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Opinion
October 2, 2014
‘Don’t Shoot the White Target’ Makes Me Question Apple’s Approval Process
By Jim Squires
Every week, in the wee early hours of Thursday morning, the App Store sees a massive influx of new games. Sometimes, like this week, it results in a veritable treasure trove of gaming goodness. Even so, there are hundreds of …
Opinion
August 26, 2014
Is Swing Copters a Clone of Bog Racer?
By Jim Squires
A few weeks back I received an email (as I often do) from a developer asking me to check out their game. In this case, the developer in question was Open Name Ltd, and the game was Bog Racer. I …
Opinion
July 24, 2014
Does Naxxramas Single Player Help or Hinder Hearthstone?
By Steven Strom
When Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft launched it was immediately clear where the focus should be: multiplayer. Despite a rather attractive opening tutorial, the rest of the game’s single player content was far-and-away the least interesting and useful aspect of the …
Opinion
July 17, 2014
YouTubers Accepting Money for Coverage is Wrong
By Carter Dotson
The internet is currently stuck in the morass of a debate about YouTube gaming personalities accepting money to feature games on their channels. And really, it shouldn’t be. Accepting money in exchange for coverage is wrong – and doing so …
Features
July 10, 2014
Developers Hurting Customers Over Lost Steam Keys is Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
By Carter Dotson
If a person buys a game in good faith from a store which they trust, and it turns out that the Steam key for the game (which worked upon redemption) was actually ill-gotten in some form — whose fault is …
Opinion
June 27, 2014
Developers Force Apple Reversal on Rewards, but the Fight’s Not Over
By Ross Avner
Earlier this month, right as the video game industry began gathering for the annual E3 trade show, Apple enacted a policy change and began rejecting apps (and app updates) that incorporated advertising-based rewards and social sharing. That opened the company up to …
News
June 27, 2014
Cloned Blek Sets a New Standard for Shameless Clones
By Carter Dotson
Clones are a real problem on the App Store, what with all the games that have tried to replicate Flappy Bird, and the whole Threes/2048 saga. But Cloned Blek manages to set a new standard for both boldness and for …
Opinion
June 25, 2014
Splatoon and the Case of Gameplay vs. Gunplay
By Brian Anthony Thornton
Before this year’s E3 event, if you had told me that one of the most promising “shooter” announcements of 2014 would come from Nintendo, I would have suggested that you consult a psychiatrist. GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark are but distant …

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Category: Opinion

‘Don’t Shoot the White Target’ Makes Me Question Apple’s Approval Process

Is Swing Copters a Clone of Bog Racer?

Does Naxxramas Single Player Help or Hinder Hearthstone?

YouTubers Accepting Money for Coverage is Wrong

Developers Hurting Customers Over Lost Steam Keys is Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Developers Force Apple Reversal on Rewards, but the Fight’s Not Over

Cloned Blek Sets a New Standard for Shameless Clones

Splatoon and the Case of Gameplay vs. Gunplay

New Genre-defining Action-Healer, 3 Healers Fables The History of Three Influential Figureheads Without Combat

Co-Op Cooking Horror Happy’s Humble BURGATORY Arrives on Steam Next Month

Woodo Is a 3D Puzzle Game with Handcrafted Wooden Dioramas, Demo Live Now on PC and Consoles

Use Colours to Solve Platforming Puzzles in Colorbound, Coming to Multiple Platforms Soon