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  Gravediggaz: Diary Of A Madman

  In 1992, four guys stopped all the other rapping and producing they were doing, got together and quietly released one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Gravediggaz consisted, at least initially, of the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, Prince Paul, Frukwan and the sadly-deceased Poetic. The group’s 1994 album 6 Feet Deep (which, outside the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  An Argument Against Booth Babes

  You don’t see them as much at E3 these days, but events like the Tokyo Game Show or Germany’s GamesCom are full of young women (and sometimes men!) wearing very little clothing while trying to sell you video games. It may excite young male readers/visitors, but for the most part, it’s an awkward and occasionally…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  If Only Driving Games Actually Looked This Cool

  The ATV series of driving games have always had their following, but there’s never been much to make the really stand out from the crowd. Which is the great thing about looking at concept art, because it’s here that you can see that, at some point in their development, the ATV games looked (or at…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  Holy Shit, Fez Might Actually be Out Soon!

  Polytron’s Fez, a world-shifting indie platformer that’s been coming to Xbox Live Arcade longer than some of you have been alive, might actually be out soon. Why? It’s been rated by the ESRB. To be rated by the ESRB, it’s got to be almost completely finished, at least in terms of classifiable content. Last we…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  In France, you Sell Resident Evil With Yoghurt and Cruise Ships

  What a breath of fresh air! No fancy pre-rendered trailers, no gruff American man giving a gruff American voice-over. Just a couple of French ladies selling a zombie video game using yoghurt and a cruise liner. These clips are for Resident Evil: Revelations, which was released a few days ago and which Totilo liked very…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  LEGO Universe Just Died a Sudden, Peaceful Death

  The second this story went live, at midnight EST, January 30, the lights went out on LEGO Universe, a massively-multiplayer game that should have been amazing, but in the end, was far from it. With Minecraft doing everything people wanted from a LEGO game, and this LEGO game doing little to capitalise on why people…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  A Lovely Collection of Dangerous Video Game Weapons

  Artist Chris Gerringer has compiled this arsenal of video game weapons for your collection, amusement and enjoyment. Just be careful with the sharp ones. PAPERBEATSSCISSORS [Tumblr]

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  Report: Newspaper “Completely Fabricates” Anti-Gaming Story

  Mistakes happen all the time in the world of reporting news. That’s what you get when dealing with humans telling you stories. It’s one thing to make a mistake, though, and another to completely make shit up Yet it seems that’s exactly what happened earlier this week when British tabloid The Daily Mail quoted a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  Long Live Llama Del Rey!

  To make up for last week’s call for the demise of Betty Draper, this week, we’re saluting the one, the only Llama Del Rey. (Thanks, Dan.) I hope you had a good weekend and are raring to grab this week in your teeth and rip it a new one. But before that, kick back, relax,…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012
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  Mass Effect Fans Fact-Check Mass Effect Novel, Find a Ton of Mistakes

  Mass Effect: Deception is the latest fictional spin-off from the sci-fi role-playing series, a novel due for release very soon. Previous novels in the franchise have been written by Drew Karpyshyn. This one, though, is written by a newcomer, William C. Dietz, and with some copies are already out there, fans are finding the thing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  TV news PWN3D by Dodgy Graphic

  A news program on Norwegian channel NRK got a little more than it bargained for last month when its producers needed a graphic for an eye chart. With just a few letters it stops being a serious report about eyesight and quickly looks just like a night spent playing Battlefield on the PC. OMG! Eye…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  Xbox Live Arcade Game Leaks Onto Torrent Sites

  PC games leak all the time. Even console games eventually turn up on torrent sites once their discs are pressed. But an Xbox Live Arcade game getting out, and one which isn’t that close to release, that’s a little stranger. Yet that’s the situation Trials Evolution developers RedLynx find themselves in this week, with the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  Playing God: On Death, Motherhood and Creating (Artificial) Life

  The quotes on the box are marvelous: “I first saw this program in the same week that evidence was discovered of life on Mars. This is more exciting.” That was Douglas Adams. “Call it a game if you like, but this is the most impressive example of artificial life I have seen.” That was Richard…

  Jenn Frank | Unwinnable Published January 30, 2012
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  Triple Town Developers Sue Rivals Over Facebook, iOS Game-Cloning

  Spry Fox, the game studio behind the Facebook game Triple Town, has filed suit against 6Waves LOLAPPS for their iOS game Yeti Town, describing it as a “blatant copy” of Triple Town In a statement posted to Spry Fox CEO David Edery’s blog titled “Standing up for Ourselves,” Edery and designer Daniel Cook list a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012
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  Doing the Job to Mario

  Jobbers | In pro wrestling terms, “doing the job” means losing in a scripted match. The wrestlers that lose all the time are jobbers. (Buy the T-shirt here.) Final Fantasy XIII-2: The Kotaku Review In an epic tale of time-traveling heroism, Square Enix travels two years into the future to rectify the mistakes it made…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 30, 2012
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  Legendary Battlefield 3 Stunt Re-Created On Film

  Check out this awesome video of a Battlefield 3 tour de force made (to seem) real. Battlefield 3 fans may remember the original in-game stunt, in which a fighter pilot leaps from his cockpit and then shoots down an enemy jet with a rocket launcher before landing safely back in his jet. (Rumor has it…

  By Pierre Bienaimé Published January 30, 2012
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  Game Critics Turn Back the Score Clock on Final Fantasy XIII-2

  Tomorrow marks the second time in Final Fantasy history that Square Enix releases a direct console sequel to one of the numbered entries in the fabled series. Considering the first time around we got a trio of pop divas playing dress-up, this one has to be better, right game reviewers? We’ve seen how I feel…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012
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  The Version of Minecraft You Wish You Had

  Minecraft is not usually known for its impressive graphics and vibrant palette of colors. Certainly the constructions I tried my hand at tended to be tall, singular pillars of… brownish greenish. This video shames me by showing off some of the most impressive structures that Minecraft can imitate, all set to a soaring soundtrack. The…

  By Elyas Gorogo-Baker Published January 30, 2012
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  The Witcher 2‘s “Dark Edition” Will Retail for $99

  We’ve confirmed that the “Dark Edition” of the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2 will retail for $99. There was some reader confusion about the price. Details on the Dark Edition can be found here

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012
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  I Just Ordered SoulCalibur V From Amazon and a Tiny Part of Me Died

  Though hundreds of thousands of gamers swear by Amazon.com when it comes to ordering new releases or old favorites, I’ve never once ordered a video game from the popular online marketplace. Despite the allure of free launch day delivery and bonus credit, I’ve limited my game spending to local retailers. I didn’t realize why until…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012