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Joshua Sterns's Blog

If you are interested in more of my work, then please visit my blog. Everything posted on this website by me was originally displayed at http://snerts.blogspot.com. I will diligently attempt to post all opinoin pieces on Gamasutra, but all Reviews and Previews will remain on my personal blog.

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Nickeled and Dimed  Featured Blogs
Posted by Joshua Sterns on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:28:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
A solution to rising costs of development that does not burden the customer base. Advertisements are under utilized in videogames, and can provide better solutions then MP restrictions, DLC costs, and additional hardware sales.
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Xbox Live Turns 60: Sixty dollars American that is.
Posted by Joshua Sterns on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:14:00 EDT in Business/Marketing
My two cents on Xbox Live, the price increase, and advertisements in video games.
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Blocking Blues  Featured Blogs
Posted by Joshua Sterns on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:57:00 EDT in Design
Whenever I personally witness a fight blocking will only go so far. Dodging and countering—using your opponent’s momentum against them—seem more effective and is generally more entertaining.
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Go Team Co-Op  Featured Blogs
Posted by Joshua Sterns on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:46:00 EST in Design
Three of the most basic labels for a video game are single player, multiplayer (or versus), and co-op. In this post I will explore the evolution of cooperative gameplay through my own experiences.
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A Blatant Cure for Hardcore Motion Sickness
Posted by Joshua Sterns on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:36:00 EST in
For the most part, hardcore gamers have ignored the Wii and motion technology. When you go past all the internet noise, and look at the root of the issue, hardcore gamers simply haven’t found that fun title.
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Tell Me a Story...  Featured Blogs
Posted by Joshua Sterns on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:49:00 EST in
A brief and simplistic look at story telling methods in video games.
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Joshua Sterns's Comments

Comment In: Game retail weakens as consumers turn to alternative entertainment - analyst [News - 05/18/2012 - 09:22]

These activities include photo/video sharing ...

These activities include photo/video sharing and social gaming, all of which are activities that the current consoles and new handhelds do not support effectively. r n r nI really wanted the reason to be related to outdoor activities. Not FB impersonations. I also find it odd that the games mentioned ...

Comment In: Inside the Arkham City marketing strategy that killed Batman's superhero stigma [News - 05/18/2012 - 02:52]

If you are unfamiliar with ...

If you are unfamiliar with the Batman lore, then how do you know what it feels like to be Batman

Comment In: Opinion: Let's talk about why QA sucks [News - 05/18/2012 - 03:27]

Sounds like a company that ...

Sounds like a company that rhymes with vision. ha ha sigh

Comment In: Opinion: Video games caught in the crossfire of the culture war [News - 05/18/2012 - 03:05]

Anne Rice 's vampire books ...

Anne Rice 's vampire books were way more graphic then any game I 've ever seen. Or perhaps my imagination is more graphic in general. r n r nThere 's always a scapegoat in our society. Rap music, Heavy Metal, Pot, Games, Comics, Commies, etc.

Comment In: Critical Reception: Reverge Labs' Skullgirls [News - 05/18/2012 - 03:53]

Love the music for this ...

Love the music for this game.

Comment In: An Open Letter to Bioware Regarding Mass Effect 3's Ending [Blog - 03/19/2012 - 01:49]

Mass Effect 1-3 has one ...

Mass Effect 1-3 has one relevant event, and it 's the last few minutes of the final game. The series dived into the Matrix trap and never made it out. Too much was going on to make sense of any of it. Take the easy way out, and boil everything ...

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