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‘I’m Going to Go Home and Play Video Games’
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Dwight Howard ended—for this year, anyway—the drama surrounding his tenure in Orlando when he told the Magic he would waive the early termination option in his contract and remain with the team through at least next season. “I’m going home to play video…
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Hey, LucasArts—How About Making a Star Wars NBA Game?
We get sent weird and hilarious emails all the time, but there is a subtle brilliance to what one Australian reader, Chris, is proposing. I’ll just offer it here, verbatim: Hi Owen, Mate, would love to see LucasArts bring out a Star Wars sports game, featuring arcade-style NBA, NFL, baseball and NHL. I would love…
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Mr. Yamauchi, Please Go See the Mariners Play. You Own the Team, After All
The man who made Nintendo into a video gaming giant is warmly regarded in Seattle, and not just because the company’s American headquarters are there. He purchased the Seattle Mariners in 1992, almost certainly saving the team from moving to Florida. But Hiroshi Yamauchi, the third president of Nintendo, has never seen his team play.…
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Boldly Going Where No Week in Gaming Apps Has Gone Before
What’s 60 percent space age adventure, 20 percent cuteness, and 20 percent some sort of photo matching game? Why, it’s the Week in Gaming Apps, with graphics enhanced for your brain’s retina display. We had a definite science fiction theme running with this week’s Gaming Apps of the Day. Waking Mars saw us journey into…
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Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
Following with last week’s tradition, we’re opening this thread up to you to nominate this week’s best comment. We rounded up last week’s best content, but in preparation for tomorrow’s reveal of our weekly Best Of, we’ll need input from the community. Was it something witty, controversial, or smart that caught your eye? Let us…
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UncategorizedWTPT: Modern Warfare 3 Player Demolishes The Opposing Team In One Run
Against all odds of flash grenades, timid teammates, and an onslaught of enemies, one intrepid warrior makes it through the battlefield alive. Or for an impressive while at least. Watch as YouTube user AznShuffler156 tears through the opposing team while his teammates hide behind riot shields and creep around corners. Equipped with an MP5 with…
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Flight Control Rocket Blows Up on the Pad
Flight Control was such a simple, enjoyable, universally acclaimed mobile game, it compelled the boss—and I don’t mean Totilo, I mean the boss—to write a review of it two years ago. He came back from his safari in the messy backcountry of video game criticism with a nice trophy, too. Me, however, I get to…
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UncategorizedThis Dead or Alive 5 Demo Might Be the Best Reason to Buy Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden 3 hits stores on March 20, and while I had no plans on dropping $60 on another round of punishing slice-and-dice, Hitomi and Ayane may have just changed my mind. Dead or Alive 5 wasn’t even on my radar until I saw this video. I knew the sequel was coming, but expected another…
By Mike Fahey
