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UncategorizedPac-Man Is Speechless At His Hall Of Fame Ceremony
The first class of inductees of the International Video Game Hall of Fame, at Ottumwa, Iowa included 28 real people – and one video game character. Here is Pac-Man’s enshrinement during Saturday’s ceremony, with a Namco representative accepting the award. Good thing Pac got a plaque and not something like a sportscoat; I’d hate to…
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Pinball Wizards Are Not Welcome In Beacon, New York
Fred Bobrow, owner of the Retro Arcade Museum in Beacon, New York, might not look like a criminal to you, but he has broken Beacon Law, and paid the price. Eighteen months after opening the Retro Arcade Museum in Beacon, Bobrow was forced to shut it down, thanks to an old law on the books…
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Ace Combat Returns To Consoles With Assault Horizon
Namco Bandai takes to the skies on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next year with Ace Combat Assault Horizon, a rebirth for the franchise featuring helicopters, turret-gunning, and quick-time events. Fans hungry for a new console version of Ace Combat since the 2007 release of Ace Combat 6 on the Xbox 360 are on…
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UncategorizedFerrari Racing Plus Giant Robot Arm Equals Awesome
The only thing I can imagine that would be more exciting than racing a Ferrari F2007 at high speeds, is pretending to drive a Ferrari F2007 at high speeds while being swung about by a giant robot arm. Now this is scientific research I can fully endorse. Paolo Robuffo Giordano and colleagues at the Max…
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Tetris Finally Has An Official World Champion
Yesterday at Los Angeles’ Downtown Independent Theater, 29-year-old loan coordinator from Redondo Beach, California Jonas Neubauer was crowned the first-ever Classic Tetris World Champion. Over 200 players showed up to test their Tetris skills against the best the world had to offer at the Classic Tetris World Championship, organized by former Nintendo World Champion and…
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The $100 Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Collector’s Edition Is Worth Every Penny
With two different intricately-detailed, creepy cool jack-in-the-box collectibles packed inside the collector’s edition of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the question isn’t if you should buy it, but where. The collector’s edition for Assassin’s Creed II, with its lovely tin and Ezio action figure, was quite a nice little package, but Ubisoft has outdone itself with the…
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UncategorizedCGI Snooki Beats Obama With A Wine Bottle
Next Media Animation continues to make a game out of Taiwanese news, with a summation of trash TV show Jersey Shore that captures Snooki’s true essence. Ashcraft spoke to the folks at Next Media Animation last month, after the company’s Wii molester monk and Tiger Woods videos caught our attention. During the interview, Next Media…
By Mike Fahey
