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Multicellular Life: It Might Be Older Than You Think
Remember when all of those scientist people told us that multicellular life on Earth began about 1.9 billion years ago? New evidence suggests they might have been off by a few hundred million. Is it time for a Spore patch? The earliest life on Earth were single cell creatures. Long before the dinosaurs, creatures like…
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Grand Theft Auto Blamed For Failed Teen Firebombing
“They appear to have crossed the line from virtual reality to reality,” said Police Chief Lou Pachec of the two teens who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at an apartment building in Raynham, Massachusetts over the weekend. Two teens, one 16 and one 12, claim to have been playing Grand Theft Auto on Saturday night when…
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UncategorizedHow To Switch Sides In City Of Heroes’ Going Rogue
In this video documentary for Paragon Studio’s super hero MMO City of Heroes, the team talks us through the morality system that changes your villain into a hero and vice versa in the upcoming Going Rogue expansion. Changing sides isn’t a simple choice in the Going Rogue expansion. It’s a path that a hero takes…
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What Video Games Teach Men About Sex
Did you know that if a woman repeats herself three times, you have to go gain more experience before hitting on her again? GamesRadar takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the carnal lessons males learn through gaming. It’s called “The Three Strikes Law,” and it’s common throughout most early Japanese role-playing games. It’s completely ridiculous, but…
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First Transformers: War For Cybertron DLC Contains All Three Preorder Characters
Folks who spent up to $100 for War for Cybertron preorder codes on eBay are going to kick themselves, as a listing on the Xbox website for the game’s first map pack indicates that all three preorder characters are included. This is why we don’t buy preorder codes on eBay Released just last week and…
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Gears Of War Designer Walks Us Through Bulletstorm
Confused by the over-the-top combat of frantic gameplay of Bulletstorm? Let the dulcet tones of Epic Games’ design director Cliff Bleszinski guide you through the game in terms you can understand, like “radial blur” and “gang bang.” This director’s commentary walkthrough video is full of wonderful Cliffy B. quotables, like “toy with your enemies like…a…
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Man Punches Punching Arcade Game To Death
A Meridian, Idaho man has been charged with malicious injury to property after allegedly causing $3,000 to an arcade machine at a local bar by punching it. The goal of the game? To punch it as hard as you can. According to witnesses, an intoxicated 30-year-old Dustin Gooden was playing a ‘test-your-strength’ arcade game at…
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Rock Band Finally Gains Creedence
Creedence Clearwater Revival music will not be available in Rock Band until next week, yet somehow the series has still been a smashing success. How can this be? CCR is the sort of band that has a song that fits any particular moment in your life. Songs like “Down on the Corner,” “Bad Moon Rising,”…
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20 Amazingly Detailed Call Of Duty: Black Ops Screens
Can you spot the dragonfly in this picture? Treyarch and Activision have released 20 new Call of Duty: Black Ops screens brimming with nice little touches, from snow-speckled facial hair to insects thriving in the jungle heat, but something’s missing. As detailed as these new screens are, they still manage to highlight some of the…
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