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  Want to Make Dark Souls Harder? Let Your Fists Do the Talking

  Dark Souls players looking for a more… unique challenge may want to follow the lead of a Japanese player who opted to punch his way through the game’s first boss, the massive Asylum Demon. No weapons, no spells, just bare knuckle brawling. This herculean feat of the hands looks like it took the better part…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  The Time a Fan of Sonic the Hedgehog and Truck Nuts Drove to Walmart

  It was captured on film—OK, cell phone—by one of the many contributors to People of Walmart, archive of discount store shoppers with questionable fashion and lifestyle choices. And here it is. So, to sum up: a Sonic blue Crown Vic, an airbrushed Knuckles the Echidna and Miles “Tails” Prower, Metal Sonic’s junk and a Walmart…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  At Last, a Twin Peaks Game for the Atari 2600

  I’ll confess to knowing jack shit about Twin Peaks, David Lynch’s cult hilt surreal television mystery that lasted for a year but you’d think had a run twice as long as All in the Family the way people still talk about it. Anyway, someone has created an Atari 2600-style game based on the show, you…

  By Owen Good Published September 23, 2011
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  Wrongly Banned Xbox Live Users Welcomed Back with Gifts

  A recent crackdown on modded consoles snared “a very small percentage” of Xbox Live users who had done nothing wrong, yet received comprehensive bans from Microsoft nonetheless. Xbox Live’s top cop today apologized for the mistake and said these gamers would be reinstated immediately. Stephen Toulouse, better known as Stepto to some, said the bans…

  By Owen Good Published September 23, 2011
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  Steam’s Sega Sale Delivers $2 Alpha Protocol, Super Cheap Dreamcast & Genesis Games

  For fans of all things SEGA, Steam’s running killer deals on Alpha Protocol ($2), Aliens vs. Predator ($4.99) and the Total War series. Dreamcast and Sega Genesis bundles are just $7.49 each. [Steam presents SEGA Weekend]

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  When Your Mario Kart Obsession Seeps Into Your Daily Commute

  By now, you’ve heard about the new study from Nottingham Trent University that found that playing lots of video games can result in “Game Transfer Phenomena”: the real world and the video-game world start to blend together, and gamers begin to see conversation menus during real-life interactions and going for button-prompts to perform real-world actions.…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 23, 2011
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  Harmonix’s VidRhythm Adds Support For User-Generated Content; Animal-Lovers Rejoice

  Hopefully all you iOS users have had a chance to play around with Rock Band edveloper Harmonix’s goofy new music-type app-thing VidRhythm. If you haven’t, I recommend giving it a go

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 23, 2011
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  Elk Strips: The $35 Snack That Made a Great Nation Great

  Funyuns, Doritos, Chikin-on-a-Biskit. They conjure images of stoners and the unemployed, but no one consumes those snacks to affect said lifestyle. Jerky, well, c’mon. It’s like a meat Marlboro. If you’ve ever torn off hunks of dried flesh, wrung them out on your molars, and not once narrowed your eyes and internally complimented this great…

  By Owen Good Published September 23, 2011
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  Check Out the Greatest Misses of Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012

  This reminds me of the old Foster’s spots where Paul Hogan would mention the fact American beer ads can’t show anyone drinking beer. Similarly, Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012 can’t show any big game getting shot. Marketing staff don’t care, marketing staff will show you shooting and missing. It gives just as good a look…

  By Owen Good Published September 23, 2011
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  Furious Fish Beats Angry Bird

  Fish of Fury –This gutted bird and a postcard of a furious fish showed up on my doorstep today. Blizzard: Diablo III Hits Early 2012 Looks like we’re going to have to make do with a beta for longer than some of us had hoped, Blizzard this morning said that Diablo III won’t be hitting…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2011
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  Here’s How to Get Uncharted 3 A Week Early

  Uncharted fans, you may be able to get your hands on the next entry in the PlayStation 3 series, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Fortune, way in advance. And by that I also mean getting a copy a week before street date. Select AMC Theaters in LA, New York, DC, Dallas and San Francisco will be holding…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  Wizorb Casts Its Spell on Xbox Live Indie Games Soon

  Wizorb, some strange alchemy that has fused the gameplay of Breakout and The Legend of Zelda, will be summoned to the Xbox Live Indie Games next week, September 29—otherwise known as your best excuse to start visiting the Xbox Live Indie channel. Wizorb‘s blend of block-breaking and spell-casting comes courtesy of Tribute Games and Jonathan…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  This Week in the Business: ‘We’ll be able to squeeze more from Xbox 360.’

  What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “We’ll be able to squeeze more from Xbox 360.” – Epic design director Cliff Bleszinski notes that if Epic ships another 360 title this generation they should still be able to extract even more power from the console QUOTE | “We’ve learned…

  James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published September 23, 2011
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  Report: L.A. Noire ‘Complete Edition’ and PC Version Coming in November

  Evidence of Rockstar Games reissuing crime thriller L.A. Noire later this year in the form of a “Complete Edition” has reportedly been spotted by Eurogamer Czech. That apparent re-release and the PC version of Team Bondi’s game are supposedly slated for November. Eurogamer cites its Czech counterpart in its report on the arrival of L.A.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  Hard Reset Gets a Little Softer With Patch 1.01

  Was Flying Wild Hog’s cyberpunk shooter Hard Reset too hard for you? Patch 1.01 eases your pain, removing weapon cooldowns, improving gun swapping speed, tweaking the sprint system, and allowing players the mercy of mid-game difficulty changing. Pansies. [Steam Forums]

  By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011
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  This Might Be The Closest We’re Getting to a Video Game Version of Heat

  Payday: The Heist is a first-person cooperative heist game inspired by some of the best in crime cinema. Here’s a look at a run, or attempted run, through Heat Street, the game’s caper loosely inspired by the movie Heat. Sorry, no Pacino or De Niro here, but plenty of gunplay. The game hits the Playstation…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2011
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  Cammy vs. Chun-li (or Cannon Spike vs. Spinning Bird Kick)

  Cammy and Chun-Li settle their differences in this ass kicking Street Fighter illustration by Fung Kin Chew. Fight! Cammy and Chun-Li by Fung Kin Chew (deviantART) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission. Cammy and Chun-li by…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  Two New Sonics, Two Different Reactions if You Don’t Touch the Controller

  The first time my friend showed me Sonic The Hedgehog on his Sega Genesis, he made me put the controller down so I could see how much more attitude Sonic had than my Mario. Sonic, you see, would get pissed if you left him idling. He was no goofy plumber. He’d tap his toe. He…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 23, 2011
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  Ahhh, the weekend. The perfect time to build up ones poison resistance, fight flying fire-breathing spiders and climb down the rickety architecture of Blighttown. I am, of course, talking about playing more Dark Souls this weekend. What else? How about the Xbox 360 version of Dark Souls? Seriously, almost nothing—not even the Diablo III beta—will…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011
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  Michelle Rodriguez is Right as Rain in Resident Evil: Retribution

  The tough-as-nails Rain Ocampo might have met her grisly end in the first Resident Evil flick, but that’s nothing a few flashbacks can’t fix in next year’s Resident Evil: Retribution The fifth entry in Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil film series is getting the old gang back together. Not only is Jill Valentine returning and…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011