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The Past is Present in this San Andreas/GTA IV Mod
We’ve seen a teaser of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City imported into Grand Theft Auto IV‘s visual and physics engine, RAGE. Another mod team is hard at work on the same conversion for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas At work since December, the team hopes to release a public beta this fall. Above is about…
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Namco Sues Over European Distribution, DRM Removal from Witcher 2
Namco Bandai is suing the parent company of the maker of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the acclaimed PC role-playing game that will make its way to Xbox 360 later this year, over the rights to distribute that version of the game in Europe. Namco is also suing CD Projekt RED for removing DRM…
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Old School DLC
For many, downloadable content—especially day-one DLC or pre-order DLC—conjures feelings of getting less but paying more. Let me tell you: I paid $45 for Defender on the Atari 2600 and I still have the savings account withdrawal record to prove it. That was in 1982. If Atari had thrown in an extra set of mutant…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Jen on Friday sent out a plea for more TAYpics and Koda89, a veteran of the ‘Shop Contest, knows I report for duty the next day, and how eminently publishable I find anything featuring Asshole Dog from Duck Hunt. Thus, your image to start the day. Unless I’m giving Koda89 too much credit; I dunno.…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published July 4. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published July 8. – Read more of Nerf…
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Board Game Box Art Winners
There’s box art and there’s box art, and just as CD insert is no comparison to an album cover, so is a DVD case no match for the artistry of a board-game box. Last week’s ‘Shop Contest asked everyone to reconcile the latter two. Leading off, Laodicea-Dude (14) captures what a perfectly boring obligation it…
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NCAA Football 12‘s Ultimate Conference Call
In NCAA Football 12 players have an extraordinary amount of control over the college football landscape. Last year, many diehards and purists pursed their lips and grumbled over a wave of conference realignments that forsake traditions and regional sensibilities for television contracts. NCAA 12 is their chance to put things right in the world. Their…
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Bungie Says ‘Halo is Now Yours’ as It Prepares the Handoff to Microsoft
As it did a year before, on Bungie Day (July 7), the Halo creators made available to the public the Bungie Armor and Nameplate in multiplayer, and prepared to wind down its stewardship of the Halo franchise it created with a sentimental note that hinted at future projects. “As we prepare to become fans of…
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PSN Extends Registration for Free ID Protection Until the End of July
The time to collect your PlayStation Network welcome-back freebies has come and gone — twice, even — but Sony has extended one component. Registration for identity-theft protection will run through July 31, the company’s top spokesman said on PlayStation’s official blog. AllClear ID Plus, a service of identity protection firm Debix, Inc. is available to…
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Online Franchise Mode Unchanged in Madden NFL 12 [Corrected]
The improvements to Madden NFL 12‘s Franchise mode will not carry over to its Online Franchise, the game’s community manager says, making this the second year that Online Franchise has gone without an update. EA Sports promised Online Franchise upgrades are a top priority for next year’s game. Correction: An earlier version of this story…
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Mario Bids Bon Voyage to the Space Shuttle
So you’re attending the final launch in the U.S. space shuttle program’s 30-year history. How would you document the moment? One guy whipped out his 3DS and AR cards and put Mario among those in attendance. Alberto Saldamando of El Mundo Tech covered the liftoff (writing for Piensa Digital), which he shot on a digital…
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The Resistable Force and the Movable Object
I don’t know that I’ve ever played online multiplayer in baseball and not struck out at least 10 times. Human opponents almost always throw in the strike zone, meaning you can work neither the count nor a walk. Lag is especially problematic in baseball, making it difficult to get consistent contact even on meatball pitches…
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Digital Art Book is Dead Island‘s Preorder Bonus
A preorder of Dead Island with Amazon will land buyers a digital art book filled with “game art and concept art of everything from the characters, that fat tourist dude with the camera, zombie types, environment concepts” and more, Deep Silver says. It moved two concept pieces with a news release on the bonus, written…
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Detroit Muscles in on Driver: San Francisco‘s Fleet
More than 120 licensed vehicles, modern makes and classic models, populate the world of Driver: San Francisco. The City by the Bay was the scene of the greatest car chase in cinema history, Dodge vs. Ford, so the fleet reveal for Ubisoft’s action racer naturally genuflects to American automotive pride. Driver: San Francisco releases Aug.…
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NBA Jam‘s Next Offering Allows You to Switch Players
At its summer showcase today, EA Sports revealed plans for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, touting a “tag mode” that allows you to swap players, finally, and “razzle dazzle” moves that ramp up the over-the-top animations as they head to the basket. Players will feature new AI; the game will feature the old P.A.: Tim…
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Retired Sony Engineer Says 3DS Copied His Patent
The Nintendo 3DS uses glasses-free 3D technology that infringes on a patent held by a former Sony engineer, according to a lawsuit filed two weeks ago. Seijiro Tomita, the founder of Tomita Technologies and holder of a glasses-free 3D patent, alleges that neither Nintendo nor Nintendo of America have appropriate licensing to use his invention…
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iOS FIFA 12 will be Playable on the Big Screen
Soccer fans will be able to play the iPad version of EA Sports’ FIFA on a full-size television set when the game’s next edition arrives this fall, Electronic Arts said at this afternoon’s Summer Showcase. The feature requires an iPad to transmit the signal to a TV, but the game may be controlled with up…
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