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The Star Wars Prequel Era Produced More Games Than You Can Shake a Lightsaber At – Here’s the Best, Worst, and Weirdest Ones (opens the original)
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer might be set in the New Republic era, but podracing screams “Star Wars Prequels” louder than Pepsi, and the bloodsport is largely beloved thanks to a video game. The saga is no stranger to incredible games, but titles based on Episodes I, II, and III get lost easily among the KOTORs and TIE Fighters of the galaxy. The Prequel Trilogy has earned a second look from fans after Star Wars’ modern decade of disaster, and developers are starting to be at least Clone-curious wi
Metal Gear Solid 4: The Flawed Masterpiece Kojima Didn't Want to Make (opens the original)
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This is an IGN opinion piece from Charlie Lopresto, who believes that love can bloom, even on a battlefield. He first encountered Metal Gear Solid on a demo disc from Pizza Hut and has since completed three hundred missions in VR– the kind that’s indistinguishable from the real thing. Like Old Snake, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a fossil. A genetic dead-end of gaming evolution, the unhinged and overflowing masterpiece that barely left a mark on the artform. Despite its commercial
The Ocarina of Time and Star Fox Remakes Feel Like Overly Safe Bets From a Typically Bold Company – Has Nintendo Lost Its Creative Spark? (opens the original)
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This is an IGN opinion piece from Charlie Lopresto, who has been writing online about Nintendo since building his first Pokemon fansite in 1999. He rates the DS Lite as his favorite Nintendo system and will not rest until the Koopalings are once more recognized as Bowser's rightful heirs. Not literally. There is no man, or woman, or anyone for that matter. Most cries of “hire this man” are sarcastic, even scornful. The notion of an Unreal Engine Mario with spotty framepacing and shader compilati
Rockstar Has Made Loads of Incredible Missions That Feel Like Interactive Cinema, but My Favourite GTA Missions of All Time Are a Cut Above (opens the original)
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The five modern mainline GTA games (and by that, we mean from Grand Theft Auto 3 onwards) contain 346 story missions. 346 opportunities for blockbuster moments, unforgettable sandbox spectacles, career-making crimes, and the occasional excruciating nightmare. But among the missed trains, RC planes, and yoga sessions are some of the most memorable gaming experiences ever crafted, courtesy of developer Rockstar Games. These are the missions that propel us to that next letter on the minimap, the on
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