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Tag Archives: Watch Dogs
A Decked Out Retrospective: Cyberpunk Games
Welcome to a Higher Level Gamer Critical Retrospective! Retrospectives can take many forms: some focus on a single franchise while others are more expansive. For these retrospectives, I’ll be taking the latter approach. These retrospectives aren’t meant to be best-of … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Retrospectives, Erik Bigras
Tagged Blade Runner, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2020, Cyberpunk 2077, Deus Ex, Deux Ex: Human Revolution, Heist, Neal Stephenson, Neuromancer, Ridley Scott, Shadowrun, Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun Unlimited, Snow Crash, Uplink, Uplink: Hacker Elite, Watch Dogs, Watch_Dogs, William Gibson
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A Hook to Grapple With: Transcending Environments with Vertical Accessibility
This E3 is the first time that I’ve paid close attention to the whole spectacle. I’ve only been playing games on a console for a few years now and didn’t really understand how watching game trailers could be exciting. I … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Nick Hanford
Tagged Angelina Jolie's eye patch, Assassin's Creed, Battlefied, Battlefield: Hardline, Day of Defeat, E3 2014, Far Cry 4, game criticism, Grappling Hooks, Rainbow Six: Siege, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Splatoon, Ubisoft, Verticality, Watch Dogs
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A Week with Watch Dogs
As I’ve spent more time with them, the cities that I have lived in or frequented have often slowly shrunk as I got to understand them better. As I knew where I was based on a landmark or could quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Nick Hanford
Tagged Batman voice, Bradley Whitford, Chicago, criticism, data mining, Open World, Ubisoft, Watch Dogs
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