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Why It’s Hard To Make Today’s Games Funny
Video games have been generating laughter since the days of text-based adventures. Can today’s more complicated titles keep up with the comedy of their beloved point-and-click ancestors? Comedy isn’t easy, especially in the medium of the video game. Injecting humor is more than simply having a character say something funny. It takes precise timing, a…
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Disgaea 3 Getting Trophies In Exchange For Save Data
Disgaea 3 is finally getting trophy support next week, which means it’s time to dust off those discs and back up your save files, because once you patch the game, they’ll be completely useless. The Disgaea 3 trophy patch goes live on July 16th, adding in the ability for players to earn coveted trophy points…
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Jack Black Has An Axe To Grind
There’s nothing quite as terrifying as Jack Black swinging around a giant battle axe, as evidenced by episode 4 of Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black. Eddie Riggs wields a battle axe with skill and grace in Brutal Legend. Jack Black, on the other hand, kills the boom operator. Are you kids out there getting the…
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Need For Speed Nitro Still Stylin’
The Nintendo Wii entry in EA’s reboot of the Need for Speed series continues to impress with sharp, stylish visuals. The DS version? Not so much. See if you can spot the difference! Sure it isn’t a hyper-realistic racer that lets you see your own reflection in the rear-view mirror. That’s not really what the…
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2009 Summer Of Arcade: What’s Out When
Five major Xbox Live Arcade titles make up Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade lineup, and now we know exactly when each is coming out, from Turtles in Time to Shadow Complex. We’re getting one big release per week starting July 22nd and running through August 19th, when the Summer of Arcade promotion delivers its last quality…
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DJ Star Scratches Your DS
Not every upcoming DJ game requires a large extra piece of plastic, as Game Life‘s DJ Star for the Nintendo DS readily proves. Maybe it’s just me, but I find the concept of scratching to music much more compelling on the DS than I do sitting in front of my television with a special controller,…
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Still Alive Free For Rock Band Unplugged
The latest batch of downloadable songs for Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP includes the stirring love anthem “Still Alive” from Portal, which will be available, free of charge and includes delicious cake. I almost missed the inclusion of Jonathan Coulton’s masterpiece in the list of new songs coming to the Rock Band Unplugged Music…
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