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Shopping Mall Kissing Spree: A first look at the “weapons” of First Person Lover
Fashion brand Björn Borg have unveiled the first two “weapons” of First Person Lover with a parody of the famous Apple Keynote speeches. Following on from their parody of controversial isometric...
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Nintendo Direct Recap 1-14-15
Good morning everyone and welcome to the first Nintendo Direct of 2015! I am Sol Garfuncle, the resident Nintendo lover at Powergamer and this is our recap feature, covering all the aspects of the...
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Discussions with a Gay Gamer #2 – Alternative Roo
After the success of our first Discussion with a Gay Gamer, I was contacted by Alternative Roo of Lewd Gamer to discuss his own views and thoughts around the ongoing GamerGate controversy, and the...
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Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Age of Mythology is very much the first RTS that I made my own. I was nine years old when it was first released, and built my first computer in preparation for its release. It was well worth the wait,...
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An Open Letter regarding I Get This Call Every Day
I’ve recently been involved in an email discussion with David S Gallant regarding a recent interview posted by Ian Miles Cheong of Gameranx where he stated that our site (along with TechRaptor and One...
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Bean Curd Processing Plants: Charity effort Tiny Robot Justice Squad hits...
Indy game dev Jay Young has unveiled the first effort from Mind Relay, Tiny Robot Justice Squad, a “Action/Platformer/Arena Shooter hybrid” which is slated for release in mid 2015 through Steam...
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Resident Evil HD Remaster
Lightning doesn’t strike twice, so they say, but it would seem in Resident Evil’s case that striking three times is nothing out of the ordinary. In 1996 the world was introduced to a new and terrifying...
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Wizards & Warriors
Intro This NES classic was a staple in my household as a kid, along with anything else that had a tinge of fantasy. A full play through years later took me roughly an hour and fifteen minutes, with...
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Growing Up With Gaming
The 90’s was my decade, that’s the decade I grew up in for the most part, and the 90’s were awesome. It was truly the golden age of the console gamer… Gamegear, Gameboy, SNES, Megadrive (or Genesis if...
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Evolve
“I guess, controversy, generally speaking, is a good thing.” Strauss Zelnick is not the first authority figure to espouse a “controversy creates cash” angle and I’m sure he won’t be the last, but the...
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STRAFE
“Trevor, you’re not playing that revolutionary, extreme, combat simulator STRAFE are you?” – STRAFE Trailer STRAFE is, oddly enough and to my eternal shame, a game I only just recently found out about...
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Nuts and Bolts Gaming – Episode 1
Introducing the first of a new series being featured on PowerGamer: “Nuts and Bolts Gaming Episode: Videogames from a practical perspective by scrumpmonkey Do you want a more analytically approach to...
View ArticleKrymsonkyng’s Rubric Of Active Krytique (KROAK): How I learned to stop...
Legitimate critics tend to shy away from numeric ratings when it comes to qualitative game analysis, and rightly so. Part of the problem is that numeric ratings seem to come out of thin air based...
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Nuts & Bolts Gaming Ep2: Control Issues
Episode Two: Control Issues “Do you want a more analytically approach to examining games and game design? I’m not a game developer but over the past 7 months I’ve spoken to a LOT of people who cover,...
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
If there is one thing you can say about Hotline Miami (originally release in 2012), it’s that it is bloody violent… and bloody BLOODY for that matter. A faux retro, pixelated neon acid trip down a...
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Tormentum: Dark Sorrow
I have to put my hands up and admit, I’m not typically what you would call a “fan of point-and-click games”. My usual games range from immersive RPGs, to first-person shooter action, and then on to...
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Announcement Trailer
So, it’s official, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is getting a full-fledged sequel, and I think it’s fair to say I’m as excited as a terribly excited person who has a really good reason for being terribly...
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Playable Female Characters Are NOT Important
Over the last few years, video games have commonly been referred to by piteous pop culture critics and embittered Tumblr dwellers alike as being a “boys club”. Each and every time this tired term is...
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Tropes vs. Men – Men as Background Decoration
Content Warning: This educational episode contains graphic sexual and violent game footage as well as portrayals of toxic masculinity. I have never played a game in my life so here is the start of my...
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Tropes vs. Men – Too Many Tits
This is part 2 of my Tropes vs Men series. Thank you for the Patreon money, but I need another $500,000 for part 3 and for my new Harley Davidson. In this episode we explore the “Too Many Tits” trope...
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