Monthly Archives: April 2014

Time Traveling Assassin by Cracked Astronaut Games

Fight your way through multiple levels of enemies and puzzles as the time traveler, making your way from a dungeon to the top to recharge your time traveling device and get back to your own era.  Use a pistol, shotgun, … Continue reading

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Millennium Hell

Millennium Hell is a platform fighter where players attempt to knock their opponent from the stage. Players must execute combo’s on their opponent to rack up damage an then send them flying. Each character has a unique stage changing ability … Continue reading

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I am Alone – By Team Does Gray Matter?

I am alone is an immersive first person horror game that  places the protagonist in an empty research lab. In the game the player looks for clues as to what has happend through computer terminals and other puzzels. The game … Continue reading

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Lazer Johnson and the Inferno of Termination

Lazer Johnson and the Inferno of Termination – or LaJIT – is a turn-based tactical strategy game that lets you control three main characters as they try to defeat all of their enemies within levels. The different player characters have … Continue reading

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Too realistic?? But I thought that was what we wanted…

So prior to attending Penn State, I served in the Marine Corps as an Infantryman for four years. Through years and years of training, I have developed a pet peeve against things that are not correctly or well portrayed especially … Continue reading

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Rise of DLC and Decline of the Expansion Pack

Source: Microsolft Games So lately games have taken to the addition of downloadable content (DLC) to their games. Typically released after the release of the game to include extra content such as missions, graphics, features, at a certain price point. … Continue reading

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Free to Play Vs Pay to Play

There is huge a push and pull going on in the industry right in in how developers can make a free to play game that finds the right balance between giving users a free game and taking enough of the … Continue reading

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Titanfall – A new era of FPS?

I recently was watching a movie and there was an advertisement about a new game that was released called Titanfall. Titanfall gives a very unique fps game play because you can either be a pilot who can run around and … Continue reading

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In Game Advertising

So in class this week and last week we discussed business models and something that really caught my attention was the lead generation. In this day an age, game makers are now trying to advertise products within the game. It … Continue reading

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A Rant on Horror Games

Horror games aren’t for everyone. A lot of people don’t like the idea of playing a game mean to scare them. Fear is thought to be a negative feeling and generally uncomfortable. Horror in media has been around for a … Continue reading

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