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Here are Your Modern Warfare 2 Achievements
The achievements list for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is out already and I suppose it rates a mild spoiler alert, as some of the descriptions of each title might give away plot details. Edit: I updated the headline to be something mildly more compelling and less embarrassing than that facepalm-inducing placeholder hed that…
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It’s Never too Early for March Badness
I was actually getting somewhat sweet on Gus Johnson, who even sounds restrained in this trailer – until he rips off Wally Ausley’s iconic call of the 1983 Final, which gave March Madness the meaning by which it is known today. By the way, Gus. “Survive and advance”? That also was coined by Jim Valvano…
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Stardock Boss Hauls off on Games for Windows Live
A recent apparent full-throated defense of Glenn Beck hasn’t left Stardock CEO Brad Wardell with a shortage of vehemence. He lashed out at Games for Windows Live, its certification process and the payments it requires to keep games patched and running. In an interview with Shacknews, Wardell was asked if he knew why Microsoft wasn’t…
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Custom Figures Have Lotsa Gut(s)
Homebrew action figure designer Donald “KodyKoala” Kennedy is working on a theme here – guts. As in Guts-Dozer, of Mega Man 2. And as in King Hippo’s dunlop spare tire. On his Flickr stream, KodyKoala describes his Guts-Dozer as kit-bashed from the parts of a “Mech Hulk Top” and a “GI Joe vehicle that I…
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Gearbox Learns the Hazards — and Benefits — of Freelancing Your Own Preorder Bonuses
Not only does Mike Neumann have a lot of loot to drop, he has a lot of loot to collect between now and Oct. 20, if Gearbox’s creative director intends to fulfill the promise he made on “Official Borderlands Preorder Day.” And he does. But it’ll be a haul getting there. This past Sunday, Neumann…
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Sims 3 World Adventures: Chopsticks, Mummies & the French – Oh My!
My addiction to the Sims series gives me a lot of tolerance for endless expansions and stuff packs that add new dimensions and new furniture to gameplay. However, I do have high standards. The Sims: Superstar was a revelation in college that nearly cost me my grade point average. Ever since, I’ve been consuming Sims…
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