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Games Without Frontiers: Victory in Vomit — The Sickening Secret of 'Mirror's Edge'
wired.com - 11/17/2008
Games Without Frontiers: Victory in Vomit — The Sickening Secret of 'Mirror's Edge'
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Mirror's Edge Screenshot courtesy Electronic Arts By now you have probably heard the warning: Playing Mirror's Edge will make you vomit. The hot new videogame is a sort of "first-person runner": You're a courier who travels across ...
mirrorsedge.com - 11/12/2008
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News: Halo 3 Recon goes open-world
computerandvideogames.com - 11/18/2008
News: Halo 3 Recon goes open-world
— computerandvideogames.com — Monday 17-Nov-2008 11:30 AM First details: Explore New Mombasa and relive the fate of your teammates in... Bungie add-on The first details on Bungie's ambitious Halo 3 expansion Recon have finally emerged, detailing new equipment, more human characters ... (more) News: Halo 3 Recon goes open-world

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Age of Empires Dev Ensemble Speaks Out on Studio Closure, Microsoft, and the Cancelled Halo MMO
shacknews.com - 11/18/2008
Age of Empires Dev Ensemble Speaks Out on Studio Closure, Microsoft, and the Cancelled Halo MMO
— shacknews.com — It's the developer behind Age of Empires, one of the most successful videogame franchises of all time.... It's a ... (more) Age of Empires Dev Ensemble Speaks Out on Studio ...

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Mirror's Edge Game Trailer
Google Blogoscoped — ... Clive Thompson at Wired says “Playing Mirror’s Edge will make you vomit.” He argues that it’s because you can see your “own” (your avatar’s) body while moving – e.g. the feet when jumping, or the hands when running. The game’s available for the PS3 and the XBox360. ...

Why Mirror’s Edge is so good: You’re in the game and you’re vomiting
CrunchGear — ... Clive “The Animal” Thompson wrote an interesting analysis of Mirror’s Edge. The game is essentially a parkour simulator that gives the illusion that you, inside your character, are actually running, jumping, and rolling over things in the real world. The game tells the tale of a messenger in a police state who has to evade attackers. Because EA added feet, hands, and thighs to the things your character sees as she jumps around the city, you essentially feel that you’re inside the game, a sensation called proprioception ...

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