Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Diehard GameFAN Presents: Unboxing Dark Souls: The Board Game
While the board game side of things has almost exclusively been Alex’s domain on the site for a long while, due to a significant amount of changes that have come into my life as of late, I’ve begun exploring the idea of getting into the hobby myself a bit. While I’m absolutely not the sort…
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Zest for Adventure – UK Games Developers Continue Their Adventures
TIGA, the network for games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the video games industry, released a new report which showed that the most popular genre of games released by UK development studios in 2016 was Action/Adventure games. The Action/Adventure genre has now topped the TIGA genre league table for three consecutive…
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World of Tanks Community Raises $84,800 for War Child
Late last year, Wargaming partnered with War Child for their Armistice Campaign. Players of World of Tanks were able to buy special emblems and packages to help raise money for children affected by conflict all over the world, with 100% of Wargaming’s share going directly to charity. Thanks to the community’s help and generosity, a…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On General Context in Video Games (w/Matt Yaeger)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we return after a five month hiatus to discuss the importance of context in gaming, in light of PewDiePie’s assertions that context is important. We ruminate on the potential failing points of context, how developers can accidentally (and purposefully)…
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Dragon Quest Heroes II Now Available on PlayStation 4
Iconic DRAGON QUEST Heroes Band Together in Action-RPG Sequel The fight to restore peace in the Seven Realms begins today in DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ II, the action-RPG derived from the beloved DRAGON QUEST® series and the anticipated follow-up to 2015’s DRAGON QUEST HEROES. Developed by KOEI TECMO (creators of NIOH™), the title brings back the…
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THE FAR EDGE OF FATE: FINAL FANTASY XIV Original Soundtrack Coming this June!
The newest FINAL FANTASY XIV soundtrack is set to release on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, and features 50 tracks of your favorite melodies from Patch 3.2 through 3.5 Part 2! Adventurers can play the music of Alexander: Midas and Creator to accompany them through their daily chores, or pretend they’re facing off against the Warring…
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Review: The Final Station: The Only Traitor DLC (PC)
A worthy addition to one of last year’s little gems.
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Evolution Complete! Blizzard Entertainment Announces StarCraft: Remastered
The groundbreaking sci-fi real-time strategy game remastered in 4K Ultra High Definition, to include all content from the original award-winning game and its renowned expansion, StarCraft: Brood War®. StarCraft: Remastered maintains the gameplay and balance that set the standard for the RTS genre, while updating graphics and audio, and adding matchmaking, ladder, social features, and…
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Review: Miniature Garden (PC)
Miniature Garden Developer: Muzintou Publisher: Fruitbat Factory Genre: Visual novel Release Date: 03/30/2017 I tend to be a voracious consumer of visual novels and a sucker for anything with mystery and/or horror elements to it. So when Miniature Garden came in as a review copy, I was curious enough to take it. Let’s see how…
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Experience Gladiolus’ journey through FINAL FANTASY XV’s first character DLC
Fans of FINAL FANTASY® XV can experience the world of Eos from a new perspective in the game’s first character-focused downloadable content (DLC), titled Episode Gladiolus. For the first time, players will set aside the swift warp-strike play style of the Crown Prince Noctis and take on the role of faithful comrade Gladiolus, who utilizes…
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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)
A breath of fresh air.
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Digital Dragons announces further speakers at its Kraków meetup with games industry stars
Kraków Technology Park, the organizing party behind Digital Dragons 2017 conference, taking place in Kraków, Poland on May 22-13, announces three further names of the invited speakers. Remedy Entertainment’s Senior Graphics Programmer Tatu Aalto, Sony’s Santa Monica Studio vet Brian Upton, and the man who envisioned the original Mafia game, Daniel Vavra, will give their…
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Spring Arrives For Nexon Korea’s Chaos Chronicle And Introduces New Characters In Latest Content Update
Spring has a arrived and flowers are blooming in the battle ready lands of Chaos Chronicle as NEXON Korea Corporation, subsidiary of NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games, receives the latest content update for fan-favorite, 2D mobile role-playing game (RPG) developed by WING Studio, Chaos Chronicle. The…
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< /reality > – Philosophical Visual Novel Trailer Reveal & April Release Date
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, < /reality > will materialize into existence on April 18th, 2017 for PC, Mac and Linux. Fancy Fish Games announced the release with an exciting new trailer, and pre-orders are currently open at the game’s homepage. Are you ready to dive into a new reality? The launch trailer shows Lilya,…
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New virtual reality centre at Kingston University puts students at forefront of computer games design
Kingston University is set to play an integral part in shaping tomorrow’s gaming geniuses with the opening of a state-of-the-art facility that will give its computer science students a perfect platform to launch their industry careers. The University has invested £53,000 to create the Centre for Augmented and Virtual Reality Environments – more familiarly known…
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Injustice 2 Gameplay Trailer Features Cheetah
The latest Injustice 2 trailer revealed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment showcases the recently revealed Cheetah. In development by the award-winning NetherRealm Studios, Injustice 2 features a massive roster of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains and allows players to build and power up the ultimate version of their favourite DC characters. The game will be…
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Gets Live Orchestral CD and Vinyl
Materia Collective offers an epic re-imagining of the iconic score by Nintendo’s Koji Kondo recorded with a live 64-piece orchestra, now available for pre-order Materia Collective is pleased to present Hero of Time, an epic re-imagining of the soundtrack to Nintendo’s timeless adventure RPG, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Hero of Time is…
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Revelation Online Begins Early Access
The Gates to Nuanor are Open for All Founder Pack Owners Global Publisher My.com and developer NetEase proudly announce the Western servers for Revelation Online are open as of February 27. Founder pack owners can enjoy their head start, in preparation of Open Beta on March 6, without character resets from here on. Players can…
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Battle Princess Madelyn Successfully Hits Kickstarter Target As Support & New Target Grows!
Spiritual successor to GnG lives up to expectation! Kickstarter page – www.battleprincessmadelyn.com Kickstarter video – https://youtu.be/W-D3NUPrxS4 Steam page – http://store.steampowered.com/app/603930 In just five amazing days, Causal Bit Games’ Kickstarter for Battle Princess Madelyn has successfully funded and is now demolishing stretch goals! The campaign has raised an incredible $105,000 CAD so far and has been met…
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