The past, present, and future of video games at the DIY-focused Maker Faire 2012

Source: N4G

It’s rare to see Tesla coils, a man in a giant cardboard robot suit, an R2-D2-building club, steam punk accessories, and video games share a common zip code, much less congregate in one confined space. Yet they were all part of this past weekend’s cele ...
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GamesBeat: Ron Gilbert and Double Fine go adventuring in The Cave (preview)

Source: N4G

Adventure game grandfathers Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Full Throttle) and Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island) recently held a special media event at Double Fine Productions’ San Francisco headquarters to unveil the devel ...
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Twinfinite Reviews The Journey Down: Episode 1

Source: N4G

Adventure games have been around since the 1970s. In the 1990s the genre reached its high point with Lucasarts and Sierra adventure titles like Grim Fandango and Kings Quest. Then the industry crashed and became niche. Rec ...
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Opinion: Diablo 3's Success Heralds a PC Gaming Renaissance

Source: GameSpy

One week ago, Blizzard opened the gates to Sanctuary, and a record-setting 6.3 million PC gamers have already clamored in. Yes, Blizzard proudly announced today, Diablo 3 is now the fastest-selling PC game ...
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Maker Faire 2012: The Cubification of My Robot Nation

Source: Tested

My Robot Nation's WebGL modeling tool could give the Cubify printer a killer app. I found My Robot Nation in the bustling corner of the Maker Faire expo hall dedicated to 3D printers. A glass display case full of 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-inch tall ro ...
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Maker Faire 2012: What the Digital Game Museum Taught Me About The Hobbit

Source: Tested

I ran into the Digital Game Museum at Maker Faire, talked software preservation, and learned about one of the coolest text adventures of the 1980s. Last week I wrote an article about emulation and software preservation, s ...
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What If Star Wars Had Been a Flop in 1977?

Source: 1up.com

I magine that Star Wars had been a flop at the box office. Maybe George Lucas was allowed to release his original edit, or maybe word just never got out. Regardless, while it's not a disaster on par with Heaven's Gate--w ...
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Kickstarting a video game classic in Utah

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Jones as "Tex Murphy" Friday, May 18 2012 in Centerville In the 1990s, Chris Jones made a series of popular PC adventure games called "Tex Murphy," a film-noir parody about a bumbling detec ...
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A little bullet time goes a long way ...

Source: Stuff.co.nz

Perhaps it was an attack of nostalgia to the brain or perhaps it was because I was playing Max Payne 3 at the time but over the weekend I tried to see if I could get Max Payne 2 - the second in the series from Finnish developer R ...
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