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Ever wondered what one game would look like if it were remade in the engine of another? Well, there's a whole lot of possibilities to be had, so we've compiled a few projects that do just that.

I spoke with Interceptor Entertainment's Dave Oshry at length about their upcoming FPS revival, Rise of the Triad.

Erika Szabo writes about how Minority Media's heartfelt game, Papo & Yo, affected her personally and allowed her to reflect upon her own childhood experiences.

An introspective look at pissing your pants.

I am undermining Nathan Meunier's noble Kickstarter, Up Up Down Down Left Write: the Freelance Guide to Video Game Journalism, with a how-to guide of my own.

If Tim Burton designed the characters in Pokemon, they'd resemble the following images.

Adrian Forest writes about how Papo & Yo presents its shantytown environment in a way that's different from what we've seen in other games that feature similar environments.

In the final Sum of Parts for Bulletstorm. Brendan writes about the point of points and the gamification of videogames. Brendan looks at the skillshot system more closely and how it both motivates and exploits players simultaneously.

Rowan Kaiser discusses why political ads on Microsoft's Xbox Live service might be a good thing for gamers.

Denis Farr writes about the maligned race of Falmer, who have been made into monsters by the game's lore.

Specializations in Halo 4 promise to contribute an added level of depth to the game's multiplayer offerings.

Sleeping Dogs offers a world full of things to discover through exploration. Here's a few tips to get you started.

Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur.

Marshall Henderson approaches five topics that videogames should maturely explore.

Best FPS Games MAC OS X: The Mac may not seem like much of a gaming rig but rest assured, the machine's more than capable of playing these first person shooters and delivering a solid experience.

Brendan Keogh writes about how alcohol is used throughout Bulletstorm to make the player do things you know you shouldn't do, but do anyway.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program...

Ken Hannahs writes: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and its reception shows a troubling acceptance of clandestine missions that, although given the chaser of good old fashioned American exceptionalism, we're dealing essentially with a team of terrorists, fighting for the red, white, and blue.

Katy Goodman writes about how gaming can be a force of good.

V for Vandalism - An Outlook to the fifth Rockstar title, Grand Theft Auto 5.

Pandas are unpopular with a large, and vocal chunk of World of Warcraft players.

War is routinized, war is a spectacle, war is sanitized, war is surveillance.

I spoke at length with Xander Davis on his time at Vigil Games and how he wasn't credited for his work on their latest game, Darksiders 2.