Siliconera Speaks Up: Guilty Gaming Pleasures
By Louise . May 31, 2009 . 8:30amWhat’s your guiltiest gaming pleasure? The one game you absolutely adored, but can’t believe you actually enjoyed?
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What’s your guiltiest gaming pleasure? The one game you absolutely adored, but can’t believe you actually enjoyed?
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When the economy started its downturn, the game industry didn’t seem worried. Everyone thought that like movies, games were recession-proof. Now that there have been several shut-downs and buy-outs, it’s obvious that’s not the case. What do you think the industry needs to do to help themselves out of this rut? Also, let’s not turn [...]
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When most of us were growing up, there wasn’t much in terms of games and consoles. Usually it’s either Nintendo or Sega Genesis. And there certainly weren’t as many must-have games back then. Even so, we still played the heck…