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5/7/08- How to Make Better Game Adaptations

2008-05-07 23:53:28 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...game There have been many articles written about video game and comic book film adaptations, but Ive noticed there are very few discussions about what makes a decent game adaptation of a movie. Why do we expect so little of game adaptations? Can the game ever be better than the movie? In order to make game adaptations of movies better, here...
 
Tags: game, game adaptations, adventure game, game challenges, decent game adaptation, puzzle game, video game, movie, movie till
 
 
 
 
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4/29/08 - SUPER IMPORTANT BIG NEWS! PC GAMER AND GAMESRADAR = BFFs!

2008-05-02 00:29:27 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...Gamer to power GamesRadars PC channel By Kristen Salvatore, Editor-in-Chief PC Gamer: your favorite magazine, with a website charitably described as old-school. GamesRadar: a tech powerhouse of a website located, conveniently, right across the hall from the PC Gamer staff Strategic alliances like this one brought down Hitler, Sauron, and...
 
Tags: gamer, gamer logowhich, gamer staff, gamer community, gamesradar, website charitably, website, favorite magazine, magazine
 
 
 
 
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4/29/08 - Warhammer 40,000 Online Developer Interview

2008-04-29 21:56:52 by dstapleton in PC Gamer
 
...Gamer subscribers are reading our June issue featuring the first look at Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II , plus a look at Warhammer Online (fantasy) and an interview with the developers of the recently-announced Warhammer 40,000 Online . That interview ran longer than we could fit into the pages of the magazine, so as promised, here is the...
 
Tags: warhammer, reasons warhammer, warhammer online, actual warhammer, games workshops warhammer, warhammer fantasy mmo, tabletop game, tabletop, fantasy mmo
 
 
 
 
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4/28/08- No New GTA IV NEWs!

2008-04-28 21:41:12 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...game thats dominating the news this week? Simple: Because Rockstar and 2K havent given any confirmation that GTA IV will come out for the PC, other than that the previous five games have done so (which is a pretty good indication that well get it eventually But, because you insist on hounding us for GTA info, you can take this article as your...
 
Tags: gta, gta movie, gta piece, gta info, grand theft auto, developer interviews, magic letters, plot tidbits, time
 
 
 
 
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4/23/08- Jedi Knight: The FMVs

2008-04-23 03:13:11 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...game FMVs, Im looking at Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II . Many of you readers have kindly shared some of your suggestions, and I encourage you to keep sending me requests at cholt@futureus.com. Keep in mind that Im reviewing the games based solely on the movies, so feel free to suggest both popular and unpopular franchises Jedi Knight is the...
 
Tags: jedi, jedi game, jedi knight, jedi knight fmvs, dark jedi yun, jedi powers include, dark jedi, fmvs, computer game fmvs
 
 
 
 
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4/18/08 - America's Next Top PCG Reviewer: Your Top 12 Announced!

2008-04-19 00:33:09 by cosborn in PC Gamer
 
...Gamer has finally chosen who will be moving forward in its America's Next Top PC Gamer Reviewer competition We had to make some extremely difficult choices," says Chuck Osborn, the magazine's senior executive editor. "I was totally unprepared for the volume and high quality of the submissions we received In the first stage of the competition,...
 
Tags: gamer reviewer competition, competition, gamer, america, top, senior executive editor, chuck osborn, osborn, south san francisco
 
 
 
 
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4/16/08- TrackMania on Steam

2008-04-17 01:41:04 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...game, not in a general way), and engage in some pretty deep single player racing as well. There is a new stunt mode available in addition to solo ranking medals you can unlock as you progress. There are lots of maps and variations on standard racetracks to keep you on your toes and let you fine-tune your racing prowess before you compete...
 
Tags: trackmania, trackmania nations forever, forever, steam, forever recently, nations forever, free download, free, steam press release
 
 
 
 
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4/10/08- Kanes Wrath: The FMVs

2008-04-11 02:26:31 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...game has many important prerequisites: great gameplay, a terrific story, really immersive atmosphere, etc. The Command and Conquer games are superb RTS experiences but remain relatively unique among other modern games in that they put a lot of effort into their full motion videos, or FMVs. A good game tells a story, but a great game immerses...
 
Tags: henstridge, lovely natasha henstridge, kanes wrath, carl lumbly, computer game, natasha, quality computer game, lumbly, fmvs
 
 
 
 
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4/10/08 - Assassin's Creed, I just can't quit you

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2008-04-10 17:30:02 by dstapleton in PC Gamer
 
...game as it does for an alcoholic to get off the sauce. Seriously, how hard is it to make a game quit, Ubisoft Check the video after the jump By Dan Stapleton, Senior Associate Editor Knowing Assassin's Creed would be coming out on the PC, I made a conscious effort to avoid the console versions for the past several months so that I could have...
 
Tags: quit, game quit, game, experience, console versions, impossible, creed, stop, assassin
 
 
 
 
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4/7/08- Dawn of War II and Warhammer 40K Online details coming soon

2008-04-08 18:58:06 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...Gamer are getting ready to unleash a bombshell of details on everything Warhammer -related in our upcoming June issue While everyone has been wasting time wondering if Tyranids will be playable in Dawn of War II , a select few at PC Gamer were lucky enough to visit Relics Vancouver studio for a first look at the gritty, blood-soaked real-time...
 
Tags: warhammer, warhammer 40k online, online, warhammer fan, war, dawn, details, time, real-time strategy game