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assassin’s creed for ds: adventure as a medieval flea circus

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments

my dream of assassin’s creed when my a good friend of mine first got assassin’s creed, i was enchanted by its premise. as a serious lover of medieval history, particularly the crusades, the concept of gaming a 12th century jerusalem was immediately attractive to me. when i finally saw the game, i realized that the [...]

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when games play you: professor layton & the curious village

August 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

when i decided to buy a nintendo dsi (see previous post for a re-cap of my logic) i knew i needed a killer app, to make me feel that the purchase was justified. thoroughly, conscientiously, i researched the available games, seeking a game that would help me to immediately dig into the potential of the [...]

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Game/Theory Decisions: Why I am getting a Nintendo DSi

July 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

i’ve been missing my gaming fix lately. this time last year, i was rock band-ing daily a la berkman center, and even exercising my gamer theory with monthly mit-harvard game design meetings hosted by the ever brilliant gene koo. anyway, between a brother who is no longer all that interested in video games (or staying [...]

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