I Miss EA Sports NCAA Football | The PowerSwitch

Game series that we miss after EA Sports NCAA Football has been off the market for five years, a Nintendo Direct rumor for July 22 includes Mother 3D, Overwatch lands a big broadcast TV deal, and more – THIS WEEK on The PowerSwitch – Gaming’s Call-In Talk Radio Show!

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The PowerSwitch – Far Cry 5 and the Cult of Sad Takes – Episode 27

Far Cry 5 has been revealed and its American setting brings out the worst hot take opinions, What Remains of Edith Finch surprises as one of this year’s top indie games, first impressions of the ARMS Global Testpunch, and more!

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The PowerSwitch – 30 Gaming Questions for Likes – Episode 8

The list of 30 gaming questions that is being traded on social media in exchange for likes, fake news raiding game journalism with rumors of Fallout New Vegas 2, Bioware’s new IP confirmed for Q1 2018, Nintendo delays the Animal Crossing mobile game, and the video game industry takes a stand against the Trump immigration ban – on location from Las Vegas, Nevada

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The PowerSwitch – Gaming Resolutions for 2017 – Episode 5

Gaming resolutions for 2017, Fire Emblem Direct introduces the series’ mobile game, going through a large backlog of games, balancing open world map size with content density, and the success of Peter’s gaming resolutions from 2016

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Top 5 Favorite Games of 2015

From 2011 to 2014, I produced an audio extravaganza of a Game of the Year award show to note the best video games of the year. To not do one for 2015 in my break from podcasting was bittersweet. While those productions of the past were all fan-voted, I thought I would mix things up a bit in my return to video game media. Even though we’re a month into 2016, let’s take a look at my personal favorite games of 2015, along with my votes for the categories that would have been included in a 2015 award show! TALES

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Uncharted 2 and the Customized Video Game Experience

If you want to read about how gamers customize their own visual experience in a video game context, using Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as an example, there’s 26 pages of it here. Below is the paper’s introduction, followed by a link to the full paper. It may be called a toy at times, but video games have clearly become a media force to be reckoned with. With every passing year, games become a bigger part of the worldwide media culture. While the industry hits its high points in the cultural landscape during the holiday shopping frenzy, followed by the Electronic

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