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    Amped 3

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Nov 15, 2005

    A Xbox 360 snowboarding game. The game is known for featuring a wide variety of bizarre cutscenes; including sock puppets, anime-style animation, fake advertisements and video game parodies.

    momentarylogic's Amped 3 (Xbox 360) review

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    Art As It Exists

    Are you confused yet as of what an Art Game truly is yet? Art games, much like movies, come in many different varieties and flavors. You've got your obvious ones that come through directors like Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, and Quentin Tarantino. I picked these three also because of the fact that people in general are still divided on if they actually do produce art, however art critics and time have proven that each one of these people have created certifiable and self-contained 'art'. Then you have the lesser know artists of the American film landscape in particular: Gregg Araki, Hal Hartley, and Todd Haynes. All of these people have made works of such social/humanistic complexity that critics themselves are hard pressed to find the correct words to explain why their work deserves the title of 'art', however it is broadly understood that each director holds fast to a specific ideology and  basis that the 'art' in their movies go beyond the esoteric.  
     
    Video games are going to be more difficult, however the same criteria and references are similar to movies when judging them. 
     
    I will tell you that Amped 3 contains commentary as deep as any Metal Gear game, and stylistic choices which can be interpreted unilaterally with other elements in the game. Which can then be applied to social issues, game development process, cultural changes, and yes... metaphysical concerns. The game is clearly reflective of itself, reflective of its function, and reflective of the environment in which it was created, which is one of it's larger themes. 
     
    The demise of the development team is not only revelatory, but very much indicative of the future of gaming and what to expect when there are fewer development teams. A world in which a few publishers control everything, much like the Hollywood system as it exists today. Make no mistake, Amped 3 is a rare breed. One which is probably regarded by many as an example of what kind of game shouldn't be made. 
     
    Oh, and game developers need to unionize. If they already are, then they need to find a better one.

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      Tripping total balls! 0

      Let's go ahead and get this out of the way.. Looking for a realistic snow boarding game? This is NOT for you! Looking for a fun game, that has a lot of flashy colors and makes you feel like you ordered that pizza with the 'special' mushrooms. Well, you may be heading in the right direction. This game had me laughing at complete nonsense while enjoying the game play, and following along with a hard to follow story line. This game is not without it's glitches (it has quite a bit) but the game play...

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      Amped 3 0

      Amped 3 was a launch title for the Xbox 360 and therefore by Xbox 360 standards is really old even though it still looks pretty good. The riders look decent enough and the snow looks and acts real snowy, which makes the textures that happen to horrendous even more obvious.  This is incredibly present in the rocks, which on some mountains are everywhere.  Those rocks by the way despite their ugly appearance are amazing for creating huge combos but I’ll get to tricks later .   But despite the f...

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