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Every January Jayisgames compiles a list of the best casual games of the preceding year. These include primarily flash and hidden object games, with a few exceptions for escape the room puzzles and miscellany that defies any genre classification. It also happens to be a sweet concentrated dose of gaming goodness! So check it out!
The sad, twelve-year legacy of Duke Nukem Forever's perpetual development cycle finally came to an end last May. Fans everywhere will doubtlessly continue to pray for this game's delivery, but if such a thing ever does come to pass, it will not be at the hands of 3D Realms. Read the following article from Wired for an object lesson in too much success, and the pitfalls of perfectionism. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_duke_nukem/
In real live news today, an Australian mother called the police after her son refused to stop playing grand Theft Auto 4. Apparently the cops arrived around 4 am and told both the child and parent to chill out and go to bed. If my mother had her way, more than thirty minutes of screens would be a felony. But have courage little man! One day you will have your own apartment, television, and disposable income, and NOT EVEN THE POLICE will be able to stop you from playing GTA4 at 2:30 AM.
AN OPEN LETTER TO SANTA, FROM THERESA AND THE DWELLERS OF VAULT 13 Dear Santa, Let me start by telling you that the dwellers of Vault 13 are dissapointed. We don't have many chances to celebrate down here, and pretty much our only two holidays are Christmas and Halloween. The latter has been getting progressively worse since we ran out of booze, and the only thing people can think to dress up as is mutants. Headless mutants, giant mutants, major chest wound mutants ... except of course for Lyle, who still thinks it's funny to dress in drag and hit on me. So you can understand why Christmas means alot to us.
This gorgeous Flash animated short from Adam Phillips at Bitey Castle (also responsible for the artwork for the Flash spinoff of Dragon Age: Origins) features a mischievous faun-like protagonist. Vibrant visuals, uncommonly smooth animation (for Flash), and some good trilling Celtic beats mean you should watch this, like now. In fact, watch all his animated shorts. They're fantastic! A splendid mixture of The Raccoons style Saturday morning cartoon with the untrammelled imagination and artistry of Hayao Miyazaki. Last of the Dashkin
The Onion strikes again! As we have all long suspected, violent videogames might not be giving our children the skills that they need to survive the coming apocalypse. Hilarious. Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children for the Apocalypse?
