Category: video games
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HITMAN (2016) 3 (2021) Notes
Continuing Agent 47’s story from the 2016 reboot-ish HITMAN, HITMAN (2016) 3 (2021), the all-caps sequel to HITMAN (2016) 2 (2018) from io interactive, is out. It’s still just as endearingly ridiculous as HITMAN (2016), but supposedly puts a cap on this trilogy. There is a terrific game in HITMAN (2016) 3 (2021), some of…
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The Sinden Lightgun Gets Reviewed
Sam Machkovech has reviewed the Sinden Lightgun at Ars Technica. This is a $110 crowd-funded lightgun primarily targeted at emulation and I’ve been really curious how it would turn out once it actually shipped. Sounds OK according to Machkovech: That being said, when I got Sinden working with some of my favorite light-gun classics, from…
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Volt’s Treatment of Quality Assurance Teams is Still Miserable
Jason Schreier spoke with 11 people who worked at Treyarch about the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 development cycle: They described a company in which contractors, and particularly testers, feel like they’re perceived and treated as inferior. Throughout Black Ops 4’s rocky development, testers said they worked under unfair conditions—a theme that’s common in…
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Nintendo Direct for E3 2019 Notes
Nintendo doesn’t do a stage show for E3 anymore, instead they release a pre-recorded Nintendo Direct video: They’re putting Dragon Quest & Banjo-Kazooie characters characters into Smash. “Hero” from DQ this Summer, Banjo-Kazooie this Fall. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age: Definitive Edition is one heck of a game title. Apparently this is…