2009 is over, and this week in Lungfishopolis, we’ll be talking about which games were our favorites this past year. Today, I’ll be starting by talking about my own favorites. It’s a tough call, but I’d probably have to say that my favorite game of 2009 is Dragon Age: Origins. The game’s difficulty has certainly been a struggle […]

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This one is about a year old now, but I saw it again recently and had to share. I’m a big fan of Lore Sjoberg.

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Wikipedia defines survival horror as a game genre in which odds are stacked against the player so as to de-emphasize direct combat, and instead encourage the player to avoid enemies. This is generally done by limiting resources such as ammunition and healing items, and by making the player’s avatar relatively weak, as opposed to other […]

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Greg, I’m right there with you when it comes to the deluge of good games this year. And while I’m currently playing Modern Warfare 2, I still have a long list of stuff I hope to play before I die of old age. I didn’t manage to get an even 20 but hey, thems the […]

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As is normal for this time of year, there’s just an incredible flood of games that I want to play. Right now I’m having a blast playing Dragon Age: Origins, Trine, and multiplayer Borderlands, but I’ve got a lot of other games I’m looking forward to playing when I’m done. When I counted, I got […]

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Chase sequences in games are really difficult to do well. How many can you think of? Generally they’re either of the timed sort such as in Prototype, where you’ve got to navigate obstacles and reach your target before the timer elapses, or else they’re of the untimed sort where you can wait around for as […]

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I’m kind of half and half on my response here as I don’t completely agree with Greg on the “overrated” status of the games he mentions, but with the exception of KOTOR, I ain’t exactly in love with ’em either, just for different reasons. Now, when it comes to Knights of the Old Republic, I […]

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I’m going to piss off a lot of people now by talking about how I think some of the best-loved games in the past few years weren’t actually that good. Much of this might have to do with my personal opinion of Bioware’s game engines, since two of my three example games here are from […]

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Game demos aren’t generally something I’ve put much thought into. I’ve tried a game demo on occasion, but when I’ve been excited about a game, I generally haven’t made it a point to try out the demo before playing the game. I generally rely on online reviews, friends’ opinions, and metacritic scores. But as I’ve […]

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Now that the end is in sight in terms of 2009’s video games, I thought I’d look back at all the games I played this year. I’ll definitely be playing Scribblenauts, Dragon Age: Origins, and Borderlands before the year’s over, and I may also be playing Uncharted 2 or Brutal Legend. But they’re all games that I’ll […]

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