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Yay! A Witch’s Tale Just In Time For Halloween
I’ve been waiting for NIS America to release A Witch’s Tale for about two years. Now, as of October 6, I can finally own it and realize all my stylus spell casting ambitions. A Witch’s Tale is an action role-playing game where users play as a super-cute witch in a Halloween-themed world. Nearly all the…
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Nancy Drew Game Gets A “Twitter Soap Opera”
Oh, Nancy Drew. Can you forgive me for not playing your PC games after that Emma Roberts film? I promise to catch up on all your mystery, drama and evolving social attitudes on Twitter. Her Interactive, publisher of the PC games, is putting out a “Twitter soap opera” in conjunction with the upcoming Nancy Drew:…
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Global Conflicts: Child Soldiers Preview: Show Me, Don’t Tell Me
Serious Games Interactive’s newest 3D role-playing game touches on the tough topic of Child Soldiers in African countries. I could have used this edutainment game back in spring when I was working on my project for Human Rights Journalism class. I’d chosen the topic of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and their first case that’s…
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NCAA 10 Hits the Road to the Final Four
Lots of games try to emulate what you see on the television, but NCAA Basketball 10 fully integrates CBS Sports’ Road to the Final Four – theme music, key graphics and, of course, Bill Raftery. Of course, in the real Final Four, you’re hearing Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg. But Raftery and Gus Johnson supply…
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Tretton: What’s Good for Sony is What’s Good for Gaming
File this also under “What they say when we’re not listening.” Speaking to Forbes, the SCEA chief Jack Tretton answers a few softballs about the PS3 Slim, then says, “the environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry.” To use a sports metaphor, we hear the same thing every time the Lakers, the Yankees,…
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Platinum: Actually, it’s Sarah Palin who Looks Like Bayonetta
The Sarah Palin/Bayonetta jokes are officially played out, by decree of the Platinum Games designer Hideki Kamiya. In fact, he says Bayonetta’s look is so iconic, soon people will be saying that Sarah Palin looks like her Answering reader mail with Platinum’s J.P. Kellams, the two lay the whole Palin/Bayonetta comparison at Kotaku’s feet. Guilty…
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Biblical Striptease Game Is Live!
I’m ashamed to admit how anxiously I’ve awaited indie developer Tale of Tale’s new game, Fatale. After all, I’m Jewish — what interest do I have in the story of Salome? Maybe I’m not to be blamed for my morbid curiosity. Tale of Tales is known for its creepy, upsetting games and from what I…
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Activision Originally Didn’t Want Modern Warfare
Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, Infinity Ward’s boss said that Activision did not believe in Infinity Ward’s concept for a modern Call of Duty setting and was actively working to demonstrate the idea wouldn’t succeed. Vince Zampella, IW’s chief, said the studio had wanted to do a modern combat shooter for years, and bring their…
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Name That Game! And Porn Star!
While you won’t see any penises in Playlogic’s upcoming Fairytale Fights, you can get an eyeful of certain other body parts in these pics allegedly taken from a promo vid for the game. Ron Jeremy makes an appearance as what appears to be The Naked Emperor – one of the four playable characters in Fairytale…
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