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The Grinns Tale Launches, Charming the Pants Off of Everybody
Nexon’s free-to-play social RPG The Grinns Tale, which I crowed about a few weeks back, officially launches today. Here’s the opening movie. Yes, a social game with an elaborate opening movie. It’s also got some interesting stats. What stats, you ask? These stats, direct from Nexon: Here Are Some Fun Stats From the Beta Times…
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This Is The Best New Feature In Halo 4‘s Multiplayer
Ok, perhaps it’s more accurate to say it’s the most “juvenile” new feature in Halo 4, the first-person shooter developed (for the first time in the franchise) by 343 Industries. We already knew that the infamous “victory crouch” would return in the latest Halo title, but perhaps we didn’t expect it to be quite like…
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Grand Gaming Experiment Curiosity Launches, Players Tap Out Dirty Words
Curiosity, the first experimental game from Peter Molyneux’s 22 Cans, is an iOS app that invites the entire world to tap away at a gigantic multilayered cube, revealing its secrets pixel-by-pixel. A “life-changing” secret awaits the single player that makes it to the center. Right now it says “Fuckers” on the side of it. No…
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FreeSkate Xtreme Uses Your iPhone Camera to Keep Track of Your Head
If the location of your head is something you’re never quite certain of, then you’ll probably want to spend $.99 on VisionHacker Studios’ FreeSkate Xtreme for the iPhone and iPad later this week. It uses the Apple camera to find your skull, and then uses it to skate. It’s nice to see developers starting to…
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Who Do Video Game Heroes Love Best? Game Villains, Naturally.
Mario may be the world’s hero, but without Bowser, does he have a purpose? Would Sonic need to race so far, so fast, without the threats laid by Doctor Robotnik? Artist Dan Matutina illustrates the symbiotic relationship between hero and villain in a series of hearts, pairing rivals together to indicate the one true fact…
By Kate Cox
