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Farewell, Old Friend: The Times, They Are A Sort’a Changin’

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Farewell, Old Friend: The Times, They Are A Sort’a Changin’

Since GameAxis Unwired is no more, I figured it would be appropriate for those who worked on the magazine to say their farewell. Here’s former writer “Shoeless” Wayne Santos with his piece.

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Farewell, Old Friend: Unwired Plugging Out

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Farewell, Old Friend: Unwired Plugging Out

GameAxis Unwired might be null and void now, but that isn’t gonna stop me from asking the former people who wrote for the mag to pay tribute to the mag. Here’s former Managing Editor & Product Manager for GameAxis Aaron Yip saying what’s on his mind.

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E3 2010 – Big Three Breakdown

E3 2010 – Big Three Breakdown

And so, it’s already the end of E3 2010. Let’s see which of the Big Three (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony) has the strongest press conference showing.

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XCOM As An FPS: Can It Work?

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XCOM As An FPS: Can It Work?

The answer may surprise you.

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A Casual Nation or How HD Failed Gaming

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A Casual Nation or How HD Failed Gaming

High definition didn’t bring gaming into the next level as many thought it would. Instead, the boom for contemporary videogame interest lies in the very traditional concepts of quick, casual, fun.

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Should We Move On Down With The Playstation Move?

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Should We Move On Down With The Playstation Move?

Is the recently-announced PS3 Move all that’s cracked up to be? Mr. Toffee dishes out his two cents.

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Weekend Soapbox: Bewitched By Bayonetta

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Weekend Soapbox: Bewitched By Bayonetta

Bayonetta: is she more than just an exploitative sex symbol, or is she a case of “what you see is what you get”? Mr. Toffee doesn’t think so, as he believes that she’s saving the face of female videogame characters everywhere with her antics.

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Weekend Soapbox: The Obligatory BlizzCon/GamesCom Snipey Snipe

Weekend Soapbox returns after a long hiatus of print deadlines-meeting. Who wishes to take bets on whether another Weekend Soapbox will return next week? No wait, don’t….

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Beyond Visceral, or the Musings of a Stubbed Toe

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Beyond Visceral, or the Musings of a Stubbed Toe

Tom Farrer contemplates the face value of entertainment in modern games and the complexities of ingraining experience, emotion, empathy and art into products more and more designed first and foremost as interactive eye candy.

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No Need For PC Gaming?

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No Need For PC Gaming?

Just recently, forumite cw8 brought up a recent Gamespot podcast called Hotspot. Next to the usual post-E3 pillow talk, the podcast speakers quipped about PC gaming and how it’s being downplayed. Needless to say, this got cw8 and a bunch of other PC connoisseurs in a huff. Personally, I would too, but let’s take this step by step, shall we?

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