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Wii Fit Examined As A Concussion Rehab Tool In College Football
Researchers at the University of Maryland and Ohio State University are examining Wii Fit’s suitability as “an effective concussion management instrument,” in football, where the injury is increasingly a concern. According to a feature published by The Washington Post, injured players are monitored by a balance test using, naturally, the Wii Fit Balance Board. Key…
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The Soundtrack of Mafia II
It’s not exactly the Rock Band 3 tracklist reveal, but Mafia II’s period-piece bonafides aren’t limited to the set direction and costumes. In the game, due on shelves Tuesday, you get three radio stations in your car. Empire Central plays the era’s mainstream hits; Empire Classic is an oldies station (relatively) and Delta Radio is…
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Finding a T, E, A and M, in “Multiplayer”
Any get-together with my grad-school friends always involves a gantlet of getting my ass kicked at beer pong, then darts, bowling, pool, and finally rock-paper-scissors. All for chugs. It’s definitely a competitive multiplayer experience, one with no ragequitting. “Sorry guys,” I’ve said more than once, hucking the paddle into the net and fishing the ball…
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Beatboxer Strikes Back With Street Fighter
Hide the women and children, Japanese beatboxer Hikakin is once again at large. Following up his Super Mario beatbox from June, this time he delivers a not-quite-virtuoso performance of Ken beating Dhalism in Street Fighter. That modulated moaning when Ken finishes off Dhalism with the shoryuken – I’m not saying it’s spot on, but I…
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Trade Games For Food In The U.K.
It sounds like a U.N. relief program for starving gamers, but it’s not. The U.K. supermarket chain Tesco has expanded a pilot used-games trade-in to 60 stores. Store credit can be used for anything, food included. MCV reports that Tesco print advertisements now tout the trade-in at participating stores nationwide. Used games featured in the…
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Box Scores: A Death No Less Sudden
Under new rules in effect this year, no postseason game can end if the opening drive results in a field goal. Reader Paladin58 found out what this truly means for a team winning the coin toss. In the Super Bowl. Last week, Paladin58 picked up Madden NFL 11 and began the “Madden Cup,” a yearlong…
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Portland Bicyclists Get A Boost From Mario Kart
Portland is a serious bicycling community. But not so serious that it can’t have some fun with its bike lanes. Some wag painted a whole bunch of Mario Kart items along a stretch of North Williams Avenue in the city. The symbols include speed boost arrows, bananas, mushrooms, and stars. So far nothing exotic or…
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The Moneysaver: Dee Wanna Wanga!
Dtay tola! Dee Jabba wanga. Nee Jabba no badda. Me chaade su goodie. Yo mahta chee toya pon Coupons. Jabba no toosa teen okabee no Moneysaver. Nudd Chaa! Hardware • Dell has the Xbox 360 Elite 250GB Slim for $279.99. This is the first time the console alone has been discounted (normally with a bundle)…
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The Week In Review: What’s Brewing In Germany
PS3 news again made a big splash at Europe’s leading games expo – with Mass Effect 2 coming to the console, and a higher-capacity hard drive configuration arriving in all regions by the holidays. Resistance 3 also got marked for 2011, not necessarily a surprise but still big enough news. Other announcements covered Age of…
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Harmonix Confirms Entire Rock Band 3 Setlist
Earlier today, RockBandAide.com picked apart a Gamescom video interview with Harmonix and posted a list of 38 more songs believed to be in Rock Band 3. Asked for confirmation, Harmonix provided it. Hilariously. Oh, so you guys want to read over our shoulder and decipher a scrolling screen from a blurry video? Fine, that’s how…
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EA Says Crysis 2 Will Rack Up A High Score
David DeMartini – Metacritic score predictor extraordinaire – is at it again, confidently telling Eurogamer Crysis 2 is going return 90 ratings, upland territory that all publishers crave for big games but few acknowledge so boldly before release. “It’s going to be another 90 rated game from Crytek,” vowed DeMartini, the chief of Electronic Arts…
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Addicted Gamer Sues Lineage, Wants 20,000 Hours Of His Life Back
A Hawaii man is suing the makers of Lineage II, a product he says is so dangerously addictive that he played it for 20,000 hours over five years, forgetting to get dressed, bathe or call mom during that span. Better yet, a federal judge is letting the lawsuit, a negligence claim, to proceed against NCsoft.…
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THQ Raises Price Of Online Multiplayer Pass To $10
In May, THQ put UFC Undisputed 2010’s online access behind a one-use code, included free in retail copies, or $5 sold online. The same now goes for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, and the code’s price raises to $10. Though EA Sports was the first to announce its Online Pass, THQ was the first sports…
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Inside The Artistry Of NBA Jam
Wonder where they got the crazy faces for the superstars of the upcoming NBA Jam? EA Sports didn’t bring everyone in to mug for the camera; they used a vast library of NBA photos to add emotion to the game’s zaniness. As much as NBA Jam has to honor the over-the-top gameplay of its arcade…
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EA’s Gun Clubbers Get To Cut In Line At PAX
Sorry this is late. Had to show A Jawa how to use the comments. Anyway (reads from paper) Members of Electronic Arts’ “Gun Club” promotion have received emails saying they can skip the line for Dead Space 2 at PAX. As you can see above, Gun Club members may print out the latest email to…
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Gender-Bending Game Characters: The Revenge
In his last role-reversal gallery, artist David Stonecipher largely interpreted female video game roles as if they were portrayed by male characters. He’s followed that up with a gallery of famous male characters, as portrayed by the fairer sex. Stonecipher prefixed all of these with “Lady” so, that’s not Mega Woman, Earthworm Jane or Samantha…
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EA Predicted Poor Reviews For APB
Electronic Arts provided distribution support for APB, whose bankrupt studio is being sold off; today a senior EA executive said the game’s poor reviews were somewhat predicted internally and suggested to Realtime Worlds. “We did suggest that where it landed from a review score standpoint was where we thought it was going to land from…
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Madden’s Facebook Version Slips Out
Back in February, EA Sports president Peter Moore said the Madden franchise would be coming to Facebook; Yesterday, Bitmob stumbled across an error page that calls the game “Madden NFL Superstars.” That’s the screenshot Bitmob took of the page. EA Sports already has published a well-received FIFA Superstars game to Facebook. It’s essentially a football-management…
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The Gold Card
Today I got a new credit card. It’s actually the same credit card I’ve had for 14 years. But now it’s called the “Chase Freedom” card, which sounds like some piece of shit good only at your participating Family Dollar. Here’s the lineage of this card. I got it in 1996, thanks to my college…
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