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  An Entire MMO Was Accidentally Erased From the Internet

  And you think server downtime is bad. Spare a thought for players of Japanese/Korean MMO M2, which thanks to a little accident has actually been deleted. Forever. Like, it’s gone, and is never coming back. The game, which was developed by Japanese studio Sankando, was undergoing maintenance on October 21 when integral code was deleted…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011
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  This North Korean Hamburger Looks Pretty Damn Gross

  I love burgers. Perhaps you love burgers. When I go to Los Angeles for E3, the first thing I do? Go to In-N-Out and eat burgers. When I go to the Tokyo Game Show? The first thing I used to do was go to Pakutch and eat burger (that is, until it sadly closed). But…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011
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  Do Not Let Skyrim Overflow Your PS3

  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a big game. Players will want to save their progress along the way. And this is apparently causing players problems on the PS3 and making some call the game “broken”. After Skyrim gamesave files surpass 5MB in the PS3 version, many claim to experience lag and stability issues. “Such…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011
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  The Internet Really Is a Bunch of Tubes. Here’s What They Look Like.

  Xbox Live. The PlayStation Network. Steam. This website. Your email. They’re all nothing without the internet. Yet do you ever stop and wonder what the internet actually looks like? Where all the cables go? Where it sleeps? This amazing documentary goes behind the scenes at Telx, a company whose Lower Manhattan offices are one of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011
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  The Secret Lives of Nuns. Wait, What?

  The concept behind this live-action APB: Reloaded trailer is that people are able to assume new identities in the game and shoot guns. So one lady can morph into a schoolgirl. A business guy turns into a thug. And a nun? Watching this, I have no clue how the people at the end got their…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2011
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  Please Don’t Tell BioWare To Change Mass Effect’s Story Because of Leaks. Please.

  Last week, many of the key story points for the upcoming Mass Effect 3 were leaked. So out there, just waiting to spoil you, are assholes who already know how the game does (or can end). You’d think this would be a disaster for developers BioWare, but they’re actually totally cool about it. So cool,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011
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  Skyrim Now Has Google Street View

  The latest Elder Scrolls game hasn’t even been out for a week and already hordes of modders are hard at work on the game. While most of the tweaks produced so far as cosmetic, here’s one that’s not only useful, but beautiful. It’s called the UberMap, and turns the rather static map present in the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011
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  The Xbox Was As Close As We Got To A Dreamcast 2

  The Xbox is ten years old this week. For those who have enjoyed playing games on either the original console or its successor the Xbox 360, it’s a time for heartfelt congratulations. For Sega fans, it’s a time for warm, if slightly tragic, reflection. By the time the Xbox was released in November 2001, Sega’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2011
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  Gaming Made Me: Ultima VII

  I was only young when I played Ultima VII but I had already ventured to the depths of dungeons that dripped with dread, partaken in interstellar war and defended my home planet from invaders. Like Roy Batty and all people who grew up with games, I had seen and done so much. Between adventures in…

  Adam Smith | Rock Paper Shotgun Published November 15, 2011
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  Red Dead Redemption and Jurassic Park New This Week on the PlayStation Store

  This week, Sony’s online store has added the usual grab-bag of new digital content, headed up by the availability of both Red Dead Redemption and its spooky Halloween expansion Undead Nightmare, as well as Telltale’s new Jurassic Park adventure game. There’s a ton of new downloadable add-on content this week as well, with extras for…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011
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  Saints Row: The Third‘s Best New Musical Feature

  Yesterday, I showed you a video of how I begin my day in Saints Row: The Third. I said it was emblematic of the game—one sequence that sums up the total experience. Saints Row: The Third is full of such moments. Many of them involve skydiving, or tigers. Today’s video is more low-key, but it…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011
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  The Fascinating Tale of PixelVixen 707, The Internet’s Most Famous Imaginary Female Video Game Critic

  This is so cool. I’m not sure how many of you are aware of PixelVixen707—she was a video game blogger named Rachael Webster who was smart, opinionated, and quickly rose to a good amount of visibility back in 2008. She was also a complete fabrication. It was a huge mystery, and a great story—a while…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011
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  Should You Buy Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3? Yes.

  Didn’t we just buy this game back in February? No sir and / or ma’am, this is Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, a re-release of the recent release packed with a dozen new fighters from both sides of the battle and enough gameplay tweaks and extras to keep fans fighting until Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011
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  Happy Holidays From a LEGO Wampa

  Ring In the New Year | The first video game holiday well-wishes arrived at my house today. It came in a giant white LEGO piece wrapped in a bow. Inside, this lovely greeting from LucasArts and an honest to goodness LEGO Wampa. Nintendo’s Skyward Sword Push Includes Penny Arcade Zelda Comic, Early Sales This Saturday…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 15, 2011
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  Frank West is the World’s Shittiest Cosplayer

  With an entire shopping plaza / casino / amusement park at his disposal, one would think Dead Rising 2 Off the Record‘s Frank West could come up with something better than a cardboard helmet. That’s exactly what he’s come up with in today’s Cosplay Warrior Skills DLC for the semi-sequel to Capcom’s sequel to Dead…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011
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  Elite Update: Blah, Blah, Blah, It’s Still Broken

  A week after the tremendously successful release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a game that more than 6.5 million people picked up on the first day, the massive community-driven, stat-tracking element of the game remains unstable at best. Call of Duty: Elite was meant to herald a new era for the annual Activision…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 15, 2011
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  The Most Beautiful Place in My Skyrim

  While it only takes a half hour to run from one end to another, Bethesda has packed an extraordinary world inside Skyrim‘s tiny space, filled with visuals sure to strike a chord in anyone that’s ever contemplated the majesty of nature. Here’s my favorite spot. What’s yours? I was wandering about aimlessly in an attempt…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011
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  Should You Buy Kinect Disneyland Adventures? Yes.

  Despite the fact that they released high-profile games like Pure, Split/Second and Epic Mickey, The House of Mouse’s console output’s dwindled significantly. That makes their partnership with Microsoft an important one, because Xbox 360s sit in millions of living rooms across the world. To make the joint venture that is Kinect Disneyland Adventures work, they’ve…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011
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  From One End of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations to the Other, by Any Means Necessary

  I went to the nothern edge of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations‘s version of 16th-century Constantinople. I made sure our hero Ezio Auditore was wearing his best armor. (Find out how to get it in these Starter Tips I wrote for the game.) Then I ran. And climbed. And flew. And swam. I hustled to a certain…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 15, 2011
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  Watch Me Demolish Those Who Dare Challenge Galactus in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

  In the great fight-game tradition of being able to play as final boss characters, you’ll be able to throw down as Galactus in the freshly released Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I wrote a bit about how to access it before and now, here’s a few minutes of Marvel’s giant cosmic entity being controlled by…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011