As far as third-person action goes, there isn’t much that can top, or even match, the gameplay experience that Gears provides. Gunplay at its very best.

★★★★☆

An absolutely astounding piece about how Valve hires and operates; written by a designer who has worked on Steam.

Their recruiting is equally enigmatic. Colleagues of mine far more talented than I mentioned how they had sent in resumes, but never heard back … Internal documents include long target lists, where Valve employees add names of the best and brightest innovators in the industry, and if/when they will be available.

Standard survival horror/action fare, but I’m giving it extra points for overall Suda craziness.

★★★☆☆

Let’s hope this is a good version; I rank RCT 2 amongst my top five titles of all time.

Originally released for the Apple II in 1985.

The company came under fire after telling its employees to open copies of Deus Ex and remove coupons for competing digital distribution service OnLive, which were included in the game’s packaging.

That’s some disgusting behaviour; to open another company’s product and remove a part of it before sale. But the game’s publisher’s response is even more disgusting:

Square Enix issued a statement Wednesday supporting GameStop’s decision.

“As part of Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s boxed offering on PC, Square Enix included a third-party coupon,” the gamemaker said. “GameStop was not made aware of this inclusion and Square Enix respects the right of GameStop to have final say over the contents of products it sells and to adjust them where they see fit in accordance with their policies.”

Don’t utter a bad word about GameStop, because without them, you can kiss goodbye to retail sales in the United States.