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Boing Boing: Games To Get

By Garrison | Published: February 17, 2010
I’ve just dis­cov­ered Boing Boing’s ongo­ing “Games to Get” series, a great col­lec­tion of (mostly) indie stu­dio games for var­i­ous plat­forms. Many of my lat­est obses­sions are there: Plants vs. Zom­bies, Chime, Clash of Heroes, Drop 7. Def­i­nitely worth reviewing.
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The Lost and the Damned at The NYTimes

By Garrison | Published: February 18, 2009
The New York Times’ Seth Schiesel has a nice review of GTA’s new down­load­able expan­sion, the evoca­tively named biker sce­nario The Lost and the Damned. Schiesel gets it right, I think, when he observes that All sorts of games are about visions of power, often accom­pa­nied by vio­lence. But most titles are set far away from what [...]
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