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BuckGB
December 22, 2010

Top 30 Characters Who Defined a Decade

GameInformer’s December issue is now on stands, and it contains a “Top 30 Characters Who Defined a Decade” feature with some custom-made artwork depicting the many standouts hanging out together. I haven’t read the feature myself, but word is that…

Brother None
November 20, 2010

BioShock Sale on Games for Windows Live

Games for Windows Live has been holding a Daily Deal sale, and today is 90% off for BioShock, now on offer for a measly $1.99. BioShock may have been a slightly disappointment to System Shock 2 fans, but it is…

BuckGB
October 3, 2010

IGN’s Top 25 Modern PC Games

I haven’t linked a “top” list in quite awhile, so I thought I’d take advantage of a lazy Sunday to point out IGN’s new “Top 25 Modern PC Games” feature that places The Witcher at #24, Diablo II at #19,…

BuckGB
August 12, 2010

BioShock Infinite Announced

Irrational Games’ Project Icarus has been revealed as BioShock Infinite, an indirect sequel to the series that originally began as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. It’s hard to say if Infinite will contain any role-playing elements at all,…

BuckGB
August 5, 2010

On Morality and Making Choices Matter in Video Games

Hellmode has published a lengthy piece on the inclusion of morality and hard-hitting choices in video games, with Mass Effect 2, Fable II, BioShock, Fallout 3, and a few other titles used as both good and bad examples of how…

BuckGB
August 1, 2010

Reading Too Much Into It?: BioShock

The depth of the narrative, characters, and overall storyline in Irrational Games’ BioShock is the subject of a new editorial on The Married Gamers. It’s too bad that BioShock 2 will never be as memorable: Bioshock never tried to be an open…

Brother None
July 10, 2010

BioShock Added to GFWL On Demand

Microsoft has added three titles to its Games On Demand service for Games for Windows Live, including BioShock, Max Payne, and Gears of War. Let’s clarify: that’s two titles from 2007, and one from 2001. Got to start somewhere, but it…

Brother None
July 10, 2010

BioShock Added to GFwL On Demand

Microsoft has added three titles to its Games On Demand service for Games for Windows Love: BioShock, Max Payne and Gears of War. Let’s clarify: that’s two titles from 2007, and one from 2001. Got to start somewhere, but it…

BuckGB
July 9, 2010

A History of Ken Levine and Irrational Games

If you’d like to better familiarize yourself with Ken Levine’s 15-year development history, you’ll want to check out IGN’s two-page “Ken Levine and the End of the Auteur” editorial and the accompanying five-minute video interview. A snip from the former:…

BuckGB
July 1, 2010

Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, Titan Quest, and BioShock on Sale

Another day in the Steam “Perils of Summer” sale is upon us, with the latest batch of deals including Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening for 40% off, Titan Quest Gold for 75% off ($4.99), BioShock for…