The Gameological Society

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  The Gameological Society Nintendo announces sequel to 22-year-old game it’s been remaking for 22 years—plus more in Gameological’s game news roundup

  Also: Nintendo announces a bunch of other stuff, and the creator of Resident Evil returns with a new idea

  April 22, 2013 | 1:15pm -

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  The Gameological Society Superman finally snaps in the fun DC Comics fighting game Injustice

  Plus, Aquaman gets his due.

  April 21, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Robot boxer Keisha Howard on leaving the only sport where decapitation is okay

  Keisha Howard is ready to give up bots for BioShock.

  April 18, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society What might have been: 9 games that were dramatically revamped in development

  Making games is a messy business, but the mess can be fascinating.

  April 17, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Anodyne is a winningly weird riff on the Zelda template

  A game with a knack for catching players on the wrong foot.

  April 17, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Mass Effect 3 gets yet another ending—the best one of all

  BioWare pulls another coda out of its hat.

  April 16, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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  The Gameological Society Is BioShock Infinite a moving personal story or an empty political statement?

  Or both? Kotaku's Evan Narcisse joins us to debate.

  April 15, 2013 | 11:59pm -

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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 -