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A Cardboard Marcus Fenix Must Pay for a Seat on the Bus
A student in Milton Keynes, England paid a full bus fare for Marcus Fenix. No, really. Carrying home a life-size cardboard display of the Gears of War protagonist, Liam Sheridan was told by the driver his monthly bus pass didn’t cover his companion. Sheridan, 17, was thus charged £1.80 for a full adult fare on…
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Pink Chocobos and the Phoenix Down Woman of My Dreams in the Latest Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens
Oh Chocolina, with your modest demeanor and your adorable Phoenix Down outfit; who cares what the other 27 new screenshots have on them, as long as you’re here with me. I don’t know wehy Square Enix decided that a Vegas showgirl was the appropriate choice for a shopkeeper in Final Fantasy XIII-2; I’ve stopped asking…
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World of Warcraft‘s Deck Building Game Delivers the Joy of Cards Without the Pain of Collecting
Coming this spring from Cryptozoic Entertainment, World of Warcraft: Clash of Champions is 423 cards worth of tabletop raiding fun for two to four players in one sexy $45 box. The deck building game has saved my wallet. See, I love card games, and I love the colorful artwork and unique rules of trading card…
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UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Recollection Brings Deep Card-Based Strategy Assassination to the iPad
As promised, Ubisoft has unleashed Assassin’s Creed Recollection on the iPad just in time for the holidays, giving more strategy-minded assassins plenty of numbers and bits of artwork to screw around with. I’m just as puzzled as Stephen was when he first revealed the coming of Recollection back in October. I have absolutely no idea…
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This GameStop Trolling Brought to You By Best Buy
There are certain disadvantages to locating your game-centric retail store next to a big box electronics outfit, as this lovely Best Buy sign so aptly demonstrates. It’s enough to make a guy trade in all his games for a refrigerator. It’s also a bad idea to have your corporate logo rendered in an easily accessible…
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UncategorizedIf the New Syndicate Has to Be a First-Person Shooter, It Better Have Awesome Weapons
The shooting might be less tactical, but that doesn’t mean it has to be less entertaining. Let’s take a look at the arsenal Starbreeze Studios has cooked up for next year’s Syndicate reboot. Sure, I’ll miss the sublime combination of shooting and real-time tactics from the Bullfrog original, but I have faith in Starbreeze Studios,…
By Mike Fahey
