Gaming Analysis

Google Play Pass Should Pay Developers Up Front, Not By Time

Google Play Pass

Yesterday, Google launched their response to Apple Arcade: Google Play Pass. You can read about both services in the primer we published. Google Play Pass is a godsend for Android gamers, but it looks like a bad deal for mobile game developers, at least for now. Let’s dive into why Google Play Pass is currently …

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Amazon Giveaways: Does Anyone Actually Win?

Amazon Giveaways

Amazon Giveaways offers an exciting prospect: the chance to instantly win a bunch of random stuff with just a click (or a few clicks, if it’s one that forces you to watch a video first). Amazon is a fairly well-established company, so their giveaways seem more legitimate than a random company’s giveaways might seem. Still, …

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Top 10 Best Video Games Based On Movies & TV Shows

The Movies PC Game

Plenty of video games based on movies are straight-up bad, especially recently, so licensed games have gotten a bad reputation. There are a few gems out there amongst the shovelware, but a lot of them are retro games so sometimes they’re forgotten. Luckily, My Dpad never forgets, so here are the top 10 best video …

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Mobile Games Vs Handheld Games: Explainer

Mobile Games vs Handheld Games

If you go outside, to your local coffee shop, or your favorite online message board, you’re sure to hear someone confused about the difference between mobile games and handheld games. Nearly every day I hear these poor souls wandering the streets, desperately searching for anyone who can explain the difference between the two. Well, those …

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Darkwood Developers: “Pirate This Game!”

Darkwood

In a move inspired by only the most altruistic Game Dev Tycoon players, Acid Wizard Studios has released a version of their own game on The Pirate Bay. Darkwood, a survival horror game, can now be downloaded completely free by anyone, and there’s exactly no difference between the free version and the $15 Steam version. …

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My Dpad’s Steam Curator: Great Medium-Spec Games

Great Medium-Spec Games

For most PC gamers, Steam is not only where you play your games but also where you find them. The Steam store is pretty well-labeled and organized, and combined with the discovery queue you usually have no problem finding new games you might like. Since there are so many Steam games out there, though, some …

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