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Thanks to the Internet and services like Steam, it is now easier for an independent game developer to break into the market and find a “distributor” for their products than before. No longer will an indie developer or designer need to take personal loans out the ears just to pay for distributing their creation. All they need to do is make the game, compile it, and make the deal with one of many online g

So it’s the second half of the game. Your squad is down to two men, and the other is a noob who survived because he kept on hiding. You’re surrounded by thirteen opponents, and they’ve just called in an airstrike to wipe your pwned ass from the map. With roughly twenty seconds left before the B52 rains death on your trapped behinds, what can a doomed player like you do? Trash talk them, of course.

It is no secret by now that tablet devices are going to be the hot item this holiday gift giving season. Here at Thumb Strong, we think that is a good thing. We just hope that we have rich enough loved ones that we will be able to score a really good one! (Are you listening Santa Claus?) When the App Store first launched, there were a couple around here who were convinced that the only things phone apps would be go

So. You’ve finished the entire campaign of Modern Warfare 3 just a few days after its official release. You’ve won all the championship races in Forza 4, and with your uber l33t skillz you even managed to finish The Ballad of Gay Tony in between. Now what? Play the same games all over again? Go online in the hopes of beating some n00b asses? The problem with games is that once you finish ‘em, they

Here at Thumb Strong, we patronize all sorts of genres with which to twiddle our itchy fingers. Apart from the usual FPS and RPG combo, we like to dabble in a few strategy games (no matter how hard they are to play on a console). And of course, there are hardcore simulation games, whether it’s Collin McRae’s DiRT series or some naval warfare simulator. In our wackier moments, we even try out those weird

The movie has been out for more than 20 years, but it is still a favorite. I’ll admit that Thumb Strong may be the wrong place to make a plug for baseball, especially because I am not talking about MLB 2K11 or something from EA Sports. In fact, the boss may throw me out for this, but I’m going to make an actual plug for turning off the console and going out to actually play some baseball. Outside. On gr

Gold forex is picking up in terms of popularity day by day. The price of this precious metal has been following a strong uptrend over the years. With this comes the boom of gold forex. If you are one serious trader and you have a stable source of this world’s most prized metal, you must be interested to use it to gain more profits out of the forex trading market. But before that, you have to know about the perfec

My enemies have shamed me; their tanks have destroyed me… but in their idiocy, they have failed to realize    that, like a phoenix, I shall rise from these ashes, and I shall haunt them with a ferocity that no tank or ammunition can equal. Enemies have crossed lines, attempting to exterminate every possible adversary. They have come in for the kill, but they cannot bring me down for I have put up steel walls t

Ever since the commencement of the World Wide Web online games have become popular, among which are the golf games. Not only that, the Internet has become the very portal wherein sports enthusiasts get to play their favorite games, and meet new acquaintances in the virtual communities which they have set up. These sports aficionados have managed to carve out their niche on the web sphere, what with the number of ba

There are a number of games that just need to be played using a mouse and keyboard. Take FPSes, for example. It’s only natural that you use the mouse to look around the screen and aim, and the WASD keys to move and strafe around the battlefield. Doing the same thing on the joystick a console can be jerky, especially when it comes to gazing around and aiming your weapon with accuracy. The concept might work fo