The Gameological Society

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  The Gameological Society Pinning down the exact moment that Family Feud become all about dick jokes

  Richard Dawson has never seemed more tasteful.

  April 14, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Chris Gethard on creating TV games for his public-access audience

  The innovative host of The Chris Gethard Show also confesses to a killer pinball habit.

  April 11, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Gameological Q&A: What’s the best year in video game history?

  The year the NES launched? The year of Final Fantasy VII?

  April 10, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The tale of Tattoo Assassins, a bizarre, disgusting Mortal Kombat ripoff that never made it to arcades

  “Everybody shot fire out of their asses. Everybody vomited.”

  April 9, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The opening of Dead Space: Extraction chills players with a trick from The X-Files

  In both, appearing before the credits is hazardous to your health.

  April 8, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society A giant octopus and Grape Ape probably weren’t what Mark Twain had in mind for Tom Sawyer

  The NES version of the tale takes a few liberties.

  April 7, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The creator of Atomic Robo tells us his weekend gaming plans—share yours in the comments

  He's probably played way more Borderlands 2 than you.

  April 4, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Dust off your plastic guitars—it’s time for our Ultimate Rock Band Set List

  We pick our favorite tracks from the 4,000-plus songs in the Rock Band library.

  April 3, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Frog Fractions and the problem of defying players’ expectations a second time

  Running up against the limits of weirdness.

  April 2, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Two game designers on the challenge of translating a German limerick

  Does German humor translate? With a little work.

  April 1, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society How a strange Japanese robot-war dating game gets Harlem mostly wrong but kind of right

  Sometimes even the weirdest cocktail brings out the essence of its ingredients.

  March 31, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society A professional cat artist tells us what he’s playing this weekend

  Tell us your weekend gaming plans in the comments.

  March 28, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The Walking Dead’s sound designers explain why their zombies eat Snickers bars

  And the reason behind making your subwoofers waggle. 

  March 27, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Here’s what $20 buys in the bizarre economies of free-to-play games

  Green alpacas, homeless Smurfs, and more.

  March 26, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society BioShock Infinite’s greatness is held back by its love of BioShock

  Sometimes an artist’s masterpiece is also a trap.

  March 25, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Gears Of War: Judgment is formulaic, but the formula still works 

  Gears Of War: Judgment is as unnecessary as a chainsaw on the end of a gun, but the game doesn't seem to care.

  March 23, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Deadspin writer Drew Magary talks about first graders who play Call Of Duty

  It's time again for What Are You Playing This Weekend? Share your gaming plans in the comments.

  March 21, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Gameological Q&A: Tropes we love

  We told you the game-design habits we hate. Now it's time for more positive thinking.

  March 20, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society How Fight Club lost its punch in videogame form

  Fight Club the videogame is what Fight Club the movie despises

  March 19, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Year Walk is a haunting stroll through the Swedish woods

  Do you want to see your future? Even if there's a creepy ghost horse living there?

  March 19, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Bit.Trip Runner 2 is a duet between player and game 

  Oh, the things you can do when a game takes care of the running for you.

  March 18, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The homey Lego City Undercover avoids the sprawl of Grand Theft Auto

  It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

  March 18, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The “Citadel” add-on finally gives Mass Effect 3 the sendoff it deserves

  The gloomy series gets a little silly as it says goodbye to its heroes.

  March 17, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society We have no idea what the latest Metal Gear game is about

  It might be about robot dogs. Yeah, we're going to go with that.

  March 17, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The Gameological staff offer up their weekend gaming plans—share yours in the comments

  The staff shares their weekend gaming plans; share yours in the comments!

  March 14, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Oof!: 13 great grunters in video games

  Who needs words?

  March 13, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society The co-creator of Dyad tells us why Super Mario Bros. is the only good game story ever

  “The realism of image and sound is not valuable.”

  March 12, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society In the new God Of War game, Kratos is like a boxer past his prime

  It might be time for the old guy to hang up the chain-blades of death.

  March 11, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society SimCity’s “love thy neighbor” premise might make for a repetitive urban landscape

  Are we all doomed to toil under the yoke of LlamaCorp?

  March 10, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Burning Love’s June Diane Raphael tells us what she’s playing this weekend—share your plans in the comments

  The star of Burning Love won’t let a busted printer stand in the way of her crossword puzzles.

  March 7, 2013 | 11:59pm -