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UncategorizedDigging The Rift Collector’s Edition
Trion Worlds’ massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift opens its doors tomorrow to head start players. Cost conscious players can purchase it from Steam for $50. Those less concerned with price can spend $80 on this thing. While I only played Rift in beta for the briefest of moments, I have to say I’m excited…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Discovery’s Final Launch Is PlayStation Home’s First Live Broadcast
The final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled for tomorrow, and PlayStation space exploration fans can tune in directly from Sony’s console-embedded virtual world, provided they know someone with a digital yacht. The space shuttle Discovery takes off on its final voyage tomorrow at 4:50PM from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle will…
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Celebrities Speak Out Against Bloody Birds Vs. Pigs Conflict
While they may be slightly more two-dimensional than traditional entertainment talent, the message of these iconic avian and porcine personalities is no less important: Stop this senseless Angry Birds war. Who knew there were so many celebrity birds and pigs, heartbroken over the constant conflict waging from iPhone to PlayStation Network every day? From Darkwing…
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ReviewsThe Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad Is Hideously Wonderful
Can a specialized fighting game controller make you better at Marvel Vs. Capcom 3? PDP’s Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad says yes. The Basics The Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad is a controller built specifically with 2D fighting games in mind. The Xbox 360’s left and right bumpers, used in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 to…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The World’s Smallest Computer Wants To Be Inside Of You
With computer technology forever striving towards smaller and smaller form factors, it was only a matter of time before engineers created the first millimeter-scale computer system, ready for implantation in the human body. Created by University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professors Dennis Sylvester and David Blaauw, the tiny computer system…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Fallen Company Of Heroes Developer Celebrated With Song
Brian Wood, the Company of Heroes designer who perished in a car crash in September, was a game developer, devoted husband, and an accomplished choral singer. This weekend his former choir-mates will remember Brian through the music he loved. We’ve been following the story of Relic Entertainment’s Brian Wood since the tragic automobile accident that…
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How To Dominate Bulletstorm’s Echoes Mode
Once the smoke clears and the credits roll in Bulletstorm’s campaign, Echoes mode is the place to put your kill skills to the ultimate test. People Can Fly’s Arcade Berg has some handy tips on topping the Echoes mode charts. In Bulletstorm’s single-player game, killing enemy players with skill is a way to earn points…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
When Online Gaming Relationships Go Bad
Commenter WittyUserName thought he found a lasting online gaming friend in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, until the griefing started. Read about his gaming relationship gone sour in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I just kicked a longtime friend off my friend’s list. There was this guy I played Bad Company 2 with a lot and we…
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UncategorizedDead Space 2’s Haunting New Chapter Arrives In March
Gabriel and Lexine from Dead Space: Extraction make their Dead Space 2 debut on March 1 as the central cast for the chilling new single-player digital download pack Severed. Here’s a scream that will haunt you all day long. I played Dead Space 2 for about an hour before I set it aside, not out…
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