7:24PM

GDC 12: The return of Beat'em up Brawlers

Constantly moving to the right, punching every single moving thing with two or four legs directly in the face that is what it truly is to be beat’em up. In this day and age, the genre hasn’t had the best of journeys, and most of us often fancy the better days wearing rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia. Re-releases and throwbacks aside, three games aim to bring back the rush of beating a roasted turkey out of someone’s chest as we take a look at what they had to offer with some white-knuckled playtime.  

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3:54AM

QCF: Mass Effect 3

This review was freelanced by writer and friend of the cast James Wells. 

It’s hard not to come at Mass Effect 3 without the squeal of a fanboy who has invested five years of his life into the series. Bioware’s space opera is one of the best things to happen to sci-fi in the last 20 years, and with the third installment bringing the epic story of Commander Shepard to a close, the big question is whether Bioware could  live up to its promise of making your decisions matter to a story five years in the making. For the most part, the Edmonton studio has achieved that promise, however impossible it may have seemed.

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11:49PM

PPR At GDC 12

On this very special episode of Press Pause Radio, we cover all the sites and sounds from GDC 2012. GeorgieBoysAXE returns from his first (possibly last) visit to the Game Developers Conference and describes his adventures to us all. The second half of the episode is exclusive interviews with developers on the show floor, as they discuss some of the best games set to release this year. Please enjoy this very special episode, and come right back in a few weeks as we gear up to invade Boston for PAX East 2012. Thanks for listening!

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4:12PM

GDC 12: Indie Game The Movie Impressions

On Monday night, GDC attendees had the opportunity to get a free screening of Indie Game: The Movie. The film sets to encapsulate the experience of three different indie developers and their struggles they face in their craft of game development. The movie hasn’t seen commercial release yet, but it should be on everyone’s radar. Behind the all of the tropes one would associate with a documentary and their exaggerated portrayals, Indie Game: The Movie sets out to show you every gut wrenching moment and it may just even touch your heart.

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1:11PM

GDC 12: The Gravity Rush Keynote Live Blog

8:19PM

GDC 12: The Dear Esther Keynote Live Blog

7:00PM

GDC 12: The IGF Recap

As the stage lighting slowly dims, the spotlight closes in on Andy Schatz of Monaco fame, who's hosting the fourteenth annual Independent Games Festival Awards. He approaches the podium as the audience grows restless with excitement. I was denied the opportunity to live blog the event, but figure what I could do instead was write about the actual event itself, and talk about one of the most significant events in the industry today (sadly one of the most overlooked as well).

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6:57PM

GDC 12: The Kinect Tracking Session Live Blog