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UncategorizedBattlefield 3 Gets the Freddie Wong Treatment, and It’s Pretty Damn Good
Battlefield 3 has finally figured out that the key to making a successful television ad is not to pick a theme song whose essential lyrics must be bleeped, and just put it all in the hands of filmmaker Freddie Wong. Using Back to Karkand‘s forklift and “online battle tactics that many of you should know…
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Good News! $100 Need for Speed Car On Sale for Just $75!
Need for Speed World introduced its first “premium elite” car and, yeah, based on the sticker price, we’d say it qualifies. The Koenigsegg CCX Elite Edition is on sale in the in-game store for $100. But wait! If you act now, you can get this car for only $75! They’ll even throw in a passenger-side…
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Tats of the Old Republic
Earlier this week, BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk popped into a tattoo parlor and got that drawn on him, for life. We assume this was preceded by getting his pledge paddle signed and followed by a 3 a.m. stop at the IHOP where he told everyone he loved them and tried to steal a syrup…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Greetings, and welcome to weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. If you place your comments within the next 12 hours, 26 minutes and 9 seconds, delivery is guaranteed by Dec. 24. Your order also is eligible for free SuperSaver shipping. Well, we sure hit the winning formula this month: Note to self, always use pictures of chickens…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics: The Days are Just Packed
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Dec. 12.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 13.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
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The Baron and the Exec Winners
An intense stare-down at the Video Game Awards last weekend provided the grist for our latest ‘Shop Contest. We have laxbenderman’s face-melting winner, plus 19 other worthy contributions, inside! Getting us started, lets remember what we’re here for: YouTube video guy “The Black Baron” ripped the awards with a video polemic, and was then seated…
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Tecmo Bowl’s Still Running After Touching Down at 20
Chet Holzbauer can’t remember any other gift from that mad Christmas Day scramble 20 years ago. As far as he knows, the cacophony of torn paper came to a stop, like the needle coming off a record, when he and his brother unwrapped Tecmo Super Bowl “As soon as we got it out from under…
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UncategorizedJesus H. Christ, Kinect Star Wars Will Have a Dancing Minigame
Hey, so the ESRB released its ratings certificate for Kinect Star Wars, let’s read along: “In this action game, based on the Star Wars universe,” mmhm, yeah, “players use their body movements to perform activities,” right, gotcha, “that include dance tournaments—” Fuck the heck? That’s right, folks, Kinect Star Wars, which has gone through two…
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Analyst Pegs Team Fortress 2 Hat Economy at $50 Million
Done with that Zynga story? Thought that was all the economics you were getting today? Nope. While he’s not recommending investor action, writer Paul Manwaring did some number crunching and conservatively valued Team Fortress 2‘s unique items economy at, oh, about $50 million. Now, that’s not $50 million in real money that Valve has either…
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Why Zynga’s First Day on Wall Street Went to Shittyville
Hey, did you hear the one about Zynga’s IPO? Initial investors had to invite 10 friends or wait 10 minutes to buy additional shares. OK, that was lame. No, the real joke was Zynga’s share price at the end of it all: $9.50, after going off at $10 on the NASDAQ. Sure, the company raised…
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Stuck in Line Trying to Get into The Old Republic? Vent Your Frustration Here
Queues lead to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering, as many now playing Star Wars: The Old Republic claim to be experiencing right now. Jedi and Sith alike are venting their spleens on Twitter and in forum threads, complaining of ungodly wait times and disconnections in the early access period for the…
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Veni, Vidi, Vita
There is, officially, a new gaming machine on the market. The PS Vita went on sale in Japan today. Kotaku‘s Brian Ashcraft has comprehensive coverage of the device—what you get, what you don’t, what it sounds and looks like. Our review of the machine will be coming soon. For now, here’s a look at everything…
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UncategorizedFlex Your Muscles and Make Super Mario Bros. More Like QWOP
We’ve seen biofeedback in video games before, most recently at GDC, where Valve discussed its application in Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 and other titles. This, however, is a little more brute force. And it’s something you can build yourself, if you’re so inclined. By flexing his muscles, this guy has become an NES…
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The Skyrim‘s the Limit
The $10 price cut for Skyrim remains in effect at Amazon (and Target) for at least today. If you’re waiting for Star Wars: The Old Republic, you’ll pay full price, but there are rumblings of bonuses for it at Kmart. If you’re looking for a gift for someone, Dell’s Kinect bundle is a steal and…
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Canadian Court Rules that THQ’s Hiring of Assassin’s Creed Creator was Legal
Earlier this year, Patrice Desilets left Ubisoft Montreal, where he had developed three editions of Assassin’s Creed, and moved to THQ’s operations in the same city. Ubisoft didn’t take that lying down, filing suit against THQ for poaching its top talent and winning a court’s decision enjoining it from doing so further. An appeals court…
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Merry Christmas: Demon’s Souls Just Got a Smidge Easier
As it did last year, the impenetrably difficult Demon’s Souls is giving players just a teensy bit of a break between now and New Year’s. From now to Jan. 2, Demon’s Souls will ease the game’s difficulty and unlock “otherwise inaccessible areas and items.” For those familiar with the game, that means, Demon’s Souls is…
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