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How Making Fitness Into a Role-Playing Game Makes Us All Look and Feel Great
About four months ago I profiled Fitocracy, the social networking/fitness site that seeks to motivate gamers to hit the gym by incorporating role-playing game aspects into their workout plan. Today, Fitocracy and its founding duo received a huge profile courtesy of CNN, and it’s making all gamers look better as a result. Brian Wang and…
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Costume Quest At Long Last Comes to PC—Like, Right Now
Costume Quest last year’s children’s crusade to save Halloween by Double Fine, has been ported to PC and, in fact, is available now on Steam for $14.99. “We have always said that if it were up to us, we’d release our games for the PC,” Double Fine’s Tim Schafer said in a statement. “Well, now……
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The Taste of Modern Warfare in a 12 Ounce Can
Me and Johnson crept through the underbrush like we’d be born there, natural predators in our element, the scent of blood luring us further into enemy territory. Further into a trap. One minute the jungle was quiet, the next it erupted in the roar of gunfire and the triumphant shouts of the enemy platoon as…
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Should You Buy X-Men: Destiny? No.
X-Men: Destiny has been out on store shelves for a couple of weeks now, so for many of you this comes too late, but in case the New York Comic-Con gets you craving a little mutant-on-mutant violence, Multiple Fahey and his sidekick, Owen, are here to save the day with an untimely Gut Check. Michael…
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Rocksmith‘s European Release Delayed by Trademark Dispute
On Wednesday Ubisoft said Rocksmith, the rhythm game playable with a real guitar, would be delayed in Europe until 2012 because of “music licensing” and “other factors.” Yeah, you could say that. Turns out there’s a rock band in the UK that goes by the name, wait for it, “Rocksmith.” Apparently Ubisoft forgot to check…
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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record Brings Back the Mega Man Unlockable, With a Twist
The original Dead Rising featured a full set of Mega Man armor and a functional Mega Buster. Well, if Capcom’s bringing back Frank West, why not bring back a Mega Man costume? So they did, with a twist. This time you get Protoman armor, with a functioning arm cannon, of course. It takes some doing…
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Batman Fails to Instill Fear in the Hearts of Arkham City Reviewers
Did you know Batman: Arkham Asylum holds the Guinness World Record for ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’? Judging from the initial reviews for Batman: Arkham City, that’s probably no longer the case. Arkham Asylum raised the bar not only for comic book-based video games, but action adventure games in general, so when Warner Bros.…
By Mike Fahey
