Tag: FPS
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Performing Masculine Identities in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Wargames offer a platform for teenage boys to perform masculinity
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Critical Ops, the Off-Brand Counter-Strike
Playing a shooter on a smartphone feels like all thumbs.
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Review (PC)
Bigger and badder, this Wolfenstein sequel expands on its predecessor
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Wolfenstein: The New Order Review (PC)
Wolfenstein is back, and means business
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The Limitations of Gameplay in Games Examining the JFK Assassination Cause Players to Challenge the Official Historical Narrative
JFKreloaded and Call of Duty depict one of the JFK assassination in a way that creates uncertainty The assassination of John F. Kennedy has been depicted in multiple forms of media. Video games are no exception, and in her article” There Has To Be More To It”: Diegetic Violence and the uncertainty of President Kennedy’s…
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What is strafe jumping?
From bug to a feature: strafejumping and the legacy of Quake engine bugs. Strafe jumping is a technique that allows Quake players to achieve a speed level normally unobtainable in the game by exploiting a bug in the game’s physics engine. The technique is based on the way the game calculates friction and player velocity.…
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Video Games are not Seen as a reliable source of historical knowledge
Gamers do not see historical games as reliable sources of knowledge
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Doom Review
Although slightly too long, #Doom revives the #old-school #shooter genre.
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Dying Light: The Following Review
Embrace fun new ways to kill and die in the great outdoors of Dying Light: The Following.
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Innsmouth no yakata (Virtual Boy) review
Lovecraft meets virtual reality in Innsmouth no yakata
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Dishonored 2 (PS4) review
I got lost in a video game level for the first time in a long while, and it was glorious.
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Enemy Zero
Forget Dark Souls and Resident Evil: Enemy Zero is the most terrifyingly difficult horror game you will ever play.
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Inspecting Video Game Historiography Through Critical Lens: Etymology of the First-Person Shooter Genre
Charting the etymology of “3D virtual-reality rat’s-eye-view adventures” – or First Person Shooters, as we call them now. #FPS
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SUPERHOT: Move like they do.
SUPERHOT is quality over quantity in every sense of the term.
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Devil Daggers: Unrelenting
Devil Daggers‘ brilliance is undeniable, but not everyone is going to “get” it. Devil Daggers is simple to explain, but maddening to play: You have an infinite supply of daggers that you can either shoot in a rapid-fire stream or in concentrated blasts, and a never-ending swarm of demons to shoot down. Some of them…
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DOOM – Dead Simple
The early 1990s were truly a great time for challenging, mentally stimulating games. The adventure gaming genre was hitting its peak with Monkey Island and Gabriel Knight, providing engaging and humorous stories with tricky lateral thinking puzzles. Strategy games like UFO: Enemy Unknown asked players to make short-term choices with long-term consequences. Ultima Underworld demanded…
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Among the Sleep
Alusta: PC, Mac ja tulossa PS4, myös Oculus Rift / Project Morpheus -tuki Kehittäjä: Krillbite Studio Julkaisupäivä: 29.05.2014 PEGI: Tulossa Among the Sleep tarjoaa mahdollisuuden tarkastella maailmaa kaksivuotiaan lapsen silmin ja uppoutua lapsen mielikuvituksen syövereihin. Kyse on ensimmäisen persoonan kauhuseikkailusta, joka keräsi huomiota onnistuneella Kickstarter-kampanjallaan. Pienehkö norjalainen indiepelifirma Krillbite Studio on kehittänyt peliä vuodesta 2011…