It’s hard to think ahead to other games at this point. This time of year, we’re generally buried in the year’s best releases. I’ve still got eighteen more riddler trophies and four riddles in Arkham City, and my character in Skyrim is level 21 and he’s only begun to scratch the game’s surface. I haven’t […]

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When the first Trine game came out, I waited forever. It was supposed to release in the Spring, and by the time it actually came out, it had passed. [insert haiku about days of summer passing] This time, the complete opposite is true: I just found out this morning that Trine 2 is going to […]

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Now we’re into the home stretch. We started at top fifty, but now we’re into the top twenty: my favorite games of all time. Encouragingly, three games in this list didn’t yet exist when I wrote up my original list back in 2007. 20- Ultima V (Origin, Commodore 64, 1988) I’m a great lover of […]

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For the past few years, I’ve listened to many XBox 360 owners explain why their console of choice was superior to the Playstation 3. And while some games – Dead Rising, Fable 2, and the upcoming Alan Wake for example – have made me wish that I owned a 360, for the most part I’ve been […]

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I just got my first platinum trophy today for finishing every achievement in Trine.Working my way through every experience vial in the game was the part that took the longest, and I’ll admit: I had to consult a few online guides to find a few of the more cleverly hidden ones. But this is the […]

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With the huge number of games that were released over the 2009 holiday season and the 2009 games that were pushed into early 2010, I’ve got a to-play list that’s just way too long. I’m currently spending a good bit of time replaying Trine on very hard difficulty, working towards those last few trophies. If […]

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I’ve had some seriously bad luck recently with games. This weekend, after getting thoroughly trounced by a revenant in Dragon Age for the sixth time, I decided to fire up the Playstation, and I played some Trine. That platinum trophy has been seeming more and more attainable. I managed to get every experience vial in […]

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One of the oldest game genres is the platformer, so named because you play a character that jumps to and from suspended platforms. Contra, Bionic Commando, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Super Mario Brothers all fall into this category. I should make it clear here that I never got into Super Mario World or Mario 64, […]

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For me, 2009 was like eating at a good buffet: chock full of tasty selections, comfort food and some guilty pleasures you just can’t resist. Let’s see what was on the menu for this year! Appetizers Trine – Although this is a very meaty dish for a downloadable game, it was still over with a […]

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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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