Pavel_Barter
Latest articles by Pavel_Barter
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"The minute I get jaded is the minute I don't get out of my pyjamas" - an interview about games, with Mark Hamill
By Pavel_Barter published
Interview The definitive Jedi and Joker talks his career-making video games
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Are the days of demos numbered?
By Pavel_Barter published
Demos are risky and costly ventures, with some developers opting out
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Do gamer boycotts accomplish anything?
By Pavel_Barter published
They say the squeakiest wheel gets the grease…
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When gamers give back
By Pavel_Barter published
A look inside the inspiring fund-raising that gaming has done for charity
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Will games always have buggy releases?
By Pavel_Barter published
And will there be justice for those who buy them?
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All that glitters: A gold farming report
By Pavel_Barter published
What's life really like for some of the world's most reviled gamers?
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Behind the scenes of gaming's great soundtracks
By Pavel_Barter published
Getting the world to take game music seriously, one note at a time
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Let's get cracking
By Pavel_Barter published
The fascinating story of how software piracy became an art form
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The decline of modding
By Pavel_Barter published
Has modding passed its heyday to become a shadow of its former self?
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Fair game for girls
By Pavel_Barter published
Games are top heavy with male characters, so is the fairer sex getting a bum deal?
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Revenge of the FMV
By Pavel_Barter published
Tracking the sordid history of interactive movies
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Stealing Thunder
By Pavel_Barter published
Are pirates robbing developers blind? Pavel Barter goes undercover with a wooden leg and scurvy
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Banned in Germany
By Pavel_Barter published
Deutschland decision-makers are on the verge of butchering all violent videogames...