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Latest 2K10 Trailer Takes It Down on the Blocks
Noted low-post inhabitants Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard are joined by up-and-comers like Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge in this compilation of post-ups, drop-steps, and duck hooks in NBA 2K10, which hits the streets Oct. 6.
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Valve ‘Pretty Bummed’ by Australia’s Refusal of L4D2
No teeth-gnashing, just subdued disappointment from Valve when asked for comment on the Australian government’s refusal to classify Left 4 Dead 2, effectively banning it for sale there. Maybe Gabe Newell’s gonna talk to someone about it when he visits? Said Doug Lombardi, the Valve spokesman: We were surprised to hear of this news yesterday.…
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PSP’s Comic Book Store: Watch Civil War Unfold
I’ve always scorned digital readers because no matter how nifty the controls are, they just don’t have the tangible joy of real books. The PSP Comic Book store, though, puts me in a position where digital reader technology might actually trump the feeling of holding a real comic book in my hand. Because unlike books…
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Tomorrow Is Pirate Day In The World Of Warcraft
You know Talk Like a Pirate Day is getting out of hand (or hook!) when it gets its very own celebration in World of Warcraft. Yes, tomorrow, September 19th, is Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the folks at Blizzard have whipped up a nautical celebration in Booty Bay that’s sure to please fans of…
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Fat Princess: Fist Full Of Cake — Cake or Death? That Is The Question
Fat Princess may have disappointed a few fans with its single player mode, but Fist Full of Cake aims to get it right while still keeping the best bits of the PlayStation Network game. To that end, developer Super Villian (working closely with Titan Studios) added 50% more content to Fist Full of Cake, plus…
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LittleBigPlanet PSP Preview: PSP Platforming At Its Cutest
There are plenty of platformers to pick from when it comes to the PSP, but only one of them has Sackboy. Aside from gameplay features like the level editor and the ability to smack your co-op buddies in the dace, there’s a special charm to LittleBigPlanet that sets it apart from other platfomers. Part of…
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Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier PSP Preview: A Blast From The Past
I used to work as a QA tester at Sony Computer Entertainment and while there I met a a Lombax, man named Caley and developed a desperate need for a barrel roll. Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier brought back all of this within seconds because first of all, Jak & Daxter have obvious parallels…
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Army of Two: The 40th Day PSP Preview: A Fixed Perspective
I missed the first 39 days of whatever this game is talking about, but the 40th day is pretty exciting. Stuff explodes, people shoot at me and I have a dude to boss around. It’s like one-third of my life in Oakland, California. But enough about me, let’s talk about how to get a third…
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Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines Opens Up Gameplay And Closes The Book On Altair
Ubisoft listened carefully to criticisms of Assassin’s Creed to craft an improved outing for the sequel – but some of that feedback also made its way into Bloodlines on the Playstation Portable. That means that we spend less time with Desmond and actually get to find out what happens to Altair at the end of…
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APB Is So Very GTA
If the latest gameplay trailer for Realtime Worlds’ APB doesn’t have you drawing comparisons to Grand Theft Auto, then you probably haven’t played Grand Theft Auto. McWhertor mentioned the similarities between the two titles in his impressions of APB from Gamescom in Germany last month, and this gameplay clip completely backs him up. Of course…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
And Here’s A Wii Football Accessory
We mention a plastic football accessory for the Wii in our radio show this week, and a plastic Wii football accessory appears! Coincidence? Probably! Could a plastic football accessory make Madden sell better on the Wii? CTA Digital, the company behind the Wii bowling ball and iPhone steering wheel accessories would like to think so.…
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The Sims 3 World Adventures Goes Underground
The Sims 3 expansion pack World Adventures brings with it a basement tool, which everyone will use to build tombs, and not underground Sim torture chambers. The new basement tool allows The Sims 3 players to create underground structures up to four levels deep, and EA has plenty of new tomb objects in store in…
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Next Week On Rock Band: Backspacer
Next week is Pearl Jam week in the Rock Band Music Store, as their brand-new album, Backspacer, is released for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Pearl Jam reinvents themselves a bit in Backspacer, their 9th studio album, due out in stores on September 20th. As reported previously, the entire album will be up…
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Brutal Thoughts: Roadies Have Giant…
Jack Black takes us through the anatomy of a roadie, highlighting some larger-than-normal body parts in this latest installment of Brutal Thoughts. I don’t know. I think having those particular body parts enlarged would be more of a liability than anything. You might as well paint a target down there. Okay, a larger target then…
By Mike Fahey