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Survey Says U.S. Gamers Older, Fatter than Thought
Hooray! Video gamers’ average age is that of mine – 35. Less celebrated: gamers are more likely to be unhealthier, fatter, and more depressed than others. Those are the findings of – ding ding ding!!! – a new study. The Centers for Disease Control examined 500 adults across all majority ages (18 and up) in…
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A Link For All Seasons
The Design Inspiration has a collection of Legend of Zelda artwork up in the style of their amazing Super Mario Bros. artwork we some some time ago. Sadly, I don’t see any Links that could pass for Daniel Day-Lewis — but there’s one that kind of looks like Jeff Bridges before he went to seed.…
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The Free Madden Winner is — Probably Not You
Not unless your name is Taylor H. He was chosen at random from more than 500 correctly answering entrants, the Charger fan living in Eagles country – Lancaster, Pa., to be exact – took home my copy of Madden NFL 10. More than 800 answered yesterday’s trivia question, 300 of them incorrectly. The player on…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Cyberpunk and video games
Chances are you’ve heard me mention cyberpunk before, maybe as a tangent to a rant about steampunk — but this article over on GamesRadar explores the concept way better. Joe McNeilly’s “Neuromancer: 25 Years Later” looks at the connection between cyberpunk granddaddy William Gibson‘s work and the video game scene today. It’s a lengthy read…
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Getting Around In Champions Online
The Champions Online open beta is now in full swing, and here’s a look at how you’ll be swinging, flying, and burrowing your way through the new superhero MMO. My favorite feature of Cryptic’s last superhero game, City of Heroes, was the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound, teleport about the city,…
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