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The Girl At The Video Game Store
To celebrate the 1,000th episode of G4’s Attack of the Show, Nerf Herder front man Parry Gripp composed this stirring ode to the brave women of video game retail. While I know Parry from his time with Nerf Herder, with songs like “New Jersey Girl” and “Van Halen” holding special places in my heart, the…
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Monster Hunter DLC For The Cat Lover In You
A brand new download quest has appeared for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, perfect for both those who love cats to death and those who just beat them to death. Fur will fly, items will be stole, paws will…paw, and yes – there will be belly rubs if I have anything to say about it. A…
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Louisiana Cuts Game Developers A Break
The state that once passed the Thompson Game Law became a great deal more developer friendly today, as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signs extensive tax credits for game development into law. The Louisiana Digital Media Act, sponsored by Senator Ann Duplessis, grants a 25% credit to game developers for digital interactive media expenditures, as well…
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Play Street Fighter II CE In Your Web Browser
Celebrating the release of Street Fighter IV for the PC, Capcom and GameTap parent Metaboli have teamed up to deliver Street Fighter II Championship Edition to your browser window. It might not be the best adaptation of the classic fighting game, but it does the trick, allowing you to put your keyboard-controlled fighting skills to…
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First ModNation Racers Trailer Played, Created, And Shared
Here’s the first official trailer for ModNation Racers, United Front Games’ urban vinyl meets kart racing take on Sony’s Play – Create – Share concept. As I mentioned in my E3 impressions of ModNation Racers, you can see the game certainly doesn’t skimp on charm, and the amount of options for customizing your racer, kart,…
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Plants VS Zombies Pollinating Other Platforms
One of the strangest tower defense variations around is spreading its seed, as PopCap Games reveals plans to spread the Plants VS Zombies PC love to other platforms. In an interview with Kombo, PopCap’s senior director of public relations Garth Chouteau talks about migrating the company’s more popular games to other platforms, and PC title…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Script More Than 40 Novels Long
In a blog post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website, director of audio and localization Shauna Perry talks about the challenge of recording voice overs for every character in a massively-multiplayer universe. When they first announced that The Old Republic would be fully-voiced during E3 2009, those of us involved in the more…
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Japanese LittleBigPlanet Site Ain’t Afraid Of Posting Ghostbusters DLC
The Japanese LittleBigPlanet website beats North America to the punch, revealing downloadable Ghostbusters costumes of Slimer, all four Ghostbusters, and the Littlest Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Media Molecule and Sony have been teasing the Ghostbusters downloadable content for LittleBigPlanet for a good week now. While we’re still waiting for the big reveal as of this…
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Are These Cat Lips On DC Universe’s Comic-Con Poster?
Match the lips to the character in this teaser image from the San Diego Comic-Con exclusive poster for DC Universe Online. This teaser image popped up on the DC Universe Online MySpace page yesterday, along with a bit of overly-obvious teaser text: “I just saw the poster that we’re giving out at San Diego Comic-Con…
By Mike Fahey