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  • My First Horror Video Game!

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    This week I played Alan Wake. It was my first horror video game, and it freaked me the hell out. Before I pissed my way through it, I was looking forward to playing Aliens: Colonial Marines in the future because it looks so awesomely scary. But if Alan Wake made me sweat, I don’t know that I can handle a…

  • The Magical Mess of Voice Acting in Video Games

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    Video games have become increasingly story-oriented, and that has made voice acting more important than ever. Maybe that’s why we’re seeing big name actors voicing characters in games. In the early years of voiced games, game developers had to take a stab at recording lines themselves. Obviously, their success varied. But all of that has…

  • Star Wars 1313

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    Though I’m not the biggest Star Wars fan in the world, the upcoming LucasArts video game Star Wars 1313 is by far my most highly anticipated game of the next year or so. Words cannot express how excited I am about this game… but I’ll talk about it anyway. In the game, you’re a bounty hunter navigating the criminal underworld…