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My first official press event at NYCC’11 was a demo of the upcoming action-RPG Shoot Many Robots. This is a high energy shot-em-up game in the vein of the old side-scrolling arcade fighters. The enemies come one after the other from all sides and angles. My guide for the demo was Justin Lokey, Associate...
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There I stood, five minutes to the first opening of the floor at New York Comic Con 2011. Hundreds of people surrounded me. Some were fans, others bloggers, still others big time media content creators or and writers. We were all being shoved from one line to the next, making sure the VIP guests...
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What is Comic Con? New York Comic Con is the largest fan convention in NYC and one of (if not the largest) fan conventions on the east coast. The title says “comic,” but the real focus is fandom. People from TV shows, films, video games, books, art, science, and even international media will be...
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I like a good tower defense game. One of the better ones I’ve encountered in a few weeks is Candystand’s Cursed Treasure. It is not a particularly innovative tower defense game, but it’s so well made that it becomes a must play game for fans of this genre. In a narrative twist (not a...
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Epic Mickey is the closest Disney has come in well over ten years to matching the quality of action platforming they mastered on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles. There was a time where a new Disney game was an event. Their side-scrolling platforms starring Mickey and Donald through original worlds completely removed...
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I think I’ve waited long enough to announce this on the blog. I have been approved for a full press pass to attend New York Comic Con during the second week in October. That means I will be blogging a lot about the goings on at the convention. Thursday night and Friday (the 13...
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You are a warrior. You’re about to have your lunch outside when a giant bird steals it. This is unacceptable. You require revenge. And you will get it with a sword, a grappling hook, and a seemingly unending field of Titans*. Titan Launch Retaliation is a new game from Berzerk Studio on Adult Swim’s...
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Wonderputt is a unique online mini golf game from DampGnat at Newgrounds.com. If you’re thinking “How can a mini golf game be unique at this point?,” you have a right to your skepticism. For years, the only major change in most golf games worth trying was the style of course. You’d still drag back...
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Vampire Vision from Center for Game Science is a fun and challenging spot the difference game. You are a vampire hunter. Your job is to use the clues given to you during a tarot reading to rid a village location of vampires. The cards might reveal that vampires will have red eyes or run...
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Atom Zombie Smasher is the kind of computer game I would have had to try even if I knew it was going to be horrible. It just combines so many different elements from video and board games I enjoy not to give it a try. This ambitious independent game is part Risk, part RTS,...
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