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Magic The Gathering Gets Steam-Powered
After a successful run on Xbox Live Arcade, Wizards of the Coast is bringing Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers to keyboard and mouse set via Steam next month. Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers for Xbox Live was an addictive little digital version of the long-running collectible card game, that…
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Here’s Your Special Launch-Day Halo: Reach Hat
Halo fans who pick up Reach on its September 14 release date will score this attractive exclusive in-game Spartan Recon Helmet. Fans who wait until after launch day aren’t really fans, now are they? Just in case you needed incentive to pick up Halo: Reach on launch day, Microsoft offers it in the form of…
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The Most Provocative Movie Of 2010 Is Now A Flash Game
The Human Centipede could be the most disgustingly appropriate movie video game ever created. Warning: Content probably not safe for anyone. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a horror film by Dutch director Tom Six, in which a German doctor dreaming of creating new species kidnaps three people and joins them together, mouth to anus.…
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Frankenreview: Super Mario Galaxy 2
What do the stars hold for our favorite plumbing protagonist in the Super Mario Galaxy 2 Frankenreview? Mario’s back, and for the first time in a long time it’s not a whole new game. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a follow-up to the original Super Mario Galaxy from 2007, featuring many of the same game…
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GameStop Powers Up A New Rewards Program
Soon there will be a completely different card to forget to bring to GameStop with you, as the retailer’s new PowerUp Rewards program goes into beta testing, featuring both free and paid cards packed with benefits that don’t entirely suck. GameStop’s Edge card is on the way out. I’d say good riddance, but I haven’t…
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UncategorizedCreating Some Of The Best Video Game Menus Ever
Graphic designer Joe Kowalski gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into creating what some consider the best video game menu ever made. While I might not have been overly fond of Brutal Legend’s mix of action and strategy game play, I’d say the opening menu is indeed one of the greatest…
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Stuff Your Wii Remote Inside A Baby
I’m not sure what’s more disturbing; the fact that Majesco’s Babysitting Mama has you stuffing your Wii remote into the plush equivalent of a tiny human child, or the fact that it uses the nunchuck as well. It turns out Majesco is completely serious about Babysitting Mama, the latest profession being taken up by our…
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The Nintendo Download: Light Trax And Monkey Mayhem
Just because this week’s Nintendo Download doesn’t contain much in the way of recognizable titles doesn’t mean there isn’t fun to be had. You can’t go wrong with monkeys. At least I hope you can’t go wrong with monkeys, for the sake of The Code Monkeys, whose Manic Monkey Mayhem goes up for sale on…
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UncategorizedAion Prepares For The Assault On Balaurea
Aion: Assault on Balaurea, will bring a level cap increase, functional in-game pets, new instances to explore, and more to NCsoft’s massively-multiplayer online role-playing game, but before it comes out, NCsoft hopes to lure old players back with update 1.9. Assault on Balaurea is the new name of Aion update 2.0, an expansion pack-sized chunk…
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