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With about 68 million players worldwide, Cityville blends the best of Sim City and FarmVille into a Zynga Facebook game that actually plays like a game. More »
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Aided by a standard-issue Street Fighter IV FightStick, this guy pulls off all of Ryu's Trials in Super Street Fighter IV - using one hand. And he collects the achievement for it, to boot. More »
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With around 82 million players worldwide, odds are at some point you're going to be playing the hit Facebook game, FarmVille. Kotaku went directly to Zynga's FarmVille team for tips and tricks on harvesting your way to the top. More »
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Some of these sound almost gratuitous - connect to two screens? Neah, never had a need for that. But TechRadar compiled a list of 10 tricks/hacks for you to extract more functionality out of your 360. Probably the most useful is No. 4 - how to play Xbox 360 games online for free, without any Live account at all. It involves setting up a free app that tricks the console into thinking the Internet is a LAN. It's said to work, with some limitations. There's also a hack that lets you use any HDMI cable you want, with a little work. There are also workarounds to allow you to play your porn any media file or video on the console. But the glitch (not really a hack) that allows you to play your own music in Xbox original games is kind of pointless. And you can connect your console to a wireless network without buying the overpriced WiFi bridge - you just have to dedicate a laptop to it, and last I checked, they usually cost a little more ... Either way, if you're bored and want to make your 360 roll over, beg, eat a doggie biscuit off your nose, it's something to bookmark. Ten Xbox 360 Tricks Microsoft Won't Tell You [Techradar] More »
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Ah! The animated gif. Somehow, it remains far more charming than its evolutionary successor, the embedded video. Would this amazing Super Mario Bros. ninja trick be nearly as cool if it had sound, or wasn't in widescreen, but instead entombed in the blurry, blocky sarcophagus of a 400x300 YouTube video? More »
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British Gaming Blog put together a little list of the bonuses you can unlock if you pop in certain GBA and DS games at the same time. The full list is after the jump. More »
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1Up has a wonderfully detailed Strategy Guide for Nintendogs up on their site. The guide includes training tips, daily care and how to do well in the different competitions. There's even a list of rare items you can find while walking various dogs around the neighborhood. More »
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