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The Agonizing Death of the Greatest Perfect Game Never Pitched
T.J. Brida usually shows up 15 minutes ahead of his shift. This day, he was thinking he’d be late. He pulled on his work shirt, ran out the front door, got in his car and lit a cigarette, cursing and smacking the steering wheel all the way. T.J. Brida had just thrown 13 1/3 innings…
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Save Your (Past) Self and Assemble a Super Time Force—Up to 500 Strong(?!)
This is Super Time Force by Capybara Games, and while retro-graphics platformers and rewind-time mechanics are not new concepts, what the studio is doing here with both looks new and cool as all hell to me. As the Capy representative explains to Stephen Totilo, when your character dies in the game, you’ll be given the…
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A Tour of “Rock City” with Rock Band Blitz
Rock Band Blitz is Harmonix’s next effort to revive rhythm games, a creation that uses a standard console controller rather than specialized music peripherals. At PAX East 2012, the team showed off video of the game in action and explained a little more of its genesis. Its first builds were too easy and, therefore, too…
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Crimson Dragon is Basically Panzer Dragoon Minus a Letter or So
Shown off at PAX East 2012, this is Crimson Dragon and if it reminds you of a Kinect-based Panzer Dragoon, there’s good reason. Not only is Land Ho, which handled the PS2 version of that game, working on this one, Panzer Dragoon‘s creator, Yukio Futatsugi also is involved. If it’s not clear in the video,…
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A Free Republic
There’s nothing cheaper than free, right? This weekend, there’s a free trial of Star Wars: The Old Republic. And we’re already seeing discounts on the upcoming Prototype 2 if you preorder online. Those deals, plus more than 50 others in both retail and digital sales, await in this week’s edition of The Moneysaver. Software •…
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The Cosplay of PAX East: Day One
It’s not the first industry expo of the year, but it is the first with cosplayers. Inside we’ve got shots of Tingle, Heavy, Salarian and Snake, and much more. And this isn’t the end of it. We’ll be giving you galleries of cosplayers at the end of each day of the Penny Arcade Expo East,…
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Hitler Recaps the Week in Video Gaming
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. Hitler’s Game Marathon Plans Go Wrong March…
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The Week in Evil DLC
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Yes, even you in the comments, smart guy. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? Rock Band: Slayer Pack 01 Available: April Fucking…
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The Bewildering Technicolor Dreamcoat of the Character Creation Process
See that guy up there at right? That’s “Bogeyman,” my DC Universe Online homage to the Hobgoblin as created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr. back in 1983. I’m damn proud of him, but I can’t tell if his colors match, or can even be called “orange” and “blue.” You’d think getting colors right…
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Biff Tannen Promises a Perfect Week This Time. Really, Trust Him.
Hey, are you a sports fan on the go? Who has time these days to watch the big game, or bother with messy DVR, or boring highlight shows? With Biff Tannen’s Sports Almanac, we’ll give you the weekend’s biggest matchups before they happen, thanks to these highly accurate peer-reviewed scientific simulations of sports video gaming’s…
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36 Perfect Games Already Have Been Pitched in MLB 2K12
In a little more than two days since the contest began, three dozen perfect games already have been verified in the MLB 2K12 $1,000,000 Challenge, the game’s social media manager said about three hours ago. There’s a leaderboard up showing who the early contenders are to make an eight-man tournament where the grand prize will…
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How Old Can a Guy Be Before MLB The Show Finally Throws Him Out?
Jamie Moyer, at 49, is scheduled to start tomorrow for the Colorado Rockies. Only 11 other pitchers have appeared in an MLB game at age 46 or older. I was curious, how does a simulation like MLB 12 The Show, which prides itself on authenticity, handle age in its Road to the Show career mode,…
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Ion Racer Stays Fun Without the Need For Speed
Though racers are a natural for a device with an accelerometer and no physical controls. Their drawback is how they handle speed. Tilting the device forward fundamentally alters your viewing angle, making fast-twitch reactions difficult for newcomers. Ion Racer (99 cents, iOS devices) a futruristic race game taking cues from WipEout, shrewdly avoids this problem…
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Today’s Most Entertaining Video Game Catfight is Now, Sadly, Over
The slinging-handbags fight that boiled up when Take-Two Interactive honcho Strauss Zelnick gave THQ six months to live has been, officially and semi-politely, resolved. Backing up, THQ has been in a bathtub full of trouble for much of this year. The publisher has shut down its kiddie division, fended off rumors it scrubbed its publishing…
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The Great Anthems of Sport Belong in Video Games
Today I wrote about “Augusta,” the theme of The Masters Tournament television broadcast since 1980, and its inclusion in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13’s collector’s edition. The emotional violin, piano and guitar ballad is instantly recognizable, and you’re going to hear a lot of it this weekend as the tournament plays out on CBS. There…
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Meet the NFL’s New Uniforms—Same as the Old Uniforms?
Nike is the new maker of uniform apparel for the NFL, and yesterday saw the unveiling of the new threads for all 32 teams. And they’re … basically the same as last year’s for most teams in this tradition-bound sports institution. The Seattle Seahawks did get a makeover but, as the excellent Uni Watch by…
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Watch This Pro Gamer Go Bananas, Live, When He Misses His MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Bid
This is Justin Masterson, the Cleveland Indians’ opening day pitcher, being controlled by Richie Martinez, aka TeRRoRR of Major League Gaming, and the captain of Legacy, the pro Gears of War 2 team. Right now, he’s trying his hand at the million dollar prize in 2K Sports’ perfect game challenge for Major League Baseball 2K12,…
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A Musical Tradition Unlike Any Other Makes Its Way Into a Video Game
It took several seconds for the surprise to register when I started up Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 on Saturday. The music is so familiar, I expect it on my television when I’m watching golf at this time of year. And then I realized I was hearing “Augusta,” one of the most famous themes in…
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