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The Diablo III Beta Is Open To Everyone This Weekend
Blizzard Entertainment Let’s assume you’re a fan of Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo series, but just don’t have the patience to wait for the May 15 release of Diablo III. Now that I type it all out that’s a pretty likely scenario, so it’s probably a good thing that as of an hour or so ago, the […]
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This Sunday: Ground Kontrol’s Portland Pinbrawl 2012
Ah Spring! That special time of year when the sun returns, love blossoms alongside the tulips, and Ground Kontrol attracts a swath of the region’s finest pinball wizards for the annual Pinbrawl tournament! As you can see from the above poster, this year’s event goes down on Sunday, April 22. Doors open at 10AM, registration […]
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Halo 4 Lands On November 6
Microsoft As long as there’s money to be made, this guy just will not die. Like the headline says, this morning Microsoft officially announced the release date for 343 Industries’ Halo 4. We still don’t know much about the game’s plot or what it will add in terms of new gameplay concepts, but expect aliens, […]
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Max Payne Now On iOS, Surprisingly Awesome
You remember Max Payne, right? It was that film noir action game that Rockstar developed in between Grand Theft Auto sequels that introduced bullet time to gaming in the short time period between The Matrix making that sort of thing mind-blowingly cool and every single media property overusing the gimmick until it was a tired […]
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Got $10? Got A PS3? There’s Something You Need To Buy, Like, Now
Atlus These two are way more endearing than their anime-trope design would suggest. As of this morning, Atlus’ Persona 3: FES landed on the PlayStation Network Store for the insanely low price of $10. Why should you care about a rehashed PlayStation 2 game? Two reasons: First, that $10 price point. You’ve likely got that […]
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thatgamecompany Explains Journey’s Brilliant Sand Tech
thatgamecompany A billion grains of emotional resonance. Statistically speaking, you’re a smart, cultured lot, so I’m going to take it for granted that you’ve played (and thus loved) thatgamecompany’s recently-released PlayStation 3-exclusive Journey. Likewise, I’m going to assume that you were wildly impressed with the game’s gorgeous flowing sand that piled up around your character’s […]
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Get Fallout Free For 48 Hours
Bethesda Softworks Just like the headline says, the fine people at Good Old Games are giving away the original Fallout for the next 48 hours. If you have a PC made in the last 15 years, you really ought to grab this thing while you can. Despite its age, Fallout is a far better game […]
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PBS: “Super Mario Bros. Is The World’s Greatest Piece Of Surrealist Art”
PBS has this new YouTube channel where it offers up short vignettes that posit a single concept that begs further contemplation by its viewers. The first episode (embedded above) presents the argument that Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. games are the greatest work of surrealist art in history. You just scoffed, didn’t you? Maybe popped a […]
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Kinect Star Wars: The Funk Is Strong With This One
Any of you Star Wars fans psyched to play the Xbox 360’s Kinect Star Wars? Giddy to finally experience real-time lightsaber duels? Well, I’m sorry to break it to you, but … here, watch this: A late April Fool’s Day gag perhaps? Maybe a fan-made modification? Nope, that’s direct, legit gameplay footage from Kinect Star […]
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Game as Art
If Journey doesn’t convince people that games are art, nothing will.
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BioWare Is Changing The End Of Mass Effect 3
EA/BioWare None of this matters. Internet said so. Following a two-week-long deluge of entitled children whining about the conclusion of Mass Effect 3, BioWare has decided to cave in to fan demand. According to an announcement by company CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka, the BioWare team has been poring over the list of often-contradictory fan demands, […]