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Smart Phones, Smart Games: 5 Great Apps You Might Have Missed
Between work, parenting, attempting to integrate into society and hoarding sherbet, I’ve found less and less “free time” for games. These days, all of my free time is synonymous with waiting: waiting...
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The DLC We Want to See: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Pt.2
Nintendo have been dipping a ginger toe into the waters of downloadable content and we’re firm believers of “the customer is always right.” In the last “DLC We Want to See,” Paddy and Lliam talked...
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Hey, Insomniac Games: How To Make Ratchet & Clank Shine on PS4
Dearest Insomniac Games, I’m not a boot wearing man. Had I been sporting some man-heels while watching the new Ratchet & Clank trailer though, I would certainly have been shaking in them with...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: Why We Play RTS
Over the past decade we’ve seen the tragic decline of the RTS Genre. There are a few reasons to blame for the downfall of RTS, such as the lack of compatibility with gaming consoles or the rise of the...
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Paddy’s Fallout Hype Train: Fallout 1 (PART 1)
SPOILER ALERT!: I won’t be going out of my way to spoil major plot details, however, due to the nature of these articles, some details are going to be discussed. You have been warned. Beep beep, get...
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Paddy’s Fallout Hype Train: Fallout 1 (PART 2)
ATTENTION READER, SPOILERS!: This is part 2 of an ongoing series of articles, click here for the first in the series. I won’t be going out of my way to spoil major plot details, however, due to the...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: Flow
For a RTS game to maintain an engaging and exciting gameplay, it needs to properly flow. This refers to the gameplay elements and mechanics that incentivise and dictate the interaction between each...
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SIMple Question: Has Maxis Maxed Out? – The Sims 4, One Year On
A couple of days ago, a friend gleefully announced to me that she had purchased an expansion pack for The Sims 3. You must know the Sims, it’s the life simulation game that you rediscover every now...
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Paddy’s Fallout Hype Train: Fallout 2 (PART 1)
ATTENTION READER, SPOILERS!: This is part 2 of an ongoing series of articles, click here for the first in the series. I won’t be going out of my way to spoil major plot details, however, due to the...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: Micro and Counter Play
Micro management is more than just maximising the efficiency of your army; it’s about making units feel unique, fun to use and to create exciting interactions between players. There’s nothing...
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Paddy’s Top 5 Worst Games of 2015
Not every game can be good, some are just outright awful, but I approach even the crappiest of games with the kind of mentality one would have while watching a movie they know is awful. It’s the hope...
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Will’s Top 5 Best Games of 2015
As someone who usually plays the role of the optimist, it was my mission last year to pinpoint what I thought were excellent games in a sea of disappointing and passable releases. Don’t get me wrong,...
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What’s NeXt for Nintendo? – Part 1: The Official Announcements
FOREWORD On March 17th, 2015 Satoru Iwata (then director and president of Nintendo) and Isao Moriyasu (President and CEO of DeNA) announced an alliance between Nintendo and DeNA that would see use of...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: Micro & Unit Differentiation
In RTS Games, there’s going to be a lot of different units. To keep the game compelling, controlling each unit needs to feel unique and nuanced. Designing units around how they feel to the player and...
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What’s NeXt for Nintendo? – Part 2: The Speculation
FOREWORD If you type “Nintendo NX” into Google, I can almost guarantee* you that the first dozen articles listed will be speculative or presumptuous in nature. Why? As discussed in Part 1 of this...
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What’s NeXt for Nintendo? – Part 3: The Patent
FOREWORD Despite the lack of an official announcement from Nintendo on the topic, it is widely accepted that their upcoming console- the ‘NX’- will feature a portable handheld to complement a...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: RNG in RTS
If you’ve ever been to a Company of Heroes 2 forum, it doesn’t take long to hear someone protest that a game can’t possibly succeed as an eSport if it has an influence of RNG (random number...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: Asymmetric Design
Asymmetric design is the art and science of making factions unique and play out differently from each other. It’s a subject that’s difficult to critique since asymmetry is a spectrum; RTS games tackle...
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What Makes RTS Games Fun: Base Defences in RTS
Base defences have been a part of RTS since its inception and are often regarded as being a simple yet necessary component of RTS games. In reality, designing base defences should be done with great...
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Paddy’s Top 5 Worst Games of 2016
Here we are – 2017, the year of “Please, will the deaths of beloved celebrities please stop?” As is becoming tradition, I’m ringing in the new by shitting on the old, with the delightful task of...
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