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Jay-Z’s Life Story, Told as a Facebook Game
Jay-Z is one of the world’s most famous rappers. He has a fashion line, a chain of upscale sports bars, and a share of the New Jersey (soon to be Brooklyn) Nets. He has sold millions upon millions of albums and married Beyoncé, with whom he now has a daughter. What was left for the…
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Classic PlayStation Title Appears in Vita Store, But Isn’t Playable Yet
A classic PlayStation title appeared in the PS Vita store overnight, kindling hopes that players would now be able to enjoy their classic games on the go. Alas, the game is not actually playable, but its appearance does indicate that perhaps the anticipated feature is nearly ready for prime time. NeoGAF users spotted the game,…
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UncategorizedIll-Fitting Kitana Cosplay Meets Gravel-Walking Mileena In Live-Action Mortal Kombat
Remember the ill-fitting costume that the Kitana model wore to promote Mortal Kombat on the Vita? And the model who had to brave fields of gravel in heels as Mileena? The two have finally met for the latest advertisement featuring Mortal Kombat on the Vita. Their in-game personas fight to the death while their real-life…
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UncategorizedYouTube Just Made My Childhood Gaming Memories Feel Super Dramatic
When I think about all the games featured in this video, I remember the fun (and sometimes the anguish) I had while playing them. I never thought about their memories in such a dramatic way until YouTube user RockyPlanetesimal made a montage of the games to the music of “A Wild And Distant Shore” by…
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UncategorizedYou Had Me At ‘Shooting Astronauts With Cheeseburgers’
My favorite mobile games are those that pull me in so quickly that a week passes by before I notice I’m spending every idle moment with my iPad gripped in my hands playing the damn thing. Games like Draw Something and Scramble With Friends have been my mobile game drugs for the past few weeks.…
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UncategorizedThe New Way You Should Be Dealing With Skyrim‘s Frost Trolls
Man, these guys make me laugh every time they make one of these “Things To Do” videos. This week it’s Skyrim. And while there are many, many things to do in Skyrim as it is, taunting and tricking your enemies is definitely up there for one of the more fun things to do. Being that…
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Woman Caught Stealing Video Games After Selling Them Back to Store She Stole Them From
Stealing is wrong. That’s pretty much universally understood. But going back to the store you just stole from, to sell them the goods you took? Well, that takes a certain kind of chutzpah. And it also gets you caught. Police in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, report that a woman went into a video game store (called, appropriately,…
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Talking Games Media at the East Coast Games Conference
Video game professionals and professional hopefuls attending the East Coast Games Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina this morning have a unique opportunity to watch me and several other members of the games media talk about balancing our love of games with our love of talking about journalism. The East Coast Games Conference is an annual…
By Mike Fahey
