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Which Retailer Has the Best Final Fantasy XIII-2 Preorder Incentive?
When Final Fantasy XIII-2 hits North American shores on January 31, GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon customers that preordered the game will walk away with some pretty spiffy bonus items, but which is the most enticing? This time around it’s not GameStop. In the world of retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses, dedicated video game retailer GameStop normally…
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To Do in Dallas This Evening: Stalk Rage‘s Creators
Dallas-based id Software has a big title coming out tonight, so Tim Willits, Matt Hooper, John Carmack, and other key members of the Rage team will be hanging out at a GameStop, just like everyone else. Show them some love.
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UncategorizedTwo Different Spider-Men, Two Different Combat Styles
Spider-Man: Edge of Time hits stores tomorrow, bringing the worlds of the Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 clashing together violently. Then the kicking starts. This is just Activision’s way of reminding us all the game is coming out tomorrow, as the differences really don’t seem all that significant. Amazing beats folks up with agility, 2099…
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Dark Souls Reviewers Like It Long and Hard
In 2009, From Software introduced gamers to a whole new world of pain with the PlayStation 3 exclusive Demon’s Souls, a game that challenged the growing player handholding trend in favor of gripping that hand firmly and slicing it off at the wrist. It was a painful experience, but it was a good kind of…
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KEF’s T205 Surround Sound Speakers Are $1,800 Worth of Audio in a 35 Millimeter Package
No, that’s not my beautiful house in the picture above, with its color coordinated pillows, strategically scattered magazines, and perfectly misplaced popcorn, but with the low profile KEF T205 Surround Sound Speaker System in place it sure sounds like it. The KEF lifestyle photograph taken inside my modest apartment would feature scattered shipping boxes, various…
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UncategorizedIt’s an Xbox 360 Controller With a Cheat-Friendly Screen Built Right In
Datel, the UK-based video game peripheral manufacturer that loves to piss off Microsoft, takes controller cheating to the next level with the latest iteration of its TurboFire 360 controller, complete with built-in “Combat Command LCD interface”. Microsoft and Datel don’t get along very well, mainly due to the fact that the UK is in the…
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Imagine The Oregon Trail as Made by Rockstar Games
Before he died of dysentery, commenter Fernando Jorge had a rather fine idea about the rebirth of a classic educational PC game, and he knew just the developer to handle it. The Oregon Trail could be an amazing game if remade nowadays, and it would be the perfect job for Rockstar. Imagine this, a road…
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UncategorizedWhat Did This Guy Do To Piss Off Batman, The Joker, Samus, Sheik, and the COG?
Video editor and action master Yung Lee can’t seem to make it to an anime convention without getting his ass handed to him by cosplayers. First Bowser and Sheik double-teamed him at Anime North, and now his visit to FanExpo 2011 takes a turn for the worse, as everyone from Star Wars characters to anime…
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