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Why I uninstalled Minecraft

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 6, 2012
2 min

It had been several months since I had decided I wanted to play Minecraft. At first, I dismissed it as a fad and a simple game, without any direction. In short, I found it disinteresting. But, several Youtube videos later, I was hooked.

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10 things we can expect to find on Mars

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 5, 2012
1 min

If we Earthlings have learned anything from movies, video games, and comic books, we may not want to find anything....

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Mass Effect and Nintendo: How Fanboys Alter the Gaming Landscape

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 2, 2012
3 min

The woes of fanboys could be heard daily on forums and comment sections alike during the genesis of modern-day online publishing but these...

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Top 5 Reasons to Play Minecraft

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 2, 2012
3 min

Mojang’s Minecraft brings the simplicity and outright enthusiasm which you may or may not have had for Legos as a kid. A lot of kids I knew owned a set of some kind which was, of course, swiftly abandoned prior to entering those turbulent pre-teen years. However, Minecraft could be your ticket back into that happy, juvenile place you entered every time you placed your hand on your coveted Lego pieces.

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13-foot 12,000-pound mechanized robot suit now for sale in Japan

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 1, 2012
2 min

Japan is the land of robots, right? But not just inoffensive little welding bots that make Toyota minivans and Honda Civics. Instead, Suidobashi Heavy Industry...

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50 Games in 2012 – #9 Mario Party 9 [WII]

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
2 min

As a youngster Mario Party was a game that often became a main attraction at birthday parties. Besides maybe Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros no other game brought as much multi-player fun for me as a kid. Mario Party was the business to play with friends.

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Games that Rocksteady could make instead of Batman

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 25, 2012
2 min

I know I’m not alone is saying that if Rocksteady wants to keep making Batman games, that’s fine by me, but Rocksteady’s work suggests that they are certainly capable of creating great games that don’t involve Batman.

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Search for world’s greatest Tetris player: Ecstasy of Order documentary now available

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 24, 2012
1 min

An award-winning documentary about the search for the world’s greatest Tetris player is now available to order. The film tracks the 2010 world Tetris...

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Why Guild Wars 2 looks awesome to a Guild Wars fan

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 23, 2012
2 min

The original Guild Wars was the first massively multiplayer game I played, and was also one of the most addictive games I had...

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‘All Your Mines Are Belong To Us’: Minecraft and its Intricacies

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2012
3 min

It is rare for a title to demand so much of my attention at the mere mention of its name, however, Minecraft has stolen a cue from that invisible god whom video game developers hold dear: ‘fun’. Yes, fun. What did you think I meant?

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