The New Gamer

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By G. Turner
Posted November 3, 2003

As you may have noticed, we've changed. Quite a bit. thenewsite has now been retired in favor for this. Gone are the lack of updates on books or television. The New Gamer will be focused around critical dissection and discussion of gaming and gaming culture. And that's all. Yep. We're still tweaking the site, working on the site tree, porting over relevant articles from thenewsite blahblahblah. But that's besides the point. Enjoy.

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Game On 2.0

The international travelling video game exhibit is back in Chicago, marketed as a 2.0 revision. We put the show through its paces to decide whether it's worth another day's dime, or whether you should wait for 3.0.

Game On 2.0 Image Gallery

Don't live in Chicago or are afraid of underground travel, unable to brave the subway or the Museum of Science & Industry's parking lot? We have you covered with a gallery of approximately 99 photos of revised video game history fun.

Smartbomb is an engaging introduction to the events and personalities of the video game industry, but can it transcend its source material?

The New Gamer 2005 Gaming Retrospective

In our third annual retrospective, we reminisce over our favorite, most unpleasant and most memorable gaming experiences and find the year 2005 to have been relatively lackluster. Read along to find out why, and just who is responsible for our ennui.

Averaging Gradius

It's done! The Averaging Gradius project, which simple goal was to use multiple runs of the first stage in the NES game Gradius to compare how people play the game, is complete. Check out the article to find out what it's all about and then watch the finished video to make your own observations.

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