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More than 4 Million LittleBigPlanet 2 Levels Created; DLC Coming
Since its release in January, LittleBigPlanet 2’s community has created more than four million levels for the PS3 platformer. The number is exactly 4,141,742, in fact. Sony announced the milestone along with plans for Killzone 3-themed Sackboy costumes [pictured], arriving next month. A set of Tron: Evolution costumes arrives April 26 for $2.99. The Killzone…
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Pokéwalker More Accurate than Other Pedometers in University Study
Evaluated against two other dedicated pedometers, the Pokéwalker – an add-on device for the HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokémon titles – is the most accurate device for counting steps, according to researchers at Iowa State University. The results were presented recently at an experimental biology conference by Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, an Iowa State professor who has been…
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How to Get Your A-Game On (With Electricity)
Are you desperate to take your videogame performance to the next level—and willing to indulge in some high-risk behavior? Hint: you’ll need a 9-volt battery and a wet sponge! Researchers in New Mexico claim that a faint electric massage to the brain improved the performances of volunteers playing the DARPA-sponsored war simulator DARWARS Ambush! The…
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Terrible 1990s Console Games Simulate the 2011 NBA Playoffs
SB Nation had a good thing going, picking winners of the first round of the NBA Playoffs using awful games like Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball and IN THE ZONE ’98. But then the Miami-Philadelphia series was simulated using Streets of Rage. Streets of Rage is not a crappy video game. See the link for the…
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Department Of Justice Deals Out Indictment To Top Online Poker Sites
In case you needed proof that online poker sites were shady, the Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, charging defendants with bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
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Latest Silent Hill: Downpour Screens Don’t Skimp On The Gondola
The first set of screenshots released for Konami’s Silent Hill: Downpour only featured two shots of a gondola creeping across a chasm. That’s nowhere near enough gondola. Thankfully this next set gives us a couple more. Silent Hill: Downpour’s main character is one Murphy Pendleton, an unfortunate man whose prison transport bus overturns on a…
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UncategorizedThe Green Lantern Might As Well Just Use His Ring To Summon Kratos
The first gameplay trailer for Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is here, with Hal Jordan showing off some very God of War-like maneuvers. Is this how you’d fight if you had a ring that could create anything?
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UncategorizedParents Concerned Over High School Students Play-Acting Call Of Duty
“It’s too real and too much like the Columbine tragedy,” says one concerned parent regarding a video shot at Rocklin High School in California depicting students pretending to play Call of Duty with imaginary weapons. Oh come on, really? There are no guns in the YouTube video “COD Black Ops JamT productions”, which features students…
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UncategorizedF.E.A.R. 3‘s New Multiplayer Modes Urge You To Fu**ing Run
When John Carpenter tells you to Fu**ing Run, you better well fu**ing run. Warner Bros. Interactive details the terrifying new multiplayer modes appearing in the third installment of the paranormal first-person shooter F.E.A.R. The creators of F.E.A.R. 3 didn’t just tap horror masters John Carpenter (The Thing) and Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) to…
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UncategorizedMortal Kombat‘s Shang Tsung’s Got Soul, Unfortunately It’s Yours
It’s wonderful to see the traitorous sorcerer Shang Tsung up to his old transforming tricks again, isn’t it? He may be ancient, but he’s still got moves. Shang Tsung, as I mentioned last Friday, is a vile sorcerer that betrayed EarthRealm in order to achieve the sort of power it takes to transform himself from…
By Mike Fahey
