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Multi
Console Christmas
FP 8 days 13 hours ago | Pub 6d 19h ago | Multi | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: I hate Christmas. I'll give you a second to recover from your immense surprise at that statement. To me, Christmas is less a...
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Gaming
Recession Gaming
FP 12 days 3 hours ago | Pub 12d 3h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: It is finally the latter half of 2009, and all signs are pointing to the beginnings of a broad economic recovery. Many busin...
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Gaming
All Aboard The Censorship (part two)
FP 13 days 2 hours ago | Pub 13d 2h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: So we now see, after reading part one, that interactivity being used as a justification for the study concentrating on games...
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Industry News
Critical Gamer: Michael Pachter Interview
FP 13 days 13 hours ago | Pub 13d 14h ago | Industry News | Interview | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Getting an interview with Michael Pachter wasn't easy. Luke and Patrick had to last ten rounds with him in a UFC cage fight ...
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Gaming
Apple looking for a slice of gaming pie
FP 15 days 14 hours ago | Pub 15d 14h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: After some lean times, Apple really made a name for themselves with the release of the all-in-one iMac G3 computer. Its brig...
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Gaming
All Aboard The Censorship (part one)
FP 16 days 14 hours ago | Pub 16d 14h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Censorship in games is hardly a new issue, and it can vary wildly from country to country. However, two Swiss human rights o...
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Gaming
Tomb Raider and the Lost Art of Campy Storytelling
FP 22 days 9 hours ago | Pub 22d 9h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The original Tomb Raider was one of the premiere video games of the mid-90s. It came at a time before Nintendo Wii and Halo,...
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Multi
Left 4 Dead 2: A Cynical View
FP 23 days 13 hours ago | Pub 23d 13h ago | Multi | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: What follows is a cynical look at Valve's Left 4 Dead 2, a game with a fair amount of controversy surrounding it. Grab your ...
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Gaming
Man Tanks and Power Armour
FP 23 days 13 hours ago | Pub 23d 13h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The concept of armour has been around for centuries now. It started off with boneplates and wooden shields. Different parts ...
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PC
Critical Gamer: Left 4 Dead 2: PC Review
FP 27 days 14 hours ago | Pub 27d 14h ago | PC | Review | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Left 4 Dead came out last year to critical acclaim, lauded as one of the most satisfying co-op experiences yet to be found i...
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PlayStation 3
Critical Gamer: Assassin's Creed II PS3 Review
FP 27 days 14 hours ago | Pub 27d 14h ago | PlayStation 3 | Review | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Assassin's Creed was, to be honest (which a lot of magazines and sites didn't seem to be), an overhyped disappointment. None...
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Gaming
Grumpy Gurevitz: Save Social Gaming as We Knew It
FP 28 days 11 hours ago | Pub 28d 11h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Grumpy Gurevitz Writes: Since the days of my Spectrum I have always had the chance to host, or go to someone else's to enjoy, a gaming session. Thi...
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Multi
Critical Gamer: Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta:...
FP 29 days 14 hours ago | Pub 29d 14h ago | Multi | Preview | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta contains just the one map, Arica Harbour, which looks a lot like a Middle Eastern desert ...
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Gaming
What I Did During The Great Modern Warfare
FP 30 days 9 hours ago | Pub 30d 9h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: In years to come, when I am old and using the words 'these days' too often, my grandchildren will probably look back at some...
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Gaming
Getting The Urge
FP 34 days 19 hours ago | Pub 34d 19h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Games are funny things are they not? In one of my other articles I talked about how games allow us to do things we wouldn't ...
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Gaming
Protests grow over digital bill
FP 35 days 7 hours ago | Pub 35d 7h ago | Gaming | News | scruffy_bear
The Digital Economy bill has sparked a wave of protest among consumers and rights groups. Soon after the bill began its journey through Parliamen...
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Xbox 360
What Have You Achieved
FP 35 days 21 hours ago | Pub 35d 22h ago | Xbox 360 | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Let me tell you why I never finished Mirror's Edge. The game received a lot of, as they say, mixed reviews but I actually he...
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Gaming
3D is the future of gaming, say Ubisoft
FP 37 days 13 hours ago | Pub 37d 13h ago | Gaming | News | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: There are strong rumours that the most successful home console on the planet, the Wii, is soon to embrace the brave new worl...
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Multi
Critical Gamer: Ubisoft: Avatar Interview
FP 37 days 14 hours ago | Pub 37d 13h ago | Multi | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Phil Brannelly, brand manager for Avatar: The Game in the UK, was unfortunate enough to be the one demoing the game at the E...
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Gaming
Grumpy Gurevitz: Stupid People Lead Me To Violence
FP 37 days 13 hours ago | Pub 37d 13h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Grumpy Gurevitz Writes: What causes violence? If you are a fan of George Lucas then you know that ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to anger, and...
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Multi
Fallout's Future
FP 38 days 6 hours ago | Pub 38d 7h ago | Multi | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The Fallout franchise has gone from strength to strength since Bethesda have gotten their grubby mitts all over it, and goin...
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Gaming
The 1983 Game Crash
FP 40 days 2 hours ago | Pub 40d 2h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The 1980s; the era of spandex, electro, mobile phones the size of house bricks, and a dark time for the video games industry...
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PC
IWNet – A PC Gamers lament
FP 40 days 9 hours ago | Pub 40d 9h ago | PC | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: When Infinity Ward first announced IWNet there was uproar in the land of PC gaming. Dedicated servers have been the focus of...
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PC
Left 4 Dead 2 UK Release Woes
FP 41 days 16 hours ago | Pub 41d 16h ago | PC | News | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Valve have announced on their Left 4 Dead blog that Left 4 Dead 2 will not be playable for most UK players until Friday. Pre...
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Multi
Critical Gamer Writes: Just Cause 2 Preview
FP 42 days 14 hours ago | Pub 42d 11h ago | Multi | Preview | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: 2006's original Just Cause was basically an Xbox game ported onto the 360 and the PS2, riddled with bugs yet still rated as ...
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Gaming
Games 2Die For
FP 43 days 2 hours ago | Pub 43d 3h ago | Gaming | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Back in the days of the Megadrive and the SNES, the platformer was king. Sonic and Mario, the most famous of all videogame c...
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Gaming
Critical Gamer: Tom Watson MP Interview
FP 43 days 10 hours ago | Pub 43d 13h ago | Gaming | Interview | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: When we told Luke we'd got access to Tom Watson MP, he thought we meant a new multiplayer beta. It took the brighter members...
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Multi
Modern Warfare 2: A Cynical View
FP 43 days 10 hours ago | Pub 43d 15h ago | Multi | Article | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The following article comprised of dangerously opinionated views will contain SPOILERS covering the whole of Modern Warfare ...
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Multi
Critical Gamer: Hello Games Interview
FP 44 days 13 hours ago | Pub 44d 13h ago | Multi | Interview | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: The Art Director at Hello Games (you can see why their first title, Joe Danger, is going to be so ace here), Grant Duncan – ...
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Xbox 360
Critical Gamer: Dragon Age Origins Xbox 360 Review
FP 44 days 13 hours ago | Pub 44d 13h ago | Xbox 360 | Review | scruffy_bear
Critical Gamer Writes: Often when a game is released across the main consoles and on PC, they do not differ in as many ways as a Wii or hand-held p...
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