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Zombies FTW
Gamer looks back at 2012's best experiences behind the controlsEven better than the TV show: The Walking Dead video gamearts@sfbg.comYEAR IN GAMER It was a good year for gaming. You may not have...
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Scare tactics
Old spaceships, desolate planets, unloading bullets into undead creepy-crawlies: horror videogame 'Dead Space 3' gets it mostly rightarts@sfbg.comGAMER There aren't a lot of great horror games on the...
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Threequel blues
GAMER: Impressive graphics can't save the too-familiar 'Crysis 3'arts@sfbg.comGAMER Crysis 3 (Crytek/Electronic Arts; PC, PS3, Xbox 360)is a very familiar experience, and not just for players versed in...
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Back to life?
Aging titles strategize to attract new interestLara Croft eyes a comeback in a new 'Tomb Raider' updateCOURTESY OF SQUARE ENIXarts@sfbg.comGAMER There's no single trick to staying relevant in today's...
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Loud, with clouds
'BioShock Infinite' takes players on a fantastic voyageRescue me: BioShock Infinite's mysterious ElizabethSCREENSHOT COURTESY OF IRRATIONAL GAMESarts@sfbg.comGAMER BioShock Infinite (Irrational...
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Console prizes
Gamer reports on E3 — and 2013's best title so farIs The Last of Us the last great game of the PS3 era?COURTESY OF NAUGHTY DOGarts@sfbg.comGAMER The days of game consoles being all about pretty...
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Big game hunting
FALL ARTS: GAMER 'GTA V' and the restGrand Theft Auto VSCREENSHOT COURTESY OF ROCKSTAR GAMESarts@sfbg.comFALL ARTS As summer slips away for another year, our consolation prize is that we are about to...
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Fall, out
This season, indie game designers play by their own rules"Dy5phoria" is due later this fall.SCREENSHOTS COURTESY OF ANNA ANTHROPYarts@sfbg.comGAMER Gamers who've grown weary of blasting aliens and...
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Drive time
'GTA V' creates the ideal world for doing bad, bad thingsJust another day in Los Santos: GTA VSCREENSHOT COURTESY OF ROCKSTAR GAMESarts@sfbg.comGAMER Yes, it's time to talk again about the game in...
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Best of the Bay 2013: BEST CYBER-GLADIATORIAL WARFARE
Related: Best of the Bay 2013 Editors Picks: Arts and EntertainmentBEST OF THE BAY 2013Humans beware. The great robot revolution is nigh, and builders of combat robots have done us no favors by...
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Goin' back to Gotham
It's heroics as usual in 'Batman: Arkham Origins'A high-voltage fight in Origins.COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. GAMES MONTREALarts@sfbg.comGAMER There's something inherently lazy in subtitling your video...
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Pros and cons(oles)
Will Microsoft or Sony win the battle for consumer love? Gamer tests out the new consoles.The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One would like to have a word with your wallet, please.arts@sfbg.comGAMER The...
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Go team!
Cat suits, dance routines, bowling: the best games for groupsMario in a cat suit is everything.PHOTO COURTESY OF NINTENDOjoe@sfbg.comGAMER Winter is the time we spend with loved ones, and much of that...
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Don't shoot!
Top indies of 2013 make fun without firearmsjoe@sfbg.comYEAR IN GAMER This list is for all the gamers sick of blasting your last alien, zombie, or oppositional soldier of the moment (Nazis, Soviets,...
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Play on
Mainstream hits of 2013 — and a few smaller picks, tooarts@sfbg.comYEAR IN GAMER The year 2013 has been a triumphant, confident peak in a particularly long generation of gaming, and as we gather around...
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Boss fight
Indie gamers swap ideas at empowering un-conference Lost Levelsjoe@sfbg.comGAMER Imagine Mario telling Nintendo to piss off.Fed up, he gathers his fellow video game characters for a venting session:...
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From brushes to bytes
CAREERS + ED ISSUE Artists find their way into video games, despite a boom-and-bust industryLiz Ryerson's Problem AtticRelated: How to survive as an artist in SF's 'new economy'Curating the cityGet...
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Pixilated joy
FALL ARTS 2014 Chickens, cats, sharks, and sweet dance moves: fall's offbeat video games SUPER SMASH BROS.Platforms: 3DS/WiiURead more »
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Sex in the Matrix
Virtual reality porn is coming soon, whether we're ready or not for its many implicationsjoe@sfbg.com In the future, humankind will get down and dirty with pixelated playmates. And that future is...
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