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Let’s Pretend This Week’s Nintendo Download Was Worth Waiting For
Another week has passed, and once more Nintendo has brought us an amazing lineup of downloadable goodies! Mega Man for the Game Boy! Bridge! That other game! Excitement! And I’m spent. No real excitement this week. Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge is nice if you like recycled NES content, and Hearts is a game I…
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NBA Boss isn’t the First League Commissioner to Appear in a Video Game [Corrected]
Some ramped-up role-playing sequences in NBA 2K12‘s “My Player” career mode have delivered an unlikely first: David Stern, the NBA commissioner, is the first league officer—to anyone’s recollection—to appear, both in voice and in motion capture, in a video game. [Clarification] While Roger Goodell (NFL) presents the Lombardi Trophy in the Madden NFL Super Bowl…
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UncategorizedHoney Badgers? In NBA Jam? It’s More Likely Than You Think
With the NBA lockout looking like it will wipe out a lot of games this year, some basketball video game makers are looking outside the league’s real life rosters to create enthusiasm and interest. NBA 2K12 for example, is bringing 15 of the sport’s greatest players to life. NBA Jam‘s going with goddamn honey badgers…
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The Gears of War Timeline Leads Right Up to Midnight Monday
Need a refresher course on Gears of War history on the eve of the release of the third installment? Epic Games has posted a handy timeline that takes you from the Pendulum Wars to when you slip that puppy in your Xbox 360 next week. It’s been awhile since the original Gears of War came…
By Mike Fahey
