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Reviews
The MSi GT70 Gaming Laptop’s Guts are Almost as Impressive as Its Keyboard
As a PC gamer that enjoys getting my hands on the latest hardware, the most exciting feature of MSi’s new GT70 laptop should be the 2.3GHz Core i7-3610QM quad-core Ivy Bridge CPU or its ridiculously speedy storage solution, a combination of a 7,200RPM 750GB hard drive and a pair of Samsung 64GB solid state drives.…
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Tera MMO Log Part One: I Am Gorgeous
Since En Masse Entertainment’s massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game Tera officially launched last week I’ve taken nearly a hundred screenshots. Of myself. What can I say? Korean developer Bluehole, armed with Unreal Engine 3 technology, has created some damn fine-looking characters. While I for some odd reason prefer the androgyny of the male high elf,…
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The Record of Agarest War 2 Limited Edition Comes With an Inflatable Doll. And a Hand Towel
The series I’m convinced people only buy for its bizarre limited edition contents returns to North America on June 26, bringing with it more justification for my theory. Pixelated to protect her anime-innocence, the inflatable Felenne doll packed inside every copy of the Record of Agarest War 2 limited edition for the PlayStation 3 gives…
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Amazon-Exclusive Spider-Man Preorder Bonus Lets You Play as the Amazing Stan Lee
Just look at it, folks. That’s how you generate preorders right there. Amazon is going to be swamped. I didn’t believe it when Stan Lee said it back in March, and now that Activision’s made it official I’m still not sure I believe it. And I call myself a true believer. But yes, it is…
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Insomniac Explores the Wild Facebook Frontier with Outernauts
Breaking with a long tradition of creating Sony-exclusive console titles, the studio behind Ratchet & Clank and Resistance brings the full weight of its wit and style to bear in Outernauts, a quirky new adventure role-playing game… for Facebook. Snuggled up with Sony for so long that people often forget it’s an independent studio, Insomniac…
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Starhawk Reviewers Wisely Avoid Neopaganism, Focus on Shooting People
You know what would be awesome? Warhawk, only in space. And we can name it after one of the most notable figures of the Neopagan movement! I can just imagine the game reviews now. Starhawk the game (some would say unfortunately) has nothing to do with Neopaganism or ecofeminism. Instead, it’s about a bunch of…
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The First Official Adventure Time Video Game Talks Trash This Fall
Pendleton Ward’s quirky cartoon sensation Adventure Time makes its video game debut this fall in Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?! for the DS and 3DS. I’m so, so happy. Created by the 2D masters at Wayforward Technologies with story support by Mr. Ward himself Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d…
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I Hate You, Ski Safari. Okay, One More Game.
Defiant Development’s Ski Safari is one of those annoying-as-hell games that doesn’t have much to it other than an infuriating knack for making your finger hit the icon reflexively every time you even so much as glance at your iPhone. I see Ski Safari being compared to iPhone classic Tiny Wings quite a bit, and…
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Helpful Tips for Surviving the Impending Robot Apocalypse
As much as I’d like them to, zombies do not exist, but there is another relentless force that with little prompting could one day attempt to subjugate the human race: Robots. Thankfully we have men like “Robopocalypse” author Daniel H. Wilson on our side. The folks at Epipheo Studios teamed up with Wilson to create…
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Rockstar Games’ Social Club Just Got a Lot More Social
In preparation for next week’s release of Max Payne 3 and the launch of the Crews system, Rockstar Games has given its Social Club site a complete overhaul, complete with user profiles, a new friends system, and integration with Facebook and Twitter. In short, this time it’s social. I never really put much thought into…
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This 12-Inch Replica of Star Wars Arcade Actually Works, Unlike Luke
This amazing 1/6 replica of Atari’s Star Wars Arcade cabinet features a real working control yoke, glowing coin slots, and a fully playable emulated version of the original game. The 1/6 replica of Luke has no soul. You might have seen this all over the place last week. I did not, so the fact that…
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ReviewsWendy’s Fries in a Wendy’s Frosty: The Snacktaku Review
Anyone can open up a package and devour the contents, or order an item off a grease-smeared backlit plastic menu. The true connoisseur knows that the most transcendent snacking experience lies away from those convenient, often slippery beaten paths. It’s the enlightened snackster that looks at a pseudo chocolate milkshake and a salty cardboard container…
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Also Wonders Why the Avengers Need an Archer
“There is always the risk that you will run out of arrows. There is never a risk that The Incredible Hulk will run out of Hulk.” Hawkeye from the Avengers suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous Nintendo president in the latest installment of Nintendo Gamer‘s lost Iwata Asks files. No one is safe from…
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Great Moments in Gaming Humor: A Squirrel in a World of S***
The funniest thing about Conker’s Bad Fur Day isn’t the boozing, sexual situations, drug use, or foul language. It’s not even the boss fight against a living mound of feces with teeth made of corn kernels. It’s the fact that this Nintendo 64 classic started out a kid’s game. Bad Fur Day isn’t the first…
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How About a Call of Duty That Shows the Human Side of Not Fighting a War
War is hell, and it never changes. Even when game developers promise to depict the more human side of military conflict, it all boils down to shooting other people as close to the face as possible. I want a game that shows the human side of not fighting a war. Something like Call of Duty:…
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The Dorkly Weekly: Video Game Real Estate Agents Have it Rough
Filled with rusty meet hooks, jumping snakes, and the odd retractable bridge over a pit of bubbling lava, video game real estate isn’t exactly burning up the market. Well, in some cases it is, but only literally. Bowser’s castle from Super Mario Bros. isn’t a safe place to raise a family, but a good real…
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Dream Mortal Kombat Cameo Proves Dr. Robotnik Can Be a Right Murderous Bastard
In the latest installment of CurtainsAreOnFire’s Mortal Kombat Secret Character Tryouts video series, the Angry Birds get angrier, Paperboy delivers carnage, and Dr. Robotnik finally creates an obstacle course capable of murder. Dr. Robotnik generally falls into the Bowser category of video game villains. He really wants to be evil, but he’s kept from reaching…
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Can You Name the Video Game Rabbit Hero Forever Etched on My Forearm?
Long before Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski made a name for himself with Unreal and Gears of War, he already made a name for himself in the heart of at least one young(er) gamer with the PC’s answer to the platforming mascot character. His name is Jazz Jackrabbit, and if you don’t know who he is then…
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