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Ben Hopper's Blog   Expert Blogs

Lead Animator at Signal Studios. Worked at Nintendo Software Technology, Handheld Games, and Snowblind Studios.

I'm a part-time contributor to GameCritics.com, and post infrequently to my blog, Hopper's Video Game Stash.

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Snowblinded  Featured Blogs
Posted by Ben Hopper on Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:35:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Serious
On Friday, November 4, 2011, mere days after the release of their long-awaited title, The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment broke the news to a whole lot of people at WB Games Seattle ...
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The Great Games: Mr. Do!
Posted by Ben Hopper on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:32:00 EDT in Design, Console/PC
By name alone, Mr. Do! sounds more like Silly Game than Great Game. It is, in fact, a silly game, but make no mistake, Mr. Do! is also one of the most underappreciated classic arcade games of all time.
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Analyzing Sin & Punishment: Star Successor  Featured Blogs
Posted by Ben Hopper on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:31:00 EDT in Design
Treasure's newest game isn't perfect, but it's still one of the best action games you'll play all year and their best effort since Ikaruga.
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Ben Hopper's Comments

Comment In: Opinion: Let's retire the word 'gamer' [News - 05/15/2013 - 03:51]

This is a silly article. ...

This is a silly article.

Comment In: Donating my Xbox [Blog - 04/08/2013 - 01:45]

@ Dave Smith: Congrats on ...

@ Dave Smith: Congrats on your experience being totally different. You must be a major presence in the game industry. That doesn 't mean Dan 's account is any less true or legitimate.

Comment In: Turbine adds to growing list of jobless game developers in Boston [News - 10/25/2012 - 06:06]

WB is the new EA. ...

WB is the new EA.

Comment In: Develop: WB Games' Fryer Calls Slash And Burn Management 'Unsustainable' [News - 07/20/2011 - 01:19]

Except that WB Games has ...

Except that WB Games has been doing nothing but laying people off at their Seattle-based studios off since she 's been in charge. r n r nI 'd say Laura Fryer very hypocritical.

Comment In: Nintendo's Fils-Aime: Gamers are impossible to satisfy [News - 06/25/2012 - 10:41]

I thought Reggie came here ...

I thought Reggie came here to kick ass. Ass kickers don 't whine, Reg.

Comment In: Sad But True: We Can't Prove When Super Mario Bros. Came Out [Feature - 03/28/2012 - 04:28]

Really good article. However, I ...

Really good article. However, I 'm curious if the author has read the book Game Over by David Sheff, which I found to be an amazing account of Nintendo 's history.

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