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by OG | April 25, 2012
With the huge success of the Double Fine Kickstarter project that raised over $3 million, game developers flocked to Kickstarter in hopes that their game would become the next crowd funding success story. One such developer is Sandswept Studios with their game, The Dead Linger. Geoff Keene, CEO/Design Director of Sandswept Studios, took some time out from the excitement of his project being successfully funded to talk more about it. [read more]
by OG | April 24, 2012
If you're playing a fighting game for the story, you're doing it wrong. [read more]
by OG | April 13, 2012
Gamestop settled on a lawsuit regarding the sale of used games that are missing DLC. Is this lawsuit a win for gamers or will this cause more problems for gamers? [read more]
by Paige Carlson | April 08, 2012
The best distractions come in the form of short, and hilarious parodies. There are hundreds of humorous video game parodies online. Let me guide you in your distraction with this list of 5 fantastic video game parodies. [read more]
by OG | March 29, 2012
It's funny how a movie like Indie Game: The Movie fits so perfectly with a venue like SXSW, where indie game companies show off their games in SXSW Screenburn and indie filmmakers show off their latest movies in SXSW Film. [read more]
by OG | March 29, 2012
At SXSW 2012, Sony once again held an event showing off some of their newest games. This time it was at the Red 7 bar in downtown Austin, where they had several games being shown, some released and some not. I spent my time with 4 titles that will be released soon: Resistance: Burning Skies, Sorcery, PixelJunk 4AM, and Datura. [read more]
by Eduardo | March 28, 2012
Both the industry and its consumers provide the naysayers with plenty of ammunition to use against us. [read more]
by Jack | March 13, 2012
EA sent some copies of Mass Effect 3 into space to market the game. As unique as that may seem, there are other companies that have had their share of interesting marketing ideas. [read more]
by Wayne | March 13, 2012
Metal Gear Online is, and will always be known as, an experiment with mix results. It lasted quite a long time, but with some fixes, could it have lasted longer? [read more]
by OG | March 05, 2012
It's been more than 2 years since Jennifer Hale was on the Original Gamer Podcast. Back then, she was merely hoping that Mass Effect 2 players would hear her voice. Since then, Bioware has decided to make the female Commander Shepard, known as FemShep, to be just as unique as her male counterpart. [read more]
by MikeV | March 04, 2012
Visual Novels as of late have been getting a lot of attention from mainstream media outlets that usually don’t cover niche genres heavily or as often. If you are curious about the genre or trying to figure out where to start, hit the jump to read abou a few suggestions for newcomers to visual novels. [read more]
by Steve | February 16, 2012
The last few weeks have seen rumours that the next generation of Xbox will disable the ability to play second hand games. This started me thinking about the ethics and economics of the used game market and how the industry would change if it disappeared. Every publisher is only too eager to reveal how much money they are losing to the used game market and at first glance it does make alarming reading but the figures alone do not paint the full picture. [read more]
by OG | January 31, 2012
Our first Question of the Month for 2012 has the staff answering what is their most anticipated game for 2012. [read more]
by OG | January 20, 2012
It's the final day for the 1st Anuual OG Awards. Here are our winners for each platform and The Game of the Year. [read more]
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