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Blizzard Policing Inappropriate StarCraft II Maps Because They Can
Unlike the original StarCraft, Blizzard is reviewing player-made maps for StarCraft II, deleting those they deem inappropriate. When players in the forums ask why, Blizzard responds, “Because we can.” The deletion of the custom StarCraft II map “Ultimate Tank Defence” from Battle.net due to inappropriate content prompted the map’s author to question Blizzard’s actions in…
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Could DJ Hero 2 Multiplayer Actually Be Entertaining?
Multiplayer in the original DJ Hero was a plain vanilla affair that stripped some of the coolest elements from the single-player game for simplicity’s sake. DJ Hero 2 throws simplicity out the window. Forget adding a singer. That’s certainly novel, and the opportunity to mix up the music they are singing to screw them up…
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Need A Reason To Stay Inside? Beaches Make You Sick
Science justifies the reclusive nature of hardcore gamers during these hot summer months, as a new study finds that people actively participating in beach-based activities are more likely to develop gastrointestinal problems, fever, and skin illness. Who’s for beach volleyball? Score one for sitting inside an air-conditioned room for three months of every year, only…
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How To Play Street Fighter Online, Or The Ballad Of The Bitch-Ass Ho
Successfully competing in online Street Fighter tournaments takes nerves of steel, lightning-quick reflexes, and the ability to spew a constant stream of profanity for over two minutes. Warning: This clip features some very strong language. If ever a video clip needed to be set to music, this is it. Appearing on YouTube under the title…
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A Modern Warfare 2 Single-Player Demo Appears
In case you’ve been trying to decide whether or not to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the past nine months, Activision has released a single-player demo on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live to help you decide. Generally I associate post-release game demos to be signs that a publisher is afraid an…
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Zombrex Dead Rising Sun: The Story So Far
Is Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune as adept at directing movies as he is creating video game icons? Find out, as we take apart the first three episodes of the live-action Dead Rising zombie flick, Zombrex Dead Rising Sun. Zombrex Dead Rising Sun is the companion movie to Capcom’s Dead Rising video game franchise. Directed…
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A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy For PlayStation Home
Sony celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in PlayStation Home this Thursday with a faithful rendition of an iconic Star Wars location that did not appear in The Empire Strikes Back. Mos Eisley spaceport, the wretched hive of scum and villainy that houses the Mos Eisley Cantina, first appeared in…
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The Pokémon Company Wants You To Play! Pokémon
The Pokémon Company launches its new Play! Pokémon program today, urging Pokémon fans new and old to pull out their pocket monsters in public. Playing Pokémon on your DS is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the Pokémon experience is concerned. As I witnessed first-hand in June, there’s a large community of…
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EA Trademarks The Hell Out Of Syndicate
EA files three new trademark registrations for Syndicate, further teasing us with visions of a downloadable online sequel to Bullfrog’s classic real-time tactics game. The super-sleuths at Superannuation uncovered not one but three separate trademark registrations for Syndicate, each filed on July 30, each filed by Electronic Arts. Combined with last year’s copyright registrations and…
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Today’s Red Dead Redemption Title Update Is The Cure For What Ails You
Are you tired of no-good dirty griefers? Unable to recover from your drunken stupor? Do sliding doors attach themselves to your head? Rockstar has just released the Red Dead Redemption title update that will cure these horrific ailments and more. As promised back on July 21, Rockstar has released Red Dead Redemption title update 1.03,…
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Crysis 2 Won’t Make It Out This Year
Most recently scheduled for release before the end of 2010, perhaps even in the fall, EA has confirmed that Crysis 2 has been pushed to its fourth financial quarter, giving it a release window of January through March of 2011. The news of the delay came today during EA’s reporting of its first-quarter 2011 financial…
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NASA’s Robotic Spaceman Has A Twitter Addiction
Meet Robonaut 2, the most dexterous humanoid robot in existence, soon to be the first humanoid robot in space, and you’ll be able to hear all about it through his Twitter account. Created through a joint project between NASA and General Motors that began in 2007, Robonaut 2, or R2 for short, was originally planned…
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Microsoft Triumphs In Multiplayer Gaming Patent Battle
In 2004 Peter Hochstein and Jeffrey Tenenbaum sued Microsoft over a 10-year-old patent for “communicating live while playing the same video game in separate locations.” After six years of legal tomfoolery, a U.S. District Judge has dismissed the case. Hochstein and Tenenbaum sued both Sony and Microsoft for patent infringement in 2004, claiming that both…
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Tortured Souls Fight The Power In Rise Of The SixString
One of three rebel clans fighting against the vile Order in Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, Rise is comprised of a lead vocalist with murdered parents and a guitarist kicked off of her farm. This is one heavy game. I continue to be impressed by the depth of story Seven45 Studios has constructed for…
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You Know What Scott Pilgrim Needs? More Zombies
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World director Edgar Wright calls in some friends from Shaun of the Dead to adds a little more awesome to Ubisoft’s 2D downloadable Scott Pilgrim video game. The old-fashioned 2D beat-em-up gets an old-fashioned secret controller code, unleashing hordes of undead hipsters on our unsuspecting heroes. It’s no up, up, down,…
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Red Dead Redemption’s Legends And Killers Arrive Next Week
Eight characters from Red Dead Revolver invade Red Dead Redemption next week in the Legends and Killers Pack, bringing with them nine new multiplayer map locations and one angry-looking tomahawk. The Legends and Killers Pack hits on August 10 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, running fans a cool $9.99 or 800 Microsoft points.…
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New Soundgarden Album Packed Inside Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock
Soundgarden is releasing their first album in 13 years on October 5, but you can get Telephantasm: A Retrospective a week earlier, packed inside launch copies of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. When Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launches on September 28 for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, fans will gain access to…
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Dancing Into The Video Game Business
Until last summer, 27-year-old choreographer Chase Brock didn’t know much about video games. Now he’s responsible for one of the best-selling Wii games in Britain. Broadway has been kind to Brock, but Ubisoft’s Dance on Broadway has been kinder still. Last year the young artist’s agent got him together with Longtail Studios, the developers of…
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National Geographic Brings Out The Animal In You
The adventures of Prince Stinkyninja the bunny would not be possible without National Geographic’s Animal Jam, an online animal kingdom filled with learning and adventure. They say it’s for kids, but Prince Stinkyninja says otherwise. Animal Jam transforms children and curious adults into animals living in the exotic lands of Jamaa. Players first select an…
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