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Madden 11 Scouts Your Online Games — and Sells Others the Report
Madden NFL 11 will log every play you call online, building a book on your tendencies that will available, in-game, to any multiplayer opponent. While the reports can be earned or unlocked, they can also be bought for cash. Correction: This version of the story corrects wording that implied coins were redeemed for scouting reports…
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Another Habbo Heist Robs Furniture from 400 Finns
Cops are searching real homes for clues in the theft of virtual items from Habbo Hotel, the teen-oriented social game that’s been on the vanguard of virtual crime before. This time Finnish authorities are tracking some 400 cases of theft. Individual users are reporting losses up to €1000, making this phishing scam potentially more sizable…
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World Of Warcraft Creatures Prowl The Waters Of Southern Australia
Behold the Pink Handfish, one of fourteen species of bottom-dwelling marine fish endemic of the waters of Southern Australia and Tasmania, or, as World of Warcraft players know them, Murlocs. It’s easy to imagine the handfish as the inspiration for some of World of Warcraft’s most hated and beloved enemies. They’ve got the same hands…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Magic Of Broadway Comes To The Wii
From the company behind Assassin’s Creed and the Tom Clancy series comes Dance On Broadway, a new Wii title that lets you perform 20 classic showtunes in the safety and privacy of your home. Embarrassing costumes are optional. We’ve had singing games, and we’ve had dancing games. We’ve even had singing and dancing games, but…
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Sega Genesis Classics Now Available On Steam
The first batch of downloadable Sega Genesis games for the PC has hit Steam, giving gamers a new way to spend $2.99 apiece on games like Ecco the Dolphin, Vectorman, and Sonic 3D Blast. Why worry about the ambiguous moral and legal issues surrounding emulation when you can just buy Sega Genesis titles for your…
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Three Spider-Man Villains’ Shattered Dimension Makeovers
Take a look at how classic Spider-Man villains Hammerhead, Kraven the Hunter, and the Goblin fare in the transition to the continuity-crossing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. The shattering of the Tablet of Order and Chaos did a number on the Green Goblin, but left Hammerhead and Kraven mostly intact, which makes sense, I suppose. Kraven hunts…
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Alpha Protocol Review: Not Quite The Omega
Sega and developer Obsidian Entertainment conspire to bring you Alpha Protocol, the espionage role-playing game. Is it Mass Effect meets modern-day spy thriller? After stumbling upon a global conspiracy during a failed mission, agent Michael Thorton finds himself on the run from the very country he vowed to serve. Betrayed by his superiors, Thorton’s only…
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Building A Better Ghost Pirate LeChuck
LucasArts gives us another behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge, showing us the design stages of Guybrush Threepwood’s undead nemesis, LeChuck. Like Guybrush himself, LeChuck went through a number of interpretations before settling on something relatively close to his original form. My favorite by far is the…
By Mike Fahey