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A Video History of Fighting Games

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CryMor Gaming presents a history of fighting games…When it comes to the fighting genre, everyone has a favorite franchise. Acolytes of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) will no doubt flock to the Street Fighter series, particularly #2; arcade cabinet fans, on the other hand, grew up with Mortal Kombat, and you would be hard-pressed to find […]

Among Us and the Psychology, History & Math of Social Deduction Games

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CryMor Gaming presents a look into the psychological gimmicks behind certain video games….If you have been following the gaming sector, specifically for PC games, you may have noticed a significant resurgence in popularity for an indie title called Among Us.Developed and published by InnerSloth, Among Us falls under a genre called “social deduction,” which goads players into […]

Star Wars: Dark Forces – The Forgotten Star Wars Masterpiece

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Crymor Gaming presents a look at Star Wars: Dark Forces…. When the original Star Wars hit a stride and took off back in the late 70s, George Lucas knew he had something amazing that could be expanded into every avenue of pop culture. Not only was it popular amongst large groups of people, but it […]

Gangsters: The Mafia Game That Should Be Remastered

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CryMor Gaming on Gangsters: Organized Crime…Ever since The Godfather came out, mafias and mafiosos have been embedded in western pop culture. The idea of a violent crime organization governed by structure and family is a dark polymorphization of American ideals with American reality, making it all the more appealing.So many video games have tried to take advantage […]

Personhood in Video Games? The Philosophy of NPCs

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CryMor Gaming presents a look at NPCs…Non-player characters, or NPCs, have been a staple of video games since arguably Computer Space, the very first video game ever created. You simply cannot have a world without some form of externally-controlled entities- it would make everything feel empty, isolated, and (from a design standpoint) downright lazy.And yet, […]

Startopia: A Kooky Simulator of the Industrial Cosmos

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MRIXRT presents a look at Startopia…During the 1990s, a genre of video games called simulation titles came to be beloved by the masses. They featured an interesting concept- whereas a conventional video game would be escapism, simulation titles would be based on realistic prospects like running a business.The SimCity franchise is the most popular iteration […]

Games Where You Have to Destroy the Game? Yup, They Exist | CryMor Gaming

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CryMor Gaming presents games that have self-destructive goals…Video games have been around for so long that it can be hard to come up with an original idea. The problem is not that everything has been done, it’s that everything has been done in a way that mutually befits a gaming goal. You can’t have a […]

Shang Tsung featured in new Mortal Kombat image as director calls reboot “unapologetically brutal”

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After the record-breaking trailer premiere, Mortal Kombat fans were left wanting more of the characters teased in the upcoming movie reboot – specifically Chin Han’s Shang Tsung, the film’s main villain. Now, thanks to Total Film, we have our first full look at the sorcerer and Outworld’s Emperor with an image which also looks to […]

Alpha phase for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey begins at the end of the month, new gameplay trailer released

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Frontier Developments has announced that the PC Alpha for the highly anticipated Elite Dangerous: Odyssey game expansion will begin on the 29th March.  After having a small delay due to the current situation in the world, PC gamers will be able to start setting foot on alien worlds very soon.  A new gameplay trailer can […]

Aliens: Fireteam co-op survival shooter calls in the Colonial Marines

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Developer Cold Iron Studios has released an announce trailer for Aliens: Fireteam, a new co-operative third-person survival shooter set within the Alien universe.The game, set for release this summer, pits three-player teams of hardened Colonial Marines against over 20 enemy types, including various Xenomorphs from Facehuggers to Praetorians, along with Synthetics from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. […]