Become a Toy?

  Pure playfulness, from physics simulations to Windowsill. 37

Saturday, 2 June 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: Eurogamer's Love Letter to E3

  Relevant? It's the heart of core gaming. 28

Saturday, 26 May 2012

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  Glorious Technicolor

  Gaming's rediscovered the rainbow, and it's lovely. 53

Saturday, 19 May 2012

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  Would an Apple TV kill the console business?

  Rumours of an iDevice for the living room highlight the huge challenges facing next-gen gaming systems. 197

Saturday, 3 March 2012

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  It's time to kick back against gaming bigots

  Stand up and shout. 303

Saturday, 18 February 2012

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  Saturday Soapbox: Why Everyone Is Amazing

  Devs and gamers are united, and there can be only one winner: everyone! 34

Saturday, 11 February 2012

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  Why Devs Owe You Nothing

  When does a game belong to its fans rather than its creators? 348

Saturday, 4 February 2012

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  Can the Clone War Ever Be Won?

  A clamour of clones. 39

Saturday, 17 December 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: Bring On The Next Generation

  Before the games industry really loses it mojo. 186

Saturday, 10 December 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: Was 2011 a Vintage Year?

  It may have lacked innovation, but the breadth of experiences made 2011 a year to savour. 68

Saturday, 19 November 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: Failure is Not an Option

  The consequences of not having enough consequences. 36

Saturday, 12 November 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: The Madness of Release Date Congestion

  It's Viva Pinata vs. Gears of War all over again! 53

Saturday, 5 November 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: Bowling for Liberty

  Why GTA4's Roman Bellic is one of the greatest video game characters of all time. 76

Saturday, 29 October 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: Something Borrowed

  Is the increasing recycling of game assets a cause for concern? 35

Saturday, 22 October 2011

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  Saturday Soapbox: The Trouble With Tie-ins

  Why do licensed games have such a bad reputation? 44

Saturday, 8 October 2011

• Saturday Soapbox: Horrible Bosses

  Are gaming's greatest villains an endangered species? 74

Saturday, 10 September 2011

• Saturday Soapbox: The Arcade Fire Dies

  Martin laments the decline of the UK arcade. 77

Saturday, 27 August 2011

• Saturday Soapbox: Careful What You Choose

  Are choice-and-consequence systems making our games less interactive? 34

Saturday, 13 August 2011

• Saturday Soapbox: Pay Up or Shut Up

  Why we should stop moaning and spend more on our games. 128

Saturday, 16 July 2011

• Saturday Soapbox: Loathing the Enemy

  Tom's surprised that gaming's henchmen still fall below par. 35