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Weekend Coupons: Git Yer Hero
Inducements and enticements for Guitar Hero’s full kit and two band-specific versions headline this weekend’s roundup. On with the deals! • If the dancing A-list celebs in their underwear didn’t get you, Walmart is hoping a bigtime rollback will. Guitar Hero: World Tour’s full band kit bundle is $100 ($99.74, actually). That went into effect…
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What Would You Show to Someone Who’s Never Seen a Game?
As some of you know, I’m living with my grandfather for the near term, because he’s 86 and needs some assistance, and the companionship’s good for him. But he keeps asking me about video games. This past week our lunch and dinner conversations centered on video games, because one naturally talks about work, and this…
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Violence Debate Still Fixated on Knee-Jerk Issues
Two days from the 10th anniversary of Columbine, Salon’s David Sirota writes that “our national discussion about violence hasn’t yet matured past gun control and video games.” Ten years after the tragedy, Sirota says the United States’ debate on violence remains rooted in easy scapegoats because the country as a whole doesn’t want to take…
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Learn More About BioShock 2 — Safely
Well, when it comes to exclusives, 2K Marin is putting out. Last week they gave it up for Gametrailers, this week they invited Gamespot up for some coffee and chat about BioShock 2. This of course carries a bigtime spoiler alert, so, you been warned. Visit the write-up at your curiosity’s peril. Or you can…
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Kotaku Originals: Number Crunch
It was numbers week in Kotakopolis, which means things like NPD and E74 (“It’s 71 better than E3!”). Also 2009, as Fahey looked at the year that was yet to be in gaming. Beatles: Rock Band also made a splash, and now that Circuit City is liquidated and has nothing left to sell, the Xbox…
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Games As Journalism: A Quick Fix For A Dying Medium?
An Online Journalism Blog article says that traditional news outlets need to start making video games that either replace or improve the delivery of news stories. It’s no secret that print journalism is a rotting corpse; legitimate new sources are packing up and heading for the web left and right. With new levels of interactivity…
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Tales Screens Tell Little, Show Rocket Ship
Somebody likes to wear white, Stan loses to Cless and Japan’s deep-seated obsession with pirates somehow ties into space and kabobs. That’s about all we can tell from this slew of Tales screens Namco Bandai reportedly released today. There’s a batch each for the upcoming Tales of Graces on the Wii, Tales of VS on…
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