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The Sights and Highlights of Halo Fest: Halo 4, Halo: Anniversary, The Duke, and More
Sure, PAX 2011 is taking place in Seattle right now, but let’s not forget that right across the street is Halo Fest. This expo celebrates the game’s 10th anniversary with a look to the future (Halo 4) a nod to the past (Halo: Anniversary), and all sorts of stuff in between. And The Duke. Who…
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The Pink Knight Comes to Life in Castle Crashers
The Pink Knight was an urban myth cooked up by Castle Crashers‘ Xbox Live community. No such dude existed. But he does now, as The Behemoth offers him for free and promises to make up to a $50,000 donation to a breast cancer prevention and awareness organization. Pink Knight has all new weapons, says The…
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The Cosplay of PAX: Day One
You can’t have a video games expo without the cosplay, and PAX’s attendees are pulling their weight. So far we’ve managed to spot Duke Nukem, Robocop, Uncle Sam, and Jesus. And when’s the last time you saw all those guys together? Those four, plus a lot more, in the gallery inside. Remember, click the magnifying…
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UncategorizedHere’s a Real Life Minecraft Block You Can Actually “Mine”
Ben Purdy is a designer and technology artist who was working on a projection-mapping project when his brother mentioned that a projection sample looked a little like a Minecraft block. Inspiration thus hit Ben. It appears that the projection device is within this box [Correction: It’s outside the box], putting an image on all six…
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UncategorizedThe ‘Eyeborg’ Matches Up Real Cyborgs Against Deus Ex
Ordinarily I scoff at the age-gate trailer, but here, I think it supplies a useful warning and a chance to say THERE IS VIDEO OF AN EYEBALL BEING CUT OPEN at the beginning. So look away for the first 16 seconds if you don’t want to see that. The rest of the video is quite…
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UncategorizedAngels on Our Shoulders
They’re tank busters, sir. P-51s. Greatest airplane ever made. Hardware • Nintendo Wii console bundle w/ Mario Kart and Wheel is still available for order at $129.99 from Amazon, but shipping is delayed 2 to 4 weeks. [Dealzon] • Wii Knockout Boxing Gloves are $9.99 from Amazon. Next best is $19. [Dealzon] • Gears of…
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EA Sports’ Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day [Updated]
The first day of EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” premium subscription, offering a three-day (or more) full preview of Madden NFL 12, does not reflect wide acceptance among the hardcore community it was meant to appeal to. As of 11 p.m. EDT, Madden NFL 12 showed 3,559 users connected to the game through Xbox Live. On…
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The Next Generation of Online Multiplayer Mobile Games Debuts at PAX
Founded by online gaming vets Chris Chung and Rick Lambright, Seattle-based startup Motiga aims to revolutionize mobile gaming using its scalable, cloud-based mobile game server technology, the Motiga Infinite Context Engine (MICE), which allows small development teams to create a wide range of real-time mobile multiplayer games faster and more efficiently than ever before. Motiga…
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