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Top 10 Evolutions of Modern Gaming (and things I don’t miss from the past)

Gaming has changed throughout the years, while there are some aspects I miss from the past (less handholding) there are so many quality of life improvements that vastly improve the…

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GAMEOLOGY: Reviewing Attila’s Game Ideas

GAMEOLOGY is a series where indie game developer Attila and game player/writer Mat discuss various topics related to making and playing games. The Make it or Break it episodes look…

How Game Graphics Make You Feel, and the Uncanny Valley

When I played Legend of Dragoon for the first time in 2017, I was eager to see how it compared and differed to Final Fantasy VII. After all, Sony was inspired to develop their…

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Best Games of 2017: Mat Falvai’s Top 5 Personal Picks

I played far less new games this year since I began daily streaming. I’ve missed out on some games that look truly remarkable. I bounced off NieR:Automata very quickly but I think…

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Announcements

Gamefly Year-End Sale: Pokemon, Yooka-Laylee, and much more

Gamefly’s Year-End Sale has a sizable list of deals. Highlights include: Pokemon, The Last Guardian, Injustice 2, and many more. I’ve included the list below and bolded the ones I thought were most…

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Great Gaming Minds – Roberta and Ken Williams

Founders of Sierra and creators of many of the most influential graphical adventures of the ’80s and ’90s, Roberta and Ken Williams are the next subject of our Great Gaming Minds series.…

New GAMEOLOGY series: Make it or Break it

GAMEOLOGY is an audio/video series where myself and Attila the game dev take a deep dive into an element of video games. One episode might discuss movement, the other Loot…

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GAMEOLOGY: Luck vs Skill

GAMEOLOGY is an ongoing video/written discussion of game design hosted by Mathew Falvai (me) and game developer Attila “Gabriel” Branyiczky Video games have varying ratios of luck/skill. The more competitive a game, the…

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FIFA 18 and Shadow of War Top UK Charts Mid-October

It’s no surprise to see FIFA 18 sit atop the UK gaming charts once again, but there were two new additions to the top three: Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (#2) and The Evil Within…

Puzzle and Dragons Surpasses 12 million Downloads in North America

“Puzzle & Dragons has surpassed 12 million downloads in North America since its release in 2012″. What is Puzzle & Dragons you ask? Well it’s a mix of dungeon-crawling, monster-collecting, and a gem…