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October 4th, 2008

Those Darn Browser Games

So, so very true. I just ignored my fancy pants FPS titles for an hour and a half of frantic pizza-making action at Papa’s Pizzeria. You just. Can’t. Stop.

Brought to you by the crazy folks at xkcd .

Image embedded with permission.

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July 28th, 2008

Resident Evil: Degeneration Trailer

Most of us hate airports enough as they are. You’re either running like mad, or waiting for hours, often beside people who drool, snore, smack when they eat, or generally smell horrendous. Imagine, if you will, taking your average, awful airport and releasing a dose of T-virus. Now you’re stuck there, with the same drooly, […]

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July 21st, 2008

Tomb Raider Underworld Teaser Trailer

The new teaser trailer for Tomb Raider Underworld is out and about on the intarwebs, and I naturally ran right over to watch it, thinking that it would be the most marvelous thing since sliced bread. Here it is, for you to make your own judgment call:

What’d […]

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July 19th, 2008

Guinness World Records: The Game

I don’t know whether to say that we all should have seen this coming, or to ask who in the heck in their right mind saw this coming. Guinness World Records and the video game industry have been such lovey-dovey bedfellows lately, all stemming from the release of the Guinness Book of World Records: Gamers […]

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July 14th, 2008

Pi = 3.14MySpace?

MMO developer Aeria Games is offering one lucky Pi Story player the chance to be the creator of the official Pi Story MySpace page and also to take home an iPod Shuffle if you can create the most “decorative and entertaining” page for the game.
Described as a “2D Anime Casual MMORPG”, Pi Story centres around […]

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June 30th, 2008

Florida Anti-Tobacco Ad Aimed At Kids

For all those who choose to look at video games like their the devil incarnate, they really are missing out on what might be more most powerful tool for reaching the youngsters of this generation. Not everyone is missing the boat mind you, as this great ad from TobaccoFreeFlorida.com demonstrates. They’ve taken a very typical […]

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June 29th, 2008

Oregon Trail…From Infinity Ward?

Oh please don’t let this be a cruel rumour…please, please, please!
Word on the street is that Oregon Trail might be making a comeback, and a fancy one at that. Publisher Barometer Games has apparently been talking to Infinity Ward to ink a deal for the development of a new Oregon Trail, using the Call of […]

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June 29th, 2008

More GTA “Copy Cat” Crimes

Nassau County police had a busy night on Tuesday reigning in what are being described as “video game inspired crimes”. Six youths went on a bit of a spree, allegedly mugging a man outside of a super market, attempting a car-jacking, and damaging vehicles with a variety of weapons, including a crowbar, a bat, and […]

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June 29th, 2008

Crysis Warhead: Teaser Trailer

Electronic Arts and Crytek only announced the development of Crysis Warhead at the beginning of this month, and chances are we’re a year or two out from seeing it on the shelves, but they’re already trying to build some media hype by quickly releasing a teaser trailer that shows some game play action.

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June 6th, 2008

On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Demo

There’s a demo over at Greenhouse that I really think you should have a look at if you’re looking for something a little bit different than the big blockbusters on the shelves. Bearing the weighty name of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One you can bet that it features big and weighty topics […]

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