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Reviews Spotlight: Being Among Thieves, Playing as Thieves, and Killing Thieves

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 18, 2010
3 min

If you have an inclination towards cloak-and-dagger activity, then you’ll find this week’s Bitmob Review Spotlight especially interesting. It seems the community can’t get...

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Puff, Puff, Pass: Gaming While Under the Influence

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January 17, 2010
5 min

Disclaimer: Bitmob and its staff do not condone the use of drugs in any manner whatsoever. We advise all our readers to respect the...

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Item-Enabled Narrative: The Story of Torchlight

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January 17, 2010
2 min

Editor’s note: The things we own often help define who we are. Gerard argues that in games like Torchlight, Borderlands, and World of Warcraft,...

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Trying to Find a Balance When Motion Controls Have Changed the Industry

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January 17, 2010
4 min

Editor’s note: I’ve heard a lot of debate about what the implications of Microsoft’s and Sony’s motion control initiatives might be. What I haven’t...

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A Cavalcade of Crocheted Video Game Characters

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 17, 2010
1 min

Not too long ago, we featured some awesome Mario furniture made by a creative member of Etsy named EnemyAirship. It seems this artistic game...

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Super Mario Bros. 3 Inspires The Next Generation

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January 17, 2010
1 min

It’s hard to believe that this great piece of filmmaking was done by someone who wasn’t even born when Super Mario Bros. 3 was...

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I don’t beat RPGs anymore, or why saving the world in 60 hrs doesnt cut it

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 16, 2010
5 min

RPGs have long held a place in my heart. They were and still are my favorite genre of all time, but these days, I struggle to finish them. My budget was smaller in the 90's, and only a few rpgs came out every three or four years, so there was less to play, but more to focus on.