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Why is League of Legends so popular?

I’m sorry that I keep bringing up League of Legends (LoL) from the makers of Riot, but it made me realize that there has to be some good reasons why myself and many others have chosen this game as their … Continue reading

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Professional Gamers Making a Living Playing Games

Professional Gamers can make a living now more than they ever could before. The most practical and common way to do this has been with streaming live play on websites such as twitch.tv. http://playxbla.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/TwitchTV.jpg As a League of Legends fan … Continue reading

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The “Cookie Cutter” Problem

The definition of the phrase “cookie cutter” means that there is something unoriginal that is being mass produced. In the context of video games, this usually means the things that are getting mass produced are how you customize a character, … Continue reading

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Next month, Valve’s movie “Free to Play” gets released

http://cdn.dota2.com/apps/dota2/images/international2013/ftp_cover.jpg Free to Play, is Valve’s movie that focuses on DOTA 2 and the lives of three professional DOTA 2 players from around the world. It will involve the player’s personal lives and families as they get ready for the … Continue reading

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Doom 4 is back!

http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/screen_kubrick/mig/6/2/5/8/2126258-169_doom4stillgoing_gsnews_04032013.jpg Development on Doom 4 was announced on May 7, 2008 by Id Software. The project had gone quiet until it was exposed by Kotaku that the project had been scraped and restarted because it didn’t live up to the standards Id … Continue reading

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Chris Cioffi — Gaming Profile

Hi! My name is Chris Cioffi and I’m a senior computer science major. I’ve been playing video games for the majority of my life. I’ve mainly been a pc gamer, but I had n64, ps1, ps2, and ps3 growing up. … Continue reading

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