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So How Many Boss Fights Will Prince of Persia Have?
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner says that one of the first things lost in translation from video game to film is gameplay. But the Prince of Persia film hopes to dodge that bullet with its action/adventure genre label. You can see from the trailer just how much of that “action/adventure” thrust comes from what…
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Pumpkin Chop Makes Top 10 Indie Games List
Major Nelson’s got the Xbox Live numbers up for the week of October 26th and who should be in third place on the Indie list but Pumpkin Chop. I took a look at the virtual pumpkin carving sim not too long before Halloween and liked what I saw. So I’m glad to see its done…
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New UK Gaming Addiction Center Uses 12-Step Program
The Telegraph reports that Britain has gone and opened its first computer rehab clinic Broadway Lodge in Weston-super-Mare, England. The clinic — which treats hundreds of people addicted to gambling, alcohol and drugs as well as people suffering from eating disorders and co-dependency — employs an abstinence approach to breaking addiction. Additionally, they have detox…
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Build A Mario Church For This Window
Stained glass is something Jewish kids can enjoy while guesting in their Catholic friends’ cathedrals (like what happened to me on Sundays after sleepovers). If only all stained glass windows were this geeky. This Mario Bros. mushroom was created by artist Radiance Art with over 80 individual pieces of glass. It’s mounted in a 15-inch…
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Taylor Swift Gets Sparklies In Band Hero
The only thing missing from this behind the Band Hero scenes with Taylor Swift video is Kanye West. Yeah, bet you didn’t see that joke coming a mile away. In all non-meme-related seriousness, though, the video showcases the motion capture used to get Miley Cyrus’s would-be rival rendered into the game. Apparently, the starlet requested…
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My Mail Got Nerfed
I don’t remember being assigned a Nerf N-Strike Elite review, but lo! A copy has been sent to my house for review purposes by the good folks over at EA Play Label. Assuming word doesn’t come down from on high that I should break this bad boy open and get down to business, I’ll be…
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The Music of Final Fantasy Tactics Live In Tokyo
More than a year ago, a call went out across Japan for music and managerial types to put on a Final Fantasy Tactics concert. On November 22, that ambition’s being realized live in Tokyo. The small-ish production will feature an arrangement of 61 songs, performed in medley form. I’m not up on my Tactics soundtrack,…
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Reviews
Fairytale Fights Review: The Tragic Kingdom
So what exactly does pornographic film star Ron Jeremy have to do with classic fairytales, violent 3D action and buckets full of cartoony blood? Not much, it turns out. The fairy story-themed action title is only adult in that it wants players to be as violent as possible. Players take the role of Snow White,…
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Russia Gets A Whole Lot Bleaker In Metro 2033
At the rate video games are going, the future Russia is in danger of becoming stereotyped as some Chernobyl-like irradiated, mutant filled wasteland. Granted, Russia would probably be a whole lot less interesting to gamers if it were portrayed as an idyllic fantasy land with happy pink bunnies and stuff. So it’s a good thing…
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Star Trek And Transformers Get Elite Bundles [UPDATE]
MCV reports that Gem and Paramount Pictures are putting together two Xbox 360 Elite bundles to trumpet the DVD releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in the United Kingdom. UPDATE: These bundles are both UK-only Paramount says. Each bundle comes with an Elite console and an extra controller. What it doesn’t…
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Who’s Got Halloween Costumes To Share?
A few of you sent in choice pictures of video game-themed Halloween costumes you were brave enough to wear. Lucky for you, we’re brave enough to post them. If anybody else has got gamer-themed costumes they want to share, throw ’em in the comments field. I would say email ’em to me — but given…
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Tekken 6 Ships (Not Sells) 2.5 Million Copies
While a bird in the hand is worth more than 2.5 million copies shipped worldwide, Tekken 6 is nothing to sneer at. Wait, that came out wrong… See, just because Tekken 6 shipped 2.5 million copies doesn’t mean its sold 2.5 million copies all over the world. Hence the whole bird-in-the-hand/bush analogy that I messed…
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Bayonetta PS3 Outsells Bayonetta 360 — No Surprise There
Unofficial day-one sales are in for Bayonetta and boy does Japan love its PlayStation 3s. Ninety-three thousand copies sold for Sony’s home console compared to the 45,000 sold on Xbox 360. But that’s nothing new for the market. Compare Bayonetta’s sales to these other games to see just how much day-one sales favor PS3 over…
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Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising Preview: The Darker Side Of Dawn
The Chaos Rising expansion adds a lot of what you expect from expansions (new race, class, gear) – but it also introduces a corruption/purity element to change up both the plot and gameplay. Now the only way the good/evil thing is any fun for me is if there’s a character around to whine at me…
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