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Building a Better Video Game Villain

Pixi Geek: As you navigate the porcelains walls of a frightening mansion, you feel strangely compelled to smash a vase on the table in the foyer. Perhaps you want to stick it to the villainous mastermind you’re pursuing? Sure. Let’s see him impress dinner party guests now!

As you send the pieces scattering, you find your nemesis has hidden for you a pack of ammunition for the pistol you’ve been using to shoot all those troublesome henchman. With this, you’ll likely carve a brutal body count through the hordes of evil subordinates in your path. Perhaps you were too hasty earlier when you called your antagonist a “mastermind”.

While our industry has worked hard to evolve graphics from 8 pixels to high definition gloss, we’ve scarcely budged the world of video game villains from their original days of grimacing, mute adversaries with bright, flashing weak points.

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Jourdy2885016d ago

Excellent article! I hope some of the people in charge of making games get to read this, it's absolutely fascinating.

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Pure Arts Reveals Borderlands Collectible

Pure Arts Reveals Borderlands Collectible that fans should l8ve.

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Despite Borderlands Movie Flop, Series Saw Boost in Sales; Take-Two to Be Selective on Licensing IPs

Take-Two admits the Borderlands movie was disappointing, though it still contributed to the game catalog's sales.

-Foxtrot226d ago

"we don’t really need to break out the contribution from the film because while it was economically positive"

Come on, there was nothing positive about it, it literally bled money...not really economically.

Daeloki224d ago

No there was not. The same way there was no Dragon Ball live action movie, nor an Avatar the Last Airbender live action movie :)

RhinoGamer88225d ago

Polish a turd to make a what?!

DefenderOfDoom2225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

So the movie cost 155 million to produce and another 30 million dollars to promote . Borderlands movie brought in around 31 million worldwide . So basically, the Borderlands movie was a 154 million commercial for Borderlands video game franchise.

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How to Play Borderlands Games in Chronological Order

Approaching the Borderlands series for the first time can be a bit confusing, but with this guide, new players can enjoy the series in the proper order.

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