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The Internet Arcade : Free Software. By Williams software eye favorite 227 comment 19 Defender is an arcade video game developed and released by Williams Electronics in February 1981.

The Internet Arcade : Free Software

By Sega favorite 54 comment 8 Astro Blaster is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Sega in 1981. By Mylstar favorite 36 comment 2 The Three Stooges, fully titled as The Three Stooges in Brides is Brides on the title screen, is a 1984 arcade game by Mylstar Electronics. By Stern Electronics favorite 100 comment 17 Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter video arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. Favorite 243 comment 13 INSTRUCTIONS Joust is a platforming game where the player controls a yellow knight riding a flying ostrich or stork, from a third-person perspective.

By Atari Games favorite 129 comment 10 Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom is a 1985 action arcade game developed and published by Atari Games, based on the 1984 film of the same name, the second film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Favorite 52. Take a walk with Alzheimer's disease in this short video game. 6 Games That Will Give You a New Perspective. Video games offer their players a form of escape — you can explore new worlds, achieve superhuman feats, and totally transcend the laws of space and time.

6 Games That Will Give You a New Perspective

While escape can be healthy in moderation, certain games offer something even more meaningful: a new perspective. Instead of simply leaving your own life, you enter another's — your neighbor who struggles to make ends meet, your cousin who battles depression or even a complete stranger who grew up with an alcoholic parent. Whoever and whatever it is, games can help people better understand. Below, we rounded up six titles that let you walk a few miles in someone else's shoes. Show As Gallery Have something to add to this story? Polygon. Welcome to Zelda Reorchestrated. The 12 Best Games For the PlayStation 3. " Kotaku's editorial team talked back and forth about very good recent releases—Papo & Yo, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and The Unfinished Swan, along with others—but ultimately decided that none of these titles would unseat the current PS3 Bests list.

The 12 Best Games For the PlayStation 3

" Uh... then why is Papo & Yo there....? Because that was last year's comments in regards to the changes, not this year's. In the comments for the PC list from yesterday they mentioned they decided to redo these lists from scratch instead of having a new game dethrone a game on it. So they reconsidered the entire library of PS3 games and after a year, Papa & Yo stayed with them and other players to such a degree they felt it needed to be on the list while some of the games that were removed may not have felt like they're still the best. AH! The 12 Best Games for the DS. Oh wait, scratch that.

The 12 Best Games for the DS

I just saw Zelda and assumed it was the vastly superior Phantom Hourglass... I don't think so. Honestly, I also had a DS from near the beginning (I had a fat DS, initially), and I've only played 3 of these games on DS. I've heard TWEWY is fantastic, though, and so is Ghost Trick (I've played it on iOS). Also heard good things about 999 and Kirby's Canvas Curve. What In The World Is Final Fantasy? A Beginner's Guide To The Biggest RPG Series On The Planet.

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What In The World Is Final Fantasy? A Beginner's Guide To The Biggest RPG Series On The Planet

Here are Kotaku's collected tips... How To Buy Video Games. Note about "evil" GameStop vs alternatives: GameStop actually has full LGBT rights for workers, a policy of no discrimination, and supports causes like HRC and GLAAD.

How To Buy Video Games

They receive sterling reviews from progressive rights movements for both customer and employee policies. BestBuy and Target both paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-gay initiatives. Target is absolute hell for workers and complete assholes as employers. Wal-Mart is Wal-Mart—I avoid it for what it does to small towns (leaches local business until they shut down, raise crime rates 600+%, sell shoddy shit-quality merch, pressure companies to lower costs until they're union-busting minimum wage-paying Chinese factory importers, etc. And our local "Indie" stores (CD Tradepost, Slackers) sell games at $5-$10 above retail and are self-styled condescending hipsters in Slacker's case, and actively sell you crap merchandise and gladly buy stolen goods and refuse to work with police in CDT's case.

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