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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    This isn't going to turn into a comic industry thing, where people buy up "special edition" copies of games until the industry crashes, right?
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    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    not while Hilary Clinton is alive
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    06/23/09

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah: All of her issues have been with the rating of mature video games. So, I don't see how she would have a problem with something like this.
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    Image of Miguel Lescano Miguel Lescano
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    The George Clooney Center at Sesame Street?
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    06/23/09

    @Miguel Lescano: HOW DARE YOU POST MY SAME COMMENT 1 MINUTE BEFORE ME!!!
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    06/23/09

    @Unoriginal username is unoriginal: Oh wait, you said George Clooney. I sure am failing a lot lately.
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    06/23/09

    @Unoriginal username is unoriginal: Very much so
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    06/23/09

    @antspai01: I just noticed that I was wearing two different pairs of socks today... what is happening to me!?!
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    06/24/09

    @Unoriginal username is unoriginal: So wait. You're wearing two pairs of socks right now? Like on top of each other?
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    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    Gamecube controllers!?

    Wait those girls playing Brawl? Alright. keep it real girls!
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    Yes. Something like this only makes sense. As more children play video games so should we use this too our advantage as a way of teaching them. You don't create something new to get their attention, you change what's already captivated them to what you want to teach them.
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    Well i will be needing some funding for my research in the field of "this fall games flood" anyone want to Invest in it?
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    06/23/09

    @Curse_Lily:

    how do you type bold letters?
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    06/23/09

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah:


    Without the spaces, basically.

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    06/23/09

    @Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: Oh, damn that didn't work.


    ..


    Without the periods, I hope.

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    06/23/09

    @Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: Pah! Screw it, I'll just send you a PM Boom-Chika-Ah.
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    06/23/09

    @Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky:

    Could you send me one? [b] I hope I'm doing it right [/b]
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    06/23/09

    @sentroshi:


    Oops. 'greater than' and 'lesser than' symbols for tags.

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    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    It's true! I bought a Leapster and now I'm reading at almost a fourth grade level! But me still don't does right the good grammars.
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    06/23/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good:

    lmao
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    Image of DukeOfPwn DukeOfPwn
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nation Should Invest In Video Games, Says Study
    Nation is already investing in video games, people with common sense point out.
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    06/23/09

    @DukeOfPwn: Games designed to encourage enlistment in the military aren't exactly what they're talking about.
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    06/23/09

    @spannu: Well it's better than a game about filing taxes.


    A real-life sim where if you don't make it by April 15, the IRS monster comes a knockin'.

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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    06/23/09

    @Atomsk88: If done right, that game could be hilarious and awesome. Somehow though, I just know there's a flash game out there that's already tried this and failed miserably.
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    05/29/09

    In reply to Walden: The Game Is In Development
    experiments give light to new experiences in gaming. i for one hope this works and it is great to see that developers are taking different mediums into account instead of just movies or tv shows.
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    In reply to Walden: The Game Is In Development
    expiriments give
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    @Boom-Chicka-Ah:

    shit sorry guys i'll retype that
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    05/29/09

    In reply to Walden: The Game Is In Development
    God, I hated writing on this piece. How this could translate into something even mildly entertaining is beyond me. Philosophy in games is great and all (see Bioshock), but I can't see how this would be enlightening.
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    05/30/09

    @Svenjers:

    Philosophy.. in Bioshock. Uh, let's see.. "Megalomania! A scourge on humanity, or a necessary engine for change!". Um, or.. "Human limitation - why not take drugs and overcome them at the cost of your sanity, unless you're a really sane person I guess!". Or.. "Messiah complexes! Born from the celestial beings and their appreciation for man's piety, or man's desire to become god! Or heck, what about both, depending on which way you toss a coin!". Or.. "kill everyone and take the power of the artificially created life - or kill everyone and have pity on the artificially created life, and leave them to their death in a sinking city".


    Yes, who needs books nowadays, when you can get philosophy injected into your blood- stream.

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    Image of Erwin Erwin
    05/29/09

    In reply to Walden: The Game Is In Development
    If this game retains the same message as the book, the sheer power of the irony involved will keep California lit for the next 30 years.
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    Image of Drogmir Drogmir
    05/29/09

    In reply to Walden: The Game Is In Development
    This will be interesting to see how they would turn this into a video game that's actually fun to play.


    Preferably without butchering the Source material a la God of War Dante's Inferno.


    I can see it now.


    "Walden must stop the Hierarchy of the future from tampering with the past and changing the values of philosophy forever!Armed only with his wits and a crowbar this rugged anti-hero will rise to the occasion! "

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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    05/30/09

    @Drogmir: I'm not sure it's a good idea to come up with ideas like that. Before you know it there will be some action- game where the main character beats his enemies to death with a magical fork of indiscernible wisdom. And it will be high- brow entertainment with imaginative and extremely untraditional gameplay, because the character is based on a historical person struggling with a timeless dilemma. Mhm, mm.
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    Image of Antiterra Antiterra
    05/29/09

    In reply to Walden: The Game Is In Development
    Can't wait for Moby Dick, where you have to destroy Moby Dick's thousand-strong army of killer orcas, bloodthirsty dolphins and giant octopuses before reaching the great white whale itself, in a climactic confrontation that will play out exactly like the Irving boss fight in RE5, but with a limp.
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    05/29/09

    @Antiterra: WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE WHALE!!....Er hold it..we are not talking about the Wii are we?
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    05/29/09

    @Antiterra: No way man it would be the Resi 4 boss battle in the lake! ah god that was so awesome!
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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    05/30/09

    @Antiterra: lol. And you'll get a multiple choice ending, where you can blow up the whale with a nuke and sell the remains on the japanese black market if you answer the quiz the right way.


    If anyone wants to play games based on books that actually turned out pretty good in spite of everything, take a look at the Sherlock Holmes games that have come out lately. Pure adventure games, even if they're in third person. But they have the same style as Conan Doyle's stories. Not too serious, but with some harrowing scenes in between. .."entertaining", that's the word I was looking for, I think.

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    Image of roscoe roscoe
    04/17/09

    In reply to Games As Journalism: A Quick Fix For A Dying Medium?
    i am not too fond of this idea. i feel that the interwebz is creating a larger and larger gap of disconnect in people. i mean, look at facebook, myspace, messenger etc - a new form of communication without real interaction with the person. broadcast news via games? people will be far more disconnected to what the issue really is (poverty, war, human rights) and perhaps just be enjoying the game.
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    Image of dd528 dd528
    04/18/09

    @roscoe: It cuts both ways though, doesn't it? I mean activism on a global scale is far more possible now than it ever has been, and that's largely down to the internet. People who've never met each other can work together, or even use the internet as a tool for arranging to meet each other. It's far more possible now to educate yourself about all kinds of things, not least important issues of current affairs pretty much everywhere on the planet. And as freedom to disseminate information increases, so do the opportunities for people whose voices would otherwise go unheard to put their point of view across.
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    Image of roscoe roscoe
    04/19/09

    @dd528: of course. two sides of the same coin.
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