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How many of you still have a Game Boy or a PSP lying around that you regularly use? How many of you have one at all? My guess is that one of the answers might...

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What is Minecraft? I’ve asked myself that question for the past year and never got an answer. It was mostly my fault but I just never saw why people were so addicted to it. You...

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The Importance of Narrative in Video Games

April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Video games have come a very long way since the 1970’s when the first home video game system was released in 1972. It was a very primitive machine. It essentially was the standard pong game...

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In 2010, Hasbro released a pretty damn cool Transformers toy. It was Masterpiece Grimlock; a figure long-time American fans had been waiting for ever since the Masterpiece toyline became a reality. It was highly articulated, detailed,...

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Carry on Wayward Son: A Rock Band Tale

April 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

Music makes the world go round. It’s the one thing in the world that can bring people together. And when you hear your favorite song on the radio, you’re probably going to start singing if...

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Velocity Gamer has a lot of different personalities and if you’ve followed us for awhile, you’ll notice that certain writers here like certain games because we are gamers, first and foremost. If you’ve just started...

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Molyjam and The Future of Video Games

March 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

What would MolyDeux? If you’ve followed games at all in the past 15 years, you’ve probably heard of Peter Molyneux. He’s been around for awhile; his most recent works include the Fable series but stretch...

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Guest Editorial: Gamer VS Publisher

February 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

(For the uninitiated, Ben Paddon is the guy behind Game Journalists Are Incompetent F*ckwits; essentially a guide for what not to do when you’re a games journalist. It’s something that I try to adhere to,...

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Falling in love with a S.T.A.L.K.E.R

January 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

(Written before the news of GSC Gameworld being shut down and S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 being cancelled) I think everyone that follows Velocity Gamer pretty much knows that I’m a fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series. I always try...

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