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  Gaming: The Fifth Network

  The very public, very messy late-night fight between Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and NBC didn’t just offer interesting insight into the inner workings of network television, it reminded everyone that the TV isn’t used only for watching shows anymore. Video games, right behind bad programming and bad decisions, are television networks’ biggest threat these days.…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 25, 2010
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  It’s Monday

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Just letting you know… Monday. MONDAY!! What you missed last night Get Mass Effect 2’s DLC For Free (Free!) New Super Mario Bros. Wii Over 10 Million Served Mass Effect 2 Has Some Fancy Disc-Swapping Action Who Can Capcom Fight Next?

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Waiting For Your Flight? Play PS3

  Waiting at the airport is dull. Put down that payphone, funny dress lady! Hong Kong International Airport has just installed fourteen PS3 kiosks around the airport for travelers to check out free of charge. Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong has teamed with the airport to put the kiosks near the Terminal boarding gates and in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Monster Hunter Tri Controller Bundle Bound For America

  Those who looked longingly at the black Classic Controller Pro Capcom released in Japan for Monster Hunter Tri will be happily to know that the hardware is coming Stateside. The bundle was originally released in Japan for ¥8,490 (US$94) when the game was released in August 2009. The North American bundle will be available for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Pokemon As Traditional Japanese Art

  As seen on Asamegraph. Thanks, Aeshir!

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  PSPgo Torn Apart, Sesame Street-Style

  Here’s a video where a PSPgo is taken apart, piece by piece, to music and sound effects. It’s what a teardown would look like if Sesame Street did teardowns. Or Postman Pat, for that matter. TechRestore [via Engadget]

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  British Sales Charts: Business As Usual

  Not much has changed in a week in the UK. Wii games keep on selling, Modern Warfare keeps on shooting and Just Dance just keeps on dancing. And at the bottom of the charts? Welcome back, Grand Theft Auto IV. It’s been a while. Hopefully Mass Effect 2 can cause a break in the weather,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  Heavy Rain’s First Nine Minutes Hit The Shower, Down Some OJ

  Late next month, psychological thriller Heavy Rain will be released. The game’s first nine minutes have popped up on YouTube. So if you don’t want the first nine spoiled, don’t watch. But if you are keen to see SIXAXIS motion controls *finally* used to shake orange juice or towel off a naked man in a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  2010 Music, 1992 Graphics

  French electronic artist Danger’s upcoming EP, titled "09/17 2007", will be out later this month. To tease it, he’s using 16-bit-themed game intros. Which are amazing. Makes you wish developers (*cough* Capcom *cough* ) would leave the 80’s 8-bit stuff be, and get their hands dirty on some 16-bit homages. Like a new-old Streets of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  New Super Mario Bros. Wii Over 10 Million Served

  New Super Mario Bros. Wii has already propelled itself past Super Mario Galaxy. That’s not all, though. In the eight weeks since the title has been released, Super Mario Bros. Wii has reached the ten million units sold mark. The game has sold over 3 million copies in Japan, more than 4.5 million in North…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Get Mass Effect 2’s DLC For Free (Free!) [Update]

  Somebody at Microsoft has flipped a switch a little early, as most of Mass Effect 2’s downloadable content is already available. Available for free. For everyone. The GameStop-exclusive DLC, the stuff supposedly reserved for people picking up the game’s special edition, much of it is available for download right now on Xbox Live (note: you’ll…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  Dead Or Alive Paradise, A Trailer Comparison

  Tecmo is taking a break from Dead or Alive fighting games and releasing another Dead or Alive beach game. You know, girls with impossible curves in impossible swimsuits. The last Dead or Alive beach game, Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2, was released in late 2006. Like the upcoming DoA: Paradise, the game featured girls on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2 Has Some Fancy Disc-Swapping Action (Update)

  Like many sprawling role-playing games, Mass Effect 2 is coming on two discs. Unlike other two-disc affairs, however, it’s taking a different approach when it comes to swapping said discs. Normally (this of course only applies to the 360 version of the game), you swap a disc halfway through a game. Or, if there’s four…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  Nothing Says Dragon Quest VI Ad Like Cosplay

  There is a long proud history of cosplaying live-action Dragon Quest television ads. This latest ad for the Dragon Quest VI Nintendo DS remake follows that traditional. How fitting. Dragon Quest VI, originally released on the Super Famicom in December 1995, will be released on the Nintendo DS on January 28 in Japan.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  NSFW: Game Voice Actress Does Pin-Up Modeling, Retires From Pin-Up Modeling

  Chiaki Takahashi, who voices Litchi Faye Ling in BlazBlue and character Azusa Miura in Namco’s THE iDOLM@STER, is not just a voice actress. She is also a pin-up model. No, make that, she was a pin-up model. She is also 32 years old. Pin-up mags she’s done in the past listed her at 23 years-old.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Who Can Capcom Fight Next?

  You know, reading that list of “lost” Tatsunoko vs Capcom characters the other day got me thinking: there’s plenty of room out there for more Capcom vs XXXX games. Yes, 2D (or 2.5D, really) fighting games are – Street Fighter aside – a niche market, but get the gameplay and characters right and they’re still…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  Going To The Super Bowl Sure Beats Being Eaten By Pac-Man

  New Orleans’ Tracy Porter was one of the stars of yesterday’s NFC Championship game between the Saints and the Vikings, making a key late interception off a Brett Favre pass. His secret? It was all in the haircut. While you obviously couldn’t see it on the field under his helmet, Fox’s sideline cameras picked it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2010
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  Reaching Level 80 In World of Warcraft

  Bill Gates is now on Twitter? Did you know that? Is he following you? Is he? That, and more from gaming’s Twitterati. Felicia Day of The Guild fame lives up to her…guild fame. They do now. Rock Band developer Harmonix launched a new website, which soon crashed, and the studio recommended either freaking out or…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010
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  Jackpot Trivia

  To: Luke From: Owen By far the highlight of my week back in the Bay Area came Tuesday night at Beckett’s pub in Berkeley. My team of six – three of us from Columbia, so suck on that, Cal – cleaned up the weekly trivia contest and took the jackpot. I’m happy to report that…

  By Owen Good Published January 24, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2’s Sex Scenes Already Revealed [Update]

  Looks like someone with an early copy of Mass Effect 2 has skipped straight to the money shots, digging up four steamy-yet-clothed scenes involving male Shepard and three of his office conquests. Update: The blog Empire State Gamer found these originally. Commenter ItotheCtotheE found three of ’em up on YouTube. The one above is probably…

  By Owen Good Published January 24, 2010