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FBI Raids College Kids, Looking for Gold Farming Fraud
The FBI now is raiding homes looking for World of Warcraft gold farmers. The party van showed up March 30 at an apartment shared by two University of Michigan students (building pictured), who say the feds have got the wrong suspects. The two students, neither named, say they aren’t gold farmers and don’t play World…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Another Hint That Portal 2 May Be Releasing Early
The Valve-owned domain aperturescience.com tossed up a countdown whose timer expires at noon EDT/9 a.m. PDT tomorrow. Rumors, abetted by Easter eggs, have hinted that the game is arriving a week ahead of its announced April 19 date. Hey, it’s either that or Half Life 2: Episode 3.
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
One Man’s Vacation to New Vegas
Given “a few days in the Mojave,” one fan of Fallout: New Vegas decided to construct his visit around the game, searching out real-world locations that inspired the in-game scenery. The lone wanderer, one Chris Worth of the United Kingdom, even constructed a Pip-Boy (with admittedly ‘shopped map screen) and Power Fist. Designers from Obsidian,…
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UncategorizedA Compendium of Freaked-Out Reactions to Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Ordinarily, you toss a video like this on YouTube, and every comment shouts it down as fake. But anyone who’s played indie horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent knows this guy’s skin-crawling, pupil-dilating, sphincter-clenching, headphone-grabbing reactions are on the level.
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Done Yours Yet?
Done Yours Yet? | If not, you still have the weekend. A quirk in the calendar, involving a District of Columbia holiday, gives Americans until April 18 to postmark their income tax returns. (Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) New Nintendo Console Debuting At E3 This June, Launching In 2012, More Powerful Than Xbox 360 and…
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Cheerleaders Return to Madden
EA Sports sent out a few photos over Twitter earlier today – two for Madden, one for NCAA Football. Kick meters, which have changed almost annually the past few years, look like they’ll revert to what we saw from Madden earlier last decade. NCAA Football showed Ralphie the Buffalo, indicating that mascot pre-game entries will…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
This is the World’s Biggest Pac-Man Game
Here’s what you’re going to do when your bored at work for the next few months: The World’s Biggest Pac-Man is a brower-based version of the classic blown up to epic proportions. The game connects thousands of user-created levels like tiles to create a single immense map. Designed by web design firm Soap Creative using…
By Mike Epstein - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Mercenaries VS. Brings The Fight To The iPhone
Capcom releases its first online iPhone game in Resident Evil Mercenaries VS., in which players battle zombies and human opponents as Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, or Albert Wesker. It’s on sale now in the iTunes App Store for $2.99.
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UncategorizedWitness The CCP Chessboxing Match Of The Century
Last month in Reykjavik, Iceland, two employees of EVE Online developer CCP seat each other mentally and physically in front of a crowd of bloodthirsty spectators. This is Chessboxing, and half of it is exciting to watch. Two 3D artists, Björn “Left Rook” Jónsson, CCP’s resident chess expert, and Daniel “Pretty Boy” Þórarinsson, Iceland’s 2009…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
World of Goo Is Just One Dollar for iPhone Today
If you’ve missed World of Goo in one of its many iterations over the years, there’s another chance to play the superb physics puzzler. It’s now available on your iPhone or iPod Touch—the iPad version has gone Universal. It’s all of $.99 in the iTunes App Store, which when coupled with the ratings in the…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
Full Battlefield 3 Trailer Being Held Hostage On Facebook
Want to get an early look at the full trailer for Battlefield 3, complete with producer commentary? Then you and several hundred thousand friends need to like the Battlefield Facebook page. At least they aren’t threatening to shoot puppies.
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UncategorizedRed Johnson’s Chronicles Makes A Compelling Case For PlayStation Network Adventure
Combining a sleek and sexy graphical style, puzzle solving, investigation, and quick fire action scenes, PlayStation Network adventure game Red Johnson’s Chronicles is a game that deserves more attention then it’s gotten so far. I’ve seen the name many times, but until I saw this trailer for the game, due out shortly on the PlayStation…
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