Stolen Pixels #50: 2008 Awards, Part 3

By Shamus Posted Friday Dec 26, 2008

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The third and final of the end-of-year awards. Is up. Travis insults all Fallout fans in this one and – by extension – me.

 

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From The Archives:

Overused Words in Game Titles

I scoured the Steam database to figure out what words were the most commonly used in game titles.

 

Could Have Been Great

Here are four games that could have been much better with just a little more work.

 

Resident Evil 4

Who is this imbecile and why is he wandering around Europe unsupervised?

 

Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry

Why was this classic adventure game so funny in the 80's, and why did it stop being funny?

 

A Star is Born

Remember the superhero MMO from 2009? Neither does anyone else. It was dumb. So dumb I was compelled to write this.

 

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