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Tuesday Newsday: Feminist gamers and failed Kickstarters
James Dominguez In the news this past week, two promising-looking games failed to reach their Kickstarter goals, and part one of a video series about female roles in games has gone online.
Crysis 3: Missed opportunity
Jason Hill The jaw-dropping visuals get a lot of kudos, but the real star of the Crysis games is the Nanosuit. It's almost too powerful...
Screenshot jigsaw puzzle #31
James Dominguez The end of yet another week has rolled around, and on Screen Play that means it's jigsaw time.
Your Turn: Skylanders - the limit
Screen Play reader Andrew Marshall Regular Screen play contributor Andrew "luverly_5pam" Marshall has provided another entertaining piece, this time asking which company will be next on the Skylanders-clone bandwagon.
Nintendo's big month: monsters, ghosts, Lego, and more
James Dominguez Things have been a tad quiet for Nintendo recently, but the coming month or so promises to be an exciting one for Wii U and 3DS gamers.
Passing judgement on the new Gears of War
James Dominguez Epic Games is revisiting their smash hit franchise this year with Gears of War: Judgment, and DexX got the chance to play the game and talk to its lead level designer, Jim Brown.
Tuesday Newsday: Sequels, crowd-funding, and the next Xbox.
James Dominguez It's mostly good news this week, with a successful crowd-funding campaign, some high-profile sequels, and rumours of the successor to the Xbox 360.
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance: Exhilarating
Jason Hill Metal Gear is a series known for stealth, but the bombastic Revengeance is all about charging headlong into fast and furious combat.
Screenshot jigsaw puzzle #30
James Dominguez The Friday jigsaw turns 30 today, which means it's all grown up. Come and help us celebrate by trying to guess today's game.
Your Turn: The Abandonment of Link
Screen Play reader Andrew Masters Today Screen Play reader Andrew Masters talks about his former love of the Legend of Zelda series, and his confusion now that this love seems to have vanished.
Your Turn winner for February
James Dominguez Five excellent user-submitted articles were published on Screen Play this month, but only one can be the winner.
Ni No Kuni: Conventional content with extraordinary presentation
James Dominguez At its heart, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a conventional Japanese RPG, but its beautiful presentation lifts it up to a new level.
Authentic In All Caps: A conversation with Christy Dena
James Dominguez Our second interview today is with celebrated Australian video games writer and designer Christy Dena, who is running a crowdfunding campaign to launch a very unusual iPad game.
Tomb Raider gets a dark new look
James Dominguez Today is double interview day, and first up we are speaking to Senior Art Director Brian Horton about how his team worked out the right look for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot.
Tuesday Newsday: The ends of several eras
James Dominguez The unveiling of the PlayStation 4 dominated conversations in the past week, but the world kept on going none the less. Here are some stories you might have missed.
Dead Space 3: More action, less frights
Jason Hill The fear of the unknown is horror's greatest weapon, so Dead Space 3 was always going to have a tough time scaring us as much as its predecessors.
Screenshot jigsaw puzzle #29
James Dominguez Ready to spend your Friday teasing your brain? Come and play our weekly jigsaw!
PlayStation 4 - truth and speculation
James Dominguez The PlayStation 4 has finally received an official unveiling, and today we sort through the facts and the rumours.
Your Turn: Gonna have to face it...
Screen Play reader Ben Hayes Have you ever been addicted to a game? Today Screen Play reader Ben Hayes talks about some of the games that have triggered an obsessive reaction in him.
Luke Miller's big gay adventure
James Dominguez For his first ever game, Melbourne-based programmer Luke Miller decided to make something he had never seen before: an adventure game full of gay characters.
