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Fracture demo: the good and the bad (Ars Technica)

Ars: "I finally had the chance to play the demo for LucasArts' newest game Fracture, and after The Force Unleashed, I was in the mood to be pleasantly surprised. Luckily, the demo delivers. It lets you play with many guns very quickly, the controls are tight, and the gameplay gimmicks are fun. You get a sand box, and then you get to fight some dudes, and then the demo is over. I wish more demos were like this: show me what you got, and don't overstay your welcome!"

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Jurassic: The Hunted, Chaotic: Shadow Warriors & Fracture running on the Xenia Xbox 360 emulator

YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ has shared some video showing Jurassic: The Hunted, Chaotic: Shadow Warriors and Fracture running in the latest DirectX 12 version of the best Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia. These games came only on consoles and the first two titles appear to be playable in Xenia.

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dsogaming.com
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Last Chance to Play: Fracture

"ZL: The reception was less than underwhelming. Fracture is one of those games that has already been forgotten; “terrain deformation” failed to impress gamers, the struggle between the Pacificans and the Alliance (though I’m not sure who they’re aligned with) inspired no one, everyone hated the main character and the online servers are host to nothing more than tumbleweeds."

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zerolimitmagazine.com
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Games in a time of climate change

We're well into the first week of August, and the summer's hottest days could be just ahead. There's still a debate being waged over climate change policies proposed to help curb its effects, but in some video game that debate is over and the effects of climate change lead to a bleak future. We speak to Dr. David Robinson, New Jersey State Climatologist and Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University, to find out if these video games' vision of a post climate change future holds more fact or fiction.

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thorstein3553d ago

Wow. This is an incredible read.

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Well written, thought provoking and intelligent. Great job to Steven Wong.