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Madden Totally Ruined My Son For The Super Bowl
“What does NE stand for?” my five-year-old son asked as we watched last night’s Super Bowl LI. I told him it stood for the New England Patriots. “No! Change it!” he shouted, lunging for the Xbox One controller. “It should be Atlanta versus Atlanta!” Oh right, Madden 17 Minutes into Super Bowl LI it was…
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Now You Can Farm WoW Gold For Overwatch Loot Boxes And Hearthstone Cards
Thanks to a change in the way Blizzard’s WoW tokens work, players can now farm World of Warcraft gold and apply it towards credit for Overwatch loot boxes, Heroes of the Storm character unlocks and Hearthstone cards. WoW Tokens are items introduced to World of Warcraft to give players a way to buy subscription time…
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Conan Exiles Devs Want To Add A Castration Mechanic
Conan Exiles’ gleefully dangling unmentionables could one day become a hot in-game collectible. During a Reddit AMA session held over the weekend, developer Funcom put ritual castration on the table. Along with promising to continue to tweak performance and working to make combat in the open-world survival game more enjoyable in the early access game,…
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SecretLab Titan Review: A Big Gaming Chair For Big Gaming People
Standard office and gaming chairs are not built for big and tall people. They cower before our broad frames, shudder beneath our weight and generally fear us. The SecretLab Titan, built for the larger-than-guy-sized gamer, has no fear. Finding a comfortable place to sit for long periods is not an easy task for the big…
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Look At This Skinny Xbox One Controller
Available February 21 from Hyperkin, the X91 wired Xbox One controller is designed to replicate the slender form factor of the game pads of old. I’m not sure how I feel about that yet. I just received a review sample of the X91 and have yet to put it through its paces, but it’s just…
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The Goonies And Lego City Come To Lego Dimensions In May
While fan are still eagerly waiting for the Lego Batman Movie and Knight Rider sets arriving next week, Lego Dimensions gives us a peek at the Goonies, Lego City and Harry Potter packs that’ll be showing up three months later. The most exciting addition to Lego Dimensions coming in wave 8 has to be the…
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After 12 Years, Famed Club Penguin Iceberg Finally Tips
After nearly 12 years in operation, Disney’s kid-friendly MMO Club Penguin is closing, but not before players get a chance to realize one of the game’s longest-running memes. The iceberg has tipped. The old iceberg is melting away on March 29, as Club Penguin closes to make way for a new MMO, Club Penguin Island.…
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Nintendo Finally Showed The Switch The Way I Was Hoping To See It
The debut trailer for the Nintendo Switch was packed with good-looking 20-somethings playing in fashionable apartments and rooftop parties. As a 40-something father, it didn’t feel like a product aimed my way. Nintendo’s Super Bowl ad fixes that feeling. While many people remarked on the millennial festival that is the Nintendo Switch preview trailer, it’s…
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Digimon World: Next Order Is Very Complex
Last year Bandai Namco gave us Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, a Persona-flavored RPG that let players decide how much time they wanted to dedicate to breeding the perfect Digimon. Released this week, Digimon World: Next Order throws players into the deep end within the first 20 minutes. Digimon World: Next Order for the PlayStation 4…
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Snacktaku Finally Speaks Out On The McDonald’s Grand Mac Situation
Snacktaku fans have been seeking our counsel on McDonald’s Grand Mac and Mac Jr. since the fast food restaurant started selling the limited-time size variants nationwide last month. Today we finally break our silence. Somebody drop us a beat. Last year McDonald’s began testing two new sizes of its Big Mac in select U.S. cities.…
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The Latest Call Of Duty Zombies Had Me At The Crystal Method
The second installment of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Zombies mode arrives today on PlayStation 4, trading the colorful ‘80s fun park ofZombies in Spaceland with the ‘90s vibe of Rave in the Redwoods. The Crystal Method makes some excellent undead-slaying music. I guess I didn’t know. The fallen movie director (Paul Reubens) who used…
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The Final Moments Of Asheron’s Call
Seventeen-year-old MMORPG Asheron’s Call shut down for good today at 12 p.m. Eastern. Beloved characters gathered one final time, and then disappeared. One of the earliest full 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing games going, Asheron’s Call and its sequel, Asheron’s Call 2, we’re shut down today as thegames’ developer goes one way and its…
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Playing With Conan Exiles’ NSFW Character Creation
Before you step completely naked (server settings willing) onto the hot sands of Conan Exiles’ barbaric wasteland, there are a few adjustments to be made. Here’s a not safe for work trip through the game’s NSFW character creation, dick sliders and all Warning: NSFW Content Before we get into it, know that you don’t have…
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Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Celebration Has No FF7 News, But Pretty Art
In case you were wondering how the Final Fantasy VII remake was coming along, here’s the only bit of the game shown at the Final Fantasy 30th anniversary event in Japan earlier today. Looks like the key art department is on point.
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There’s A New Double Dragon Game Out Today
In case you missed it or were confused by its appearance in The Week in Games, Double Dragon IV is out for the PlayStation 4 and PC today. Arc System Works grabbed the rights back in 2015, recruited some of series’ original devs and made a new old game. Planner Yoshihisa Kishimoto, designer Koji Ogata…
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Breath Of The Wild Gets Its Own Big-Headed Link Figure
A new version of Link demands a new ridiculously adorable Nendoroid figure from Japan’s Big Smile Company. Breath of the Wild Link is so cute I just want to eat his face. That’s okay, he has extras. Revealed over at Kahotan’s Good Smile Blog. Nendoroid Link: Breath of the Wild Editionis the next evolution of…
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