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GameStop Robber Gets 40 Years, 36 With Edge Card
Gregory Reaux, 29, will be 69 when he gets out of the pen for robbing six GameStops in Louisiana with a boxcutter and a cutoff sleeve as a mask. Reaux was a former GameStop employee fired because he “improperly use[ed] employee discounts and store deals,” according to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. In apparent retaliation,…
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All I Needed To Know About Management I Learned From Tropico 3
Aulistar Mark is not a benevolent dictator; he has a habit of “making people disappear, if they say something that isn’t pleasing to my ears.” That, folks, is a banhammer. Good thing he’s the intern, and only playing Tropico 3. Three of our best and brightest are in Cologne for Gamescom 2010, but KTR still…
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Analysis Shows Madden’s Old Model Goes Out With A Bang
Raptr, the gaming social network counting more than a million users, examined their gamers’ habits with Madden NFL 10 and found gameplay spikes sharply – beyond Christmas-sales levels – about a month before the newest version releases. People played Madden NFL 10 the most at the game’s launch, of course, and the figure oscillated through…
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NBA 2K11 Has A Shoe Fetish
For years, NBA 2K only featured a few pair of authentic Air Jordans in its equipment lineup. That changes with NBA 2K11, featuring His Airness in the game. Twenty-five models are available, and they carry attribute boosts. Speaking to ESPN.com, producer Erick Boenisch says there will be 40 Nike varieties in the game, 25 of…
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Losing His Voice In Red Dead Redemption
Voice actor Colin Nissan got the role as Marshall Leigh Johnson in Red Dead Redemption. Or so he thought. Nissan, writing for the blog of The Paris Review (a rather heavy literary magazine based in New York), spins a gem of a tale about his first voice work for a video game. Over the course…
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Light Heavyweights Add Another Dozen Fighters to EA Sports MMA Roster
EA Sports MMA is revealing its roster of fighters week by week, beginning with the heavyweights last week. This week, a 17-fighter light heavyweight roster was unveiled. Randy Couture, Muhammed Lawal, Ken Shamrock, Kevin Randleman, and Alistair Overeem were announced as heavyweights last week. They will also fight at light heavyweight, joining Jason Miller, Bas…
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APB’s Studio Is Nearly DOA
After cutting 60 jobs last week, U.K.-based studio Realtime Worlds, the maker of the cops-and-robbers MMO APB, entered administration today, a process somewhat analagous to Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the United States. Though not definitively the end of the business, many are treating it as such. All 200 jobs remaining are believed to be…
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FIFA’s Latest Gameplay Mode Is A Real Keeper
Online team play was 5-on-5 in FIFA 08, then 10-vs.-10 for a couple of years. This year the game will support true 11-vs.-11 matches – that means you finally get to play as the goalkeeper. EA Sports confirmed the goalkeeper position and 22-player support in a statement from Gamescom 2010 earlier this morning. What’s more,…
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320GB PS3 Coming To Europe By Holidays
A 320GB PlayStation 3, bundled with a PlayStation Move starter kit, will be available by the holiday season in Europe, Sony’s James Gallagher said during the company’s Gamescom 2010 news conference. A 160GB model also will be available. The 320GB PS3 configuration will cost €349 and the 160 GB will run €299. These announcements were…
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Red Steel Dev: No More Than 20 Percent Of Gamers ‘Are Willing To Move’
Red Steel 2 was reviewed favorably, but that doesn’t mean it was a success. Its disappointing sales performance, says the game’s creative director, can be chalked up to gamers unwillingness “to get up and move and exert themselves for fun.” Speaking at Game Developers Conference Europe, Jason VandenBerghe introduced “audience willingness” as a factor facing…
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The Hall of Fame of Cussin’
Pac-Man, who is an abstraction, was honored with Hall-of-Fame enshrinement two Saturdays ago. Today I posed a question unanswered by friends: What word would be inducted first into a Cussin’ Hall of Fame? Where should it be located? I think it’s somewhat analagous to video games. Four-letter words, eight-bit legends. How do you choose Super…
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Video Game Store For Sale On eBay
Ever wanted to own your own games store? Well, you can buy one on eBay – or the inventory of one set to close on Sept. 1 in Grand Junction, Colo. The owner ships it free up to 750 miles. All of the stock, valued at $60,000 is used, but you can Buy It Now!…
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Flight Control Coming To PSN With Move’s Launch
Flight Control, which did very well as an app with the iPhone’s multitouch controls, is getting a release for PlayStation Move at launch. It’s also playable with the PS3’s standard controller. The game will be sold over the PlayStation Store; no price was given in the news release, but it will be available in all…
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Here Comes The Boom, Ready Or Not
Sweet Aunt Nancy’s pajamas – what? Tim Kitzrow, who probably gets introduced as “the Boomshakalaka guy” at parties, brings the bonkers in this tease for NBA Jam’s high-def version on Xbox 360 and PS3, included free with NBA Elite 11. The game will be downloadable with a free one-use code included in new copies of…
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About 30 Jobs Lost At 2K Sports
Visual Concepts, the 2K Sports in-house studio handling NBA 2K, NHL 2K and MLB 2K, cut roughly 30 positions, Take-Two Interactive confirmed today. Very few jobs, if any, came from the studio’s upcoming NBA 2K11, its biggest moneymaker. Industry Gamers this morning reported Take-Two’s confirmation of the job losses. “These reductions will not affect 2K…
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Lemonade Tycoon
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Gamescom Spectacular Days Away My neighbor’s kids visit him every other weekend. Today they set up a lemonade stand. We’re not on a high traffic street. I just know I’m gonna buy two cups of lemonade when I go to the gym and when I come back, pay them $1…
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A Few Notes of Elton John in Mega Man 2’s Soundtrack
Reader Andrew G. has, since he was six, always thought that the theme for Dr. Wily’s Castle from Mega Man 2 sounded like Elton John’s “I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That.” Both were released in 1988. So, this is what it’s come to this weekend. Alright. Well, enjoy watching Mega Man rock…
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Hey — Why Aren’t There Any Ladders In Fallout?
Answer: “We’re game development pussies,” Bethesda’s Todd Howard said at a QuakeCon panel on Friday. No really, the engine in Fallout and Elder Scrolls runs into AI problems if ladders are introduced, and the developer just works around them. “One day, we tried to figure out why we wanted ladders so bad because we don’t…
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The Week in Games: The Dog Days of August
Square Enix owns the week as Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days releases on Tuesday, with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light coming to Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday. Sunday, Aug. 15 Battle vs. Chess (PC) House M.D. (Mac, PC) Tuesday, Aug. 17 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (PC, PS3, 360) – In…
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