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  • What I Loved in Video Games This Year

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    Today Population GO posted “Best of 2012” articles from the gaming contributors. As if anyone had any doubt, I rave about Mass Effect 3 being the best game of the year for me. You can read my post here, or check out Ed and Johan’s picks (Halo 4 and Fez, respectively) on the Pop GO site. It’s hard to…

  • How Much Freedom Should We Have in RPGs?

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    In role-playing video games — my favorite genre — having lots of freedom often means enjoying a more interesting, personal role-playing experience. Obviously, story and character development are important in RPGs, but freedom — or maybe something like customization, or more player control over in-game details — is what defines the RPG genre, in my opinion. Sometimes…

  • Games That Won’t Kill You!

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    I have a new post over on Pop GO that lists 5 video games without traditional “GAME OVER” screens or horrible deaths. Instead, the stakes are different — or, at the very least, the consequences for falling in combat offer something other than death. You can read the article here! — Ashley