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Here’s What Avatar Looks Like On The Wii
If you’re curious to know what James Cameron’s Avatar looks like on the Wii, watch these videos for a quick rundown of both the ground combat and the flying. Unfortunately, you can’t get much of a feel for how nifty the flying is without watching someone flail around on the Balance Board. But the scenery…
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Buzz Looks More And More Like Kermit The Frog
At first, I thought the announcer from the Buzz games looked a lot like a co-worker of mine at GamesRadar. Now I think he looks like Kermit the Frog post cosmetic surgery. But why would Kermit the Frog need cosmetic surgery? Perhaps to escape Miss Piggy? Say it ain’t so! Anyway, here’s a Buzz! Quiz…
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Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either
Modern Warfare 2, of course, done stepped in it with the dedicated-server thing. CVG talked with a producer and got less-than-assuring answers that Alien vs. Predator PC will support dedicated boxes, too. In an interview with the Rebellion senior producer David Brickley, CVG pointedly mentioned that “There’s been a lot of controversy this month surrounding…
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Amazon Deal: Useful, but Tread Carefully
Between now and Saturday, an $80 purchase on Amazon nets you another $40 in store credit toward the purchase of another game. But let’s think about this for a second. First off, most new console games are $59.99, right?. So while Uncharted 2 and Borderlands are eligible on this deal, unless you’re poaching MSRP-reduced titles,…
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Get S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Now For $5
From now until November 2, you can score S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl for only five bucks on Steam. That’ll give you something to do on Sunday while you nurse your Halloween hangover. Shadow of Chernobyl has been out for a while, but now might be the time to check it out what with 4A Games’…
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Watch Modern Warfare 2 Gameplay
In case you failed to read the headline, Spoiler Warning! This is the opening of Modern Warfare 2 and it’s so spoilerific, it’s been yanked from YouTube. Enjoy, despite the somewhat lousy quality! Click to view Modern Warfare 2 Airport [LiveLeak]
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Fairytale Fights The Elaborate Uboxening
About the only thing I didn’t find in my elaborate collector’s edition of Fairytale Fights that I expected to find but didn’t is the severed head of a gnome. Instead, I got a box that looks like a book (handy for hiding stuff in), a mini art book, some bizarre playing cards with the main…
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GameStop Brings in 15K to Manage Holiday Rush
GameStop’s booting up for the Black Friday rush, hiring some 15,000 temps between now and Christmas Eve to manage the predicted retail onslaught. The temps will fill positions in 4,300 stores, briefly filling the company’s total headcount by 46 percent, and the “in-store game advisor headcount” by 78 percent. GameStop said the figures are consistent…
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Fifty Bucks and a Meal Spins Your Wedding Reception, DJ Hero-Style
It’s hilarious this dude’s in North Carolina, because every Baptist wedding reception I ever attended in my home state involved “Electric Slide,” which is not included in DJ Hero. Nor, for that matter, is the small dish of butter mints. Anyway, a Mr. “[email protected]” is offering his services and his DJ Hero kit to rotate…
By Owen Good
