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You, Too, Can Own a Piece of 38 Studios
Online auction-goers will be able to bid on the firesale of 38 Studios, makers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning which collapsed in bankruptcy back in May. They can’t get at game assets—like the development kits that got Microsoft hot and bothered—or bid on any intellectual property, but online bidders can put in for office furniture,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Despite Three Years Without a Game, the NBA Stands By Its Man at EA
On Sept. 27, EA Sports scrapped NBA Live 13, the second straight cancellation in the series’ troubled history. Quarterly earnings calls are coming soon and many will be listening intently for anything Electronic Arts has to say about an expensive license, coming to the end of a console generation, that hasn’t produced a retail copy…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Backhanded Box Quotes: We Found Someone Who Doesn’t Like Dishonored!
Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere. The Metacritic 90. Rare upland territory. Dishonored hit it (on PC) and XCOM: Enemy Unknown fell tantalizingly short, 89 (same platform). You’d think that no one has anything substantially bad to say about either. You’d…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Get All the Fallout 3 Terminal Hacking Action You Want, When You Want It
If your Science skill was too low, or if you just enjoyed the LSAT problem of trying to figure out how to brute force hack your way into a terminal in Fallout 3 then this flash game is for you. And look, no need to back out of the terminal before making your final attempt!…
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UncategorizedIf You’re Dressing As Mario for Halloween, You Should Make Sure You Sound Like Him Too
This is fun. ThinkGeek is selling something they call an “audio reality costume.” The gist is that, with Halloween a-coming, it’s one thing to dress like a favorite character or nerd icon… but how much better to sound like one, too? The Mega Stomp Panic clips onto one’s belt or waistband and produces sound when…
By Kate Cox - Uncategorized
A Silent Service Delivers the Sound of Saturday to NCAA Football
“Never pass up the opportunity to sit,” Ben Haumiller (above) told me, as we slumped back on Virginia’s vacated sideline bench at Wallace Wade Stadium, the Cavaliers in the locker room leading Duke 17-14 at the half this past Saturday. Pondering the long walk to the free concessions in the press box, I half considered…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
What Are Zaxxon and Breakout Doing in The Week in Gaming Apps?
Each week dozens of new gaming apps are released across the various mobile platforms, imaginative original works trying to build a name for themselves in a crowded market. I’m not saying Zaxxon Escape and Super Bunny Breakout aren’t fresh and entertaining—they’ve just got a bit of an unfair advantage. It’s hard to not have a…
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UncategorizedIt’s Bubble-Popping in Space, With Buddies
Coming soon to iOS and Android from the creators of Jewels with Buddies, Dice with Buddies and Casual Sex with Buddies (he’s lying about that last one), Bubble Galaxy with Buddies combines turn-based asynchronous multiplayer with the joy of Bust-A-Move. In spaaaaaaaace. Developer Scopely has done quite well with its “With Buddies” line of games,…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Ellie’s Backstory To Be Revealed In The Last Of Us Prequel Comic
We saw, over the summer, that the post-apocalyptic future in The Last of Us is one where fourteen-year-old Ellie has never seen a movie, because movies have ceased to exist. But what about the rest of this young girl’s life? What transpires, in a ruined world, that ends up pairing her off with Joel and…
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UncategorizedFarming Gangnam Style
I could do without the song, but I firmly believe the world would be a better place if everyone took a moment now and then to dance as if they were riding a horse while really having to pee. Apparently someone at Zynga agrees. If you’re playing Farmville 2, keep a close eye on your…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Tale of a Young Boy And His Beloved Game Boy Micro Is Too Cute To Miss
This is the most adorable gaming-related story I’ve read all week. Over at Wired, gaming parent Andy Roberston’s young son spotted a Game Boy Micro in a shop window, and more or less fell in love. In the way that kids can so brilliantly do, he became utterly convinced that the Micro—a petite variation on…
By Kate Cox
