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Are Text Based Games a Dying Genre?

Are text-based games dying out or regaining their popularity?

Text based games are arguably responsible for what the gaming industry has become today. That’s a huge claim, so let me explain. The first text based digital game was called Colossal Cave Adventure which released in 1976. It had about 700 lines of code, and the player could interact with the setting by typing in one or two word responses to the game. Colossal Cave Adventure was strictly…

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NBA LIVE 18 Review: It's Comeback Season And EA Is Starting To Get It’s Footing

NBA LIVE 18 Review: It’s Comeback Season And EA Is Starting To Get It’s Footing

Comeback Season NBA Live has had more downs than ups so far this generation. With NBA live 14,15, and 16 receiving terrible reviews – and overall bad sales – it’s safe to say that the Live team are on notice. Once you compare them to the competition, NBA 2K, from the animations to the character models, Live just couldn’t cut it. Most gamers who’ve played NBA Live 16 thought that the EA Sports…

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Let's Get Crunk Ep. 3: NBA 2K18 Flexes It's Muscle With “Run The Neighborhood”

Let’s Get Crunk Ep. 3: NBA 2K18 Flexes It’s Muscle With “Run The Neighborhood”

NBA 2K18 Flexes It’s Muscle With “Run The Neighborhood”: Full Breakdown EA and the NBA Live team have gotten a lot of shine the last few weeks with the NBA Live 18 demo. NBA Live took a much needed break for last two years and reemerged with a product that I feel is playable and should give the company a newfound, solid foundation. This demo got me thinking, “what does the 2K team have in store…

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Nia shouts emphatically about #E32017! Many #majorkeys were shown! #Metroid #BGE2 #MHWorld On this episode of E-I-C Speaks, Nia talks about E3 3017 and all of the amazingness gamers were blessed with this year.

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E3 2017 Predictions/Wishlist! | Boss Lair W1-L7

E3 2017 Predictions/Wishlist! | Boss Lair W1-L7 #E32017 #E3predictions #E3

Tonight we’ll be doing Boss Lair LIVE! You heard it folks! We’ll be discussing our predictions and hopes for E3 2017. Be sure to read more at SheAttack.com! Watch live video from SheAttack on www.twitch.tvBoss Lair is an original SheAttack TV series featuring teams leads, Nia Pierce, Erica Cruz, and Jaleesa Foster. This series will be mostly focused on gaming and what’s happening in the video…

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Square Enix Wants to Know What You Want in FFXV

@SquareEnix wants to know what DLC you want to see in FFXV in the future!

Final Fantasy XV’s May update includes a survey that asks for what DLC you want to see in the future. Along with some other minor features like bug fixes and snapshots added to Hammerhead, Square Enix added a survey to the main screen of the game’s menu that allows players to vote on what they’d like to see in a future DLC. The survey screen tells players that “Items that receive many votes may…

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Tales of Berseria: The Darkest Tales Game Yet

Tales of Berseria: The Darkest Tales Game Yet @TalesofU ‏#PS4 #Steam

I’ve played a fair share of Tales games over the years, each with their own story, characters, and battle system. Many Tales games have dark stories, but none of the ones I’ve played could top what Tales of Berseria has to offer. Bandai Namco has given us their darkest plot yet. It’s all about revenge and what that’ll cost you. You could almost say the protagonists are the bad guys! As far as the…

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The Great DLC Debate and Why We Still Talk About It

DLC has always been a sore spot for gamers. Why are we still talking about it? #gaming #gamedev

There has been a debate going around about patching in content after a game is made, released, and sold. I’m not talking about DLC, oh no, what I mean is content that should have been in the game originally, but was cut out due to constraints of some sort and being added into the game free of charge later on.  Perhaps the most prominent example of this is Final Fantasy XV, which only a few weeks…

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Xbox Scorpio Specs Reveal, Nintendo Switch Direct (4.12.17), Persona 5, Etc.! | Boss Lair W1-L6

On #BossLair we discussed #XboxScorpio specs, #NintendoDirect 4.12.17, & #Persona5! Come watch!

On level 6 of Boss Lair, we discuss the Xbox Scorpio specs reveal and how we feel the Scorpio will stack up to the competition, the Nintendo Switch Direct that took place on 4.12.2017, Persona 5, and what we’re most excited to see at E3 2017! We go in depth about whether of not the specs of the Xbox Scorpio will be enough to not only rekindle mind share in gamers after deafening silence on…

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Snake Pass (Nintendo Switch): Recommended or Nah?

Nia will be discussing the pros and cons of @Snake_Pass on #NintendoSwitch! @SumoDigitalLtd #SnakePass

To those of you who live under a rock, Snake Pass was one of the most anticipated indie titles on the Nintendo Switch, because: 1) It’s one of the first palpable Unreal Engine 4 games for the system, and 2) The development team at Sumo Digital discussed how easy it was to port over to the Nintendo Switch taking them just a week to get it ported over prior to further optimization. (more…)

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Hostile Gamers and the Reality of Making Games

Hostile Gamers & the Reality of Making Games #gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev

When business people refer to the gaming market as ‘hostile’ they aren’t just talking about the competition. Consumers themselves make it a hostile market because when avid gamers see a commercial, hear a game being announced, or get a release date, suddenly they become personally involved. Every delay and minor glitch is a personal offense and the game company, both indie and AAA, has to pay for…

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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Episode 3 (Review)

#TheWalkingDeadANewFrontier #Episode3 is finally out! Check out our review. @telltalegames

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier episode 3 was released on March 28th. Spoiler Alert: This article will cover the events of episode 3 as well as prior episodes in the series, including season 1 and 2. (more…)

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Yooka-Laylee Preview: The Banjo-Kazooie Spiritual Successor We Deserve

Yooka-Laylee Preview: The Banjo-Kazooie Spiritual Successor We Deserve

I’ll be honest, I was a little skeptical when I first heard about Yooka-Laylee. I wondered if my affinity for 3D platformers was a thing of the past and maybe I wouldn’t appreciate it. Not to mention, hearing this was to be a “Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor?” What big paws to fill! However, after getting my hands on Yooka-Laylee, I realized my doubts and skepticism were just…silly.…

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Black Gaming Community, We Need to Talk

Black Gaming Community, We Need to Talk

About an hour ago, I was pretty pissed off. Now that I haved calmed down, I feel betrayed. (more…)

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Nintendo Switch, Zelda Impressions, & Horizon Zero Dawn| Boss Lair W1-L5

#NintendoSwitch, #Zelda Impressions & #HorizonZeroDawn | Boss Lair W1-L5

On level 5 of Boss Lair, we discuss the Nintendo Switch, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Horizon Zero Dawn! We go in depth about the pros and cons of the Nintendo Switch, impressions about the exploitative world and gameplay of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and what we love about Horizon Zero Dawn. Aside from these topics, we also venture off into whether or not the Zelda franchise is…

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It's dangerous to go alone. Take this. #NintendoSwitch #Zelda #ZeldaBreathoftheWild

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Roleplaying and Racism: The Game

Roleplaying and Racism: The Game

This post contains spoilers. If you haven’t played any of the Dragon Age games, please turn back now (also, play them, they’re quite fun). TRIGGER WARNING: rape, slavery, abuse The most frustrating thing about roleplaying games is that there is always one or two races that are heavily oppressed and people (read: white people) will fawn and try to protect them and hope in the sequel, those races…

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