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Video Indie Spotlight: Waves

Waves is a twin stick shooter in the vein of Geometry Wars. Squid In A Box has done a great job in creating an abstract quick-play action game with rounds lasting generally 3 minutes or less, unless you’re actually good at video games. At any rate, I’m going to go ahead and try something a bit new. Let’s take a short walk through the various game modes of Waves and record it, yes? Yes! If you’ve got any comments or suggestions, please leave a note...

Exclusives • PAX Prime 2012

PAX: Hands On With Gears of War Judgement

Leading up to PAX there were a few things I had set in stone that I needed to accomplish; Play Halo 4, meet Cliff Bleszinski, and play Gears of War Judgment. By noon on Sunday I had yet to accomplish the final of those three. I set out to the giant Gears of War Judgment stand and made my way through the line, sitting down at the final booth on the right. We were playing the newly unveiled Free-for-All game mode on an all new map set high atop a mountain centered around a...

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The Rap Game: Dan Bull Kills it in this Dishonored Rap

I’ve been known to check out rap songs about video games periodically on YouTube and wondered why the hell haven’t I been sharing some of the videos I enjoy with you? Now I will, once a week I’ll put up video of someone rapping about video games. Do you have one you’d like to share? Email the link to barry [at] levelsave [dot] com or even tweet it to me, @IamWeapon. How I haven’t heard of Dan Bull before is unknown to me. I came across his video...

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F’in Saved 14: TMPI

So LevelSave is supposed to have a Pokemon podcast where we get real nerdy about Pokemon. It does exist, but finding the to do a podcast strictly dedicated to Pokemon is actually really hard. Because not only do I have to host, edit, and post the podcast I also have to play Pokemon all the time. If you want to survive or have a Diglett that is not laughably weak you have to put so many hours into it. I have other games to play, like Digimon guys. Lets all have our priorities...

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The Steamfeed: Greenlight Works!

In this week’s Steamfeed, we find out what quality of games find their way to release via the Steam Greenlight system. Personally, I’m confused at what this game actually is. We also have planes and automobiles to look at, so let’s get to that. Air Conlficts: Pacific Carriers It is World War II and you are doing your part as a pilot in training when suddenly you hear a deafening explosion. Your home is under attack! Scrambling to the deck, you take off. The...

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Trolling the Fanboys

We’ve all heard the arguments, the debates and the flat-out fanboying. Playstation 3 sucks because of this, Xbox 360 sucks cause of that, PC’s are the greatest. Don’t worry, I’m not here to tell you why a certain platform is the best. I’m here to put them all on a level playing field and say why they all suck. Then maybe, just maybe, some fanboys will be able to see that a gamer’s choice of platform is nothing more than preference. With...

Into the Fray

Into the Fray: The Evolution of Control

Controllers… they are the one device that we gamers can simply not live without, we cannot even function as we used to without one. Since I was a kid I could be found with one of many gaming controllers in my hand, I have been lucky enough to own many consoles and have had the opportunity to judge for myself just how far the controller has come. This is not simply just an article discussing how far this piece of tech has come, but also an ode to the gateway into our...

Exclusives • PAX Prime 2012 • Previews

PAX: Hands on With Minion Master- Ohhhhh man…

You like card games right? Sure you do. You also like table top games correct? “Well duh” is an appropriate response. Well then let me tell you about a game called Minion Master. The basic gameplay is as follows. You have a deck of virtual cards that you have built for matches. During a match you will receive five of those cards at a time. Each one of the cards has a “Play” and “Discard” point value. When you discard a card you are then able to use those points...

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The Steamfeed: The Big Names are Back

Good morning! We’ve spent quite a long while discussing beautiful little indie games, as well as some real chaff. This week, we get to focus on some major releases and redistributions. I am taking some time off my Tochlight II campaign to write up this feature only reluctantly, but there are some other gems in this short release list. Let’s get into them. F1 2012 A game which needs no introduction from Codemasters, a development house which does racing games...