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Building Better Worlds - an MMO Tale
From the archive: If you come at the king, you best not miss.
Saturday Soapbox
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Everything not saved will be lost
What Destiny tells us about life, the universe, and everything.
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Why we need more developers like Zoe Quinn
To reach their full potential, games need to stop empowering the player and embrace the raw and personal.
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Unsubscribe?
EA's Access service is good value, despite what Sony says - but it's still a less than ideal solution.
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When too much is not enough
Crowdfunding has freed developers from old production models, but at what cost?
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You've got male
Marvel just announced that Thor is becoming a woman, but games don't need sex changes to be better at diversity.
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The best games of 2014 are actually from 2013 - and that's okay
Why the flood of remasters and remakes should be embraced.
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Ending the Minecraft fantasy
Notch is right to clamp down on paid Minecraft servers, but at what cost?
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Stories with dice: the thrill of old-school D&D
When is a role-playing game not a role-playing game? Most of the time, it turns out.
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Game Boy got soul
How the simple heart of Gunpei Yokoi's Game Boy has a legacy that goes beyond hardware.
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Games are squandering their potential to truly immerse us
To create truly believable worlds, they need to let go of what's safe.
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Saturday Soapbox: The high cost of free-to-play
Or How I Tried To Love Freemium Gaming But Came Away Hating It Even More.
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Valve plays the long game again
Steam Machines are about protecting the PC, not beating consoles.
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Is 2014 the year of virtual reality?
Come in Luigi, your time is up - why Oculus Rift is the true next-gen experience.
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Beyonce's onto something, you know
Her new album-out-of-the-blue is a cool idea that would work brilliantly for games.
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What happens when free-to-play games aren't free?
Microsoft's misappropriation of free-to-play mechanics is at the head of a broader problem this generation.
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The fall and rise of the franchise titans
With Assassin's Creed and COD sales slowing, their next-gen successors are waiting in the wings.
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The strongest next-gen line-up from the unlikeliest source
Why the Wii U is the best next-gen choice this Christmas.
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Letting off Steam: Dissecting Valve's announcements
With SteamOS, machines and a controller all a reality, where is Valve's new direction taking it?
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The play's the thing
Smarter writing in games is a good thing, but let's not forget the importance of intelligent systems.