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Van-Based Mobile Arcade Operator Arrested for Child Molestation [Update]
Games2U is a mobile franchise business that operates vans packed with video game consoles, renting them out for children’s parties and other special occasions. It sounds like the perfect business for a child molester. According to authorities, Leonard R. Filipkowski of Lakeland, Florida thought so too. The 44-year-old owner of the local Games2U franchise faces…
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UncategorizedIt’s So Cool To Be a Geek That Felicia Day Wrote a Song About It
I won’t speak for everyone, but I’m sure many self-proclaimed geeks have had their hobbies and passions bashed by high school teenagers who couldn’t comprehend the awesome. I certainly never replayed my favorite Final Fantasy games over and over in lieu of fellow gaming compatriots to share the experience with. No, never. Felicia Day and…
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UncategorizedIf You’ve Got a Problem, If No One Else Can Help, Maybe You Can Hire The Angry Birds Team
Angry Birds is everywhere. The A-Team used to be everywhere. Put them together, and you’ve got 30 years of pop culture condensed into one minute of flash animation. If I died tomorrow and you played this video at my funeral, first off who the hell invited you to my funeral? Secondly, as the church police…
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Tuesday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Every song needs a Minecraft parody version of it like this one. Watch! I would play an Angry Birds with Mr. T-Bird and the rest of the A-Team. Play! Jason enjoys the 80s cartoon references in Saturday Morning RPG. Watch! It’s cool to be a geek who likes video games.
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The Next Generation of Core Games is Destined to be Free to Play, Ben Cousins Says
Ben Cousins, formerly of Lionhead, Sony, and EA/DICE, among others, is currently head of a mobile game development team for ngmoco, based out of Sweden. Several weeks ago, at the 2012 Game Developers Conference, he made a provocative and persuasive presentation to the effect that dedicated game consoles were on their way out. More recently,…
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UncategorizedBefore You Play The Witcher 2, Here’s What Happened in The Witcher
On April 17 Xbox 360 gamers get their first taste of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the first console installment of the popular PC role-playing game series. Did they miss anything in the first game? Not if they watch this video they didn’t. A lot went on in the original…
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UncategorizedThe Secret World‘s Beta Weekends and Early Access are Yours for the Preordering
Want to get in on the beta weekends for Funcom’s upcoming paranormal MMO The Secret World? Want up to four days of early access before the game launches? Want an Egyptian Cat as an in-game pet? Man, you sure want a lot. You should probably preorder. The Secret World beta weekends kick off May 11,…
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