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  Skyward Sword‘s Motion Controls Feel Fine, Just Fine

  Ever since Nintendo announced the Wii’s upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, there has been much debate and consternation over its control scheme. Skyward Sword will be the first Zelda game to use Nintendo’s more advanced Motion Plus controls for the Wii—players will either have to buy the MP add-on for their standard Wii…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 3, 2011
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  The Week In Dangerous Games: Fish Punching, Erotically Engraved Cannonballs and Some Light Treason

  You know, video games will rot your brain. They’re filled with nothing more than gratuitous fish abuse, LEGO toilet humor and references to pornographic cannonballs—or so this week’s most potentially offensive video games might lead us to believe. Those warnings of erotic ammunition and trout slapping come courtesy of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 3, 2011
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  Less Than One Hour Left to Bid on This Porny 1980’s Sierra Game

  A copy of the On-Line Systems’ 1981 Apple II game Softporn Adventure is about to sell on eBay, and you could still be the one to walk off with it! On-Line would go on to become Sierra, and Softporn Adventure is commonly held up as a precursor to the publisher’s more well-known sexytime adventure Leisure…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 3, 2011
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  A Young Gamer’s Closet

  Hats and Square Heads –A view inside Tristan’s closet today revealed that he likes fancy hats and video game characters with square heads. We’re going to be rich when he grows up! Your Cable Box Is Dying. Long Live the Game Console! Your cable box is headed for obsolescence. It may not be within the…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 3, 2011
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  It’s Total Voxel Carnage in the Latest Look at Voxatron, Going Alpha Soon

  It’s been a while since we looked at Voxatron, the Robotron-esque shoot ’em up with blocky, voxelated visuals. The good news? It still looks as sharp as the corner of a voxel. Not that there’s really any bad news to offset that. In fact, the game’s due for a “very playable alpha” build soon, says…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 3, 2011
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  Get Your RISK: Metal Gear Solid Limited Edition Before It’s Too late

  The tactical espionage action of Metal Gear Solid meets the world-conquering strategy of Risk for Australia-nuking, Outer Haven-occupying fun with RISK: Metal Gear Solid. You can get it now. And now might be a very good time to do so. RISK: Metal Gear Solid, detailed right here and here, turns the conflicts of Metal Gear…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 3, 2011
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  Notch Offered to Give Up “Scrolls” Trademark, Bethesda Sued Anyway

  Markus “Notch” Persson, the maker of Minecraft, says his company Mojang volunteered both to drop the trademark request for the title of their upcoming game “Scrolls” and to add a subtitle in order to to avoid being sued by Skyrim juggernaut Bethesda, but that Bethesda refused. He shared this fact in response to a piece…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 3, 2011
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  The Life-Changing $20 Rightward-Facing Cow

  The past year has been one of the strangest ever in the life of game designer, lecturer and author Ian Bogost. It started with the launch of the most successful game he’s ever developed, and ended with him bringing it to a strange, cathartic end. That game was Facebook title Cow Clicker, a now-infamous satire…

  Leigh Alexander Published October 3, 2011
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  Who Wants to Be a Facebook Serial Killer?

  Barely skipping a beat after releasing a Facebook game that lets players grow and sell marijuana a ‘la Showtime’s popular show Weeds, Ecko|Code returns with a social game about stalking and murdering people. Don’t worry, they’re bad people. Dexter: Slice of Life is a pleasant place for fans of the Showtime serial killer and his…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011
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  Metal On Metal Violence in the Merry Marvel Style

  Iron Man, Tron Bonne and Mega Man Zero team up to lay waste to Galactus and his army. Intense Marvel vs. Capcom 3 fan art by Kai Lim! Related Rampages: Heavy Rockman | Star Wars: Stim Armour Metal Fatigue by Kai Lim / ukitakumuki (deviantART) Via: svalts Need your daily fill of geek eye candy?…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 3, 2011
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  Watch Daigo Get Perfected in Super Street Fighter IV

  Could you obliterate legendary competitive Street Fighter player Daigo “The Beast” Umehara? Could you perfect him in Super Street Fighter IV, keeping him from laying a finger on you? At the EVO 2011 fighting game tournament this past summer, a gamer named Poongko did. Marvel at this. Remember, in a different Street Fighter game, Daigo…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 3, 2011
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  Half-Real Gives Australia a Dose of Game-Inspired Theater

  To the frustration of its native gamers, the Australian government’s got some sort of fetish for banning violent video games. But that doesn’t mean that the medium isn’t making its way into the cultural fabric over there. Here’s exhibit A: Half-Real. The new production by creative collective The Border Project opened last week at the…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 3, 2011
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  Adorable Bunny Heralds the Return of a Sega Classic

  Sega is currently holding a sweepstakes to see if players can guess which classic Sega franchise will soon be making its triumphant return. It’s Daytona USA. Can we have a game with the bunny in it instead? We pretty much knew some sort of rehash of Daytona USA was in the works, and with Takenobu…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011
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  Mojang v. Bethesda, or: I Hate it When Mommy and Daddy Fight [UPDATE]

  Since I just spent the weekend playing Minecraft, my thoughts have unavoidably turned to the ongoing dispute between Mojang (makers of Minecraft) and Zenimax Media (parent company of Bethesda, makers of Oblivion and Skyrim among many other games) over the trademark on the word “Scrolls.” For those not keeping track, the dispute began when Mojang…

  Russ Pitts Published October 3, 2011
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  €4.8 Million in Fines Issued Against Video Game “Pirates”

  The Paris’ Court of Appeals last week issued €4.8 million in fines against a half-dozen companies importing and selling devices that can be used on Nintendo platforms to play homebrew and pirated games, Electronic Theatre reports. The report calls these devices “linkers” but says they’re also know as R4 cards or Magicom. The court imposed…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 3, 2011
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  Which Retailer Has the Best Final Fantasy XIII-2 Preorder Incentive?

  When Final Fantasy XIII-2 hits North American shores on January 31, GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon customers that preordered the game will walk away with some pretty spiffy bonus items, but which is the most enticing? This time around it’s not GameStop. In the world of retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses, dedicated video game retailer GameStop normally…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011
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  You Can Kill and Rob Facebook Strangers in Mafia Wars 2

  Your Facebook friends will help you in the sequel to Mafia Wars. They’ll help keep you safe while you take a bat to the knees of some Facebook stranger. Sorry, Facebook strangers, that’s the way it’s going to work. At least I won’t know your name or any real information about you as I step…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 3, 2011
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  To Do in Dallas This Evening: Stalk Rage‘s Creators

  Dallas-based id Software has a big title coming out tonight, so Tim Willits, Matt Hooper, John Carmack, and other key members of the Rage team will be hanging out at a GameStop, just like everyone else. Show them some love.

  By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011
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  Two Different Spider-Men, Two Different Combat Styles

  Spider-Man: Edge of Time hits stores tomorrow, bringing the worlds of the Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 clashing together violently. Then the kicking starts. This is just Activision’s way of reminding us all the game is coming out tomorrow, as the differences really don’t seem all that significant. Amazing beats folks up with agility, 2099…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011
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  Dark Souls Reviewers Like It Long and Hard

  In 2009, From Software introduced gamers to a whole new world of pain with the PlayStation 3 exclusive Demon’s Souls, a game that challenged the growing player handholding trend in favor of gripping that hand firmly and slicing it off at the wrist. It was a painful experience, but it was a good kind of…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011