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UncategorizedLEGO Wizards Don’t Stop the Motion in Their Third Games Tribute
Ninja Moped, the Swedish artists behind a series of eye-popping stop-motion LEGO animations depicting classic video games, have released another stunning video, following up these and 2009’s seminal “8-Bit Trip” The Top Gun sequence probably gets my vote for most awesome; appearances by Jeopardy, Castlevania and a really old school stumper, the last one at…
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You Can Contribute to the First Major Study of Sports Video Gamers
The games development research lab GAMBIT, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has launched a study of sports video gamers, one a researcher believes will be the first comprehensive, independent examination of a very large video game segment, but one often seen as an outlier to the wider culture. The researchers are seeking respondents to…
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This SportsCenter Anchor is Dedicated to The Show
Some ESPN personalities are known, and chided, for making product endorsements. Steve Berthiaume isn’t in that crowd. Writing a 2,500-word guide on how to create, in MLB The Show, painstakingly accurate journeymen players from the 1970s is not being a lip-service pitchman. That is a bona fide roster editor. Berthiaume, 45, a SportsCenter anchor and…
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UncategorizedSpeed Is Most Definitely A Necessity In Crysis 2
Stealth and strength are great when it comes to plowing through difficult situations, but with speed and agility you can avoid them altogether. Crysis 2’s “Be Fast” trailer demonstrates the benefits of speedy delivery. Streaking and leaping through the damaged wilds of New York City, Alcatraz’s moves are so impressive I can almost ignore the…
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Major Comic Talent Brings Rage To The Page
Crack open a case of ammo and take to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of id Software’s Rage, you’ll be able to crack open a comic book to uncover a dark secret of the game setting with Dark Horse Comics’ Rage miniseries. The three-issue Rage comic book series tells the story of one woman’s struggle to uncover…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
A Brief Moment with Firefall, The Free Game That Wants To Be World of Warcraft with Guns
Orange County, California might be bland, confesses one developer of Red 5’s team-based shooter Firefall, but the game certainly is not. Armor-bound medics squirt now de rigueur healing ribbons that glow a pale green to extrude life back into teammates wearing primary yellow or red that’s too busy for G or B. I stood for…
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UncategorizedWatch A Robot Go From 1to50 In 6.6 Seconds
In popular free iPhone app 1to50, players have to sequentially press the numbers one through fifty as fast as they possibly can. No one is ever going to be this robot’s score. 1to50 is a game that’s all about counting. The timer starts and you’ve got to count with your fingers to press randomly placed…
By Mike Fahey
