It is undeniable that the annual Games Developer Conference (or GDC) is a spectacular event. Once a year sharp & inquisitive minds involved in various facets of game development, marketing, business, and journalism converge on the Moscone Center in San Francisco California for a week of hands-on demos, networking and panel discussions. Broken Joysticks is by no means a large player in the games journalism space, so just how did a small scrappy site like ours become...
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Broken Joysticks Now Has Our Own Sub Reddit
Our site is the primary place for us to post new content but if you’ve ever wanted to comment on our articles, pitch story ideas or interact with our editors that has been a little difficult up until now. Aside from dropping us an email we haven’t really provided a solid way for the community to chat with us outside of our Twitter and Facebook Page. Now you can join in on the conversation on our official...
Continue reading...Great Holiday Giveaway Day 3: Tripwire Complete Pack
Our holiday giveaways continue and since it is Christmas morning (at least in most of the world as of this writing) we’ve decided to giveaway three Tripware Complete Bundles for Windows PC through Steam. These packs valued at $29.99 include four different games – Dwarves, The Ball, Red Orchestra 2 and Killing Floor with all DLC. To win one of these 3 codes simply @BrokenJoysticks on twitter, like us on Facebook (and message us) or email contests@brokenjoysticks.net....
Continue reading...The Great Broken Joysticks Holiday Giveaway Contest
The holidays are a great time to be a gamer, as a child you get to wait for your favorite game with anticipation, hoping that it is wrapped under the tree. As an adult you either get to be selfish and play Assassin’s Creed III for two straight days or ya know visit family. We here at Broken Joysticks might not be knee deep in games due to the annual slowdown but that doesn’t mean we don’t...
Continue reading...Broken Joysticks Summer Upgrades
We don’t like things to get stale here at Broken Joysticks and that’s why we’ve rolled out a series of upgrades that allow you, the reader, to share with us what you’re playing and comment on articles in new and exciting ways. These are just the first of a few planned upgrades that will make the site more accessible and enjoyable, that we will be rolling out in the future.
Continue reading...The Broken Joysticks Top 5: Character Voices
Welcome my dearest readers to a new and hopefully regular segment The Broken Joysticks Top 5 or top 10. Today in our first edition we look at one of the most defining things a character can have, their voice. Today we will go through a list of characters whose voices just demand a place in your memory.
Continue reading...Welcome To Broken Joysticks
First off, welcome to Broken Joysticks. The secretive cabal behind this fine website is unified by a mutual love for videogames. We wish to spread the love as it were, blessing acolytes for their devotion to gaming. The people behind Broken Joysticks are not fresh faced newbies when it comes to the gaming industry. Many of us have worked in the industry for many years and have written for sites like TeamXbox, Voodoo Extreme and Gamespot. At...
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