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The Time I Was a Madman in Half-Life 2

I love Half-Life 2. Of course I do, because I’m a rational human being. But despite all the explosive set-pieces, great artwork and ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorApril 18, 2013

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The Time You Were An A-hole in Spec Ops: The Line

As you’ve probably gathered from the 75 billion other articles that have been written about Spec Ops: The Line, it’s a game with ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2013

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The Time I Wasn’t John Marston

Ugh. How do we do it, eh? How do we make this work? What can we do exactly to make these bloody videogames ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorMarch 29, 2013

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The Time Games Helped Me Come Out

Sexuality is a broad spectrum. Some people like having sex with men, some people like having sex with women; some people, like this ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorMarch 21, 2013

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The Time I Created Things in San Andreas

When I was growing up, the most creative thing you could do in a videogame was choose which knee to shoot a guard ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorMarch 11, 2013

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The Time I Was My Dad in Heavy Rain

The real world is a horrible place filled with wars, poverty, disease and Jersey Shore and that’s why videogames are so popular. More ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorFebruary 23, 2013

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SOCOM But Not Forgotten

I’m sorry, SOCOM II. I tried my best, I really did. The plan was simple: In protest of SOCOM II‘s servers being permanently ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2013

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The Time I Was a Social Outcast

I’ve never been good with women. Just ask any of the poor, female sods that I used to go to school discos with ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2013

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Playing It Properly

I’m writing this to keep me sane. Earlier this evening, I fired up my PS3 and started a new game of Heavy Rain. ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorOctober 9, 2012

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A Shootout For One

There’s a brilliant cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 3 that I always wanted to play for myself. Ambushed by the elite and incredibly ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorAugust 31, 2012

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A Tribute to Goons

Thanks to Call of Duty‘s fetishistic devotion to weapon mods, we’ve gotten choosy when it comes to guns. Shall we sellotape an uzi ...

By Ed Smith Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2012

The Time I Was a Madman in Half-Life 2

The Time You Were An A-hole in Spec Ops: The Line

The Time I Wasn’t John Marston

The Time Games Helped Me Come Out

The Time I Created Things in San Andreas

The Time I Was My Dad in Heavy Rain

SOCOM But Not Forgotten

The Time I Was a Social Outcast

Playing It Properly

A Shootout For One

A Tribute to Goons

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