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A Hurricane Warning from 1996, Still Unheeded
“Here. Right here,” he said, almost triumphantly. “He said it would be right fucking here.” I was a reporter for The Daily News of Jacksonville, N.C. He was the science writer for The Charlotte Observer, back when a newspaper that size could staff such a position. It was Sept. 6, 1996, the morning after Hurricane…
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Damn, Guys… You Are Sporting Some Impressive Halloween Costumes
Click to view When Evan asked you all to share your Halloween costumes with us, you did not mess around. I’m blown away by the originality of some of these, and the extensive detail on a lot of these. You should all be very proud, and excited to show them off this Halloween night.
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Seven Reviewers Love Zooming Around In Circles In Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Do you have a strong desire to go fast? A veritable need for speed, perhaps? Reviewers worldwide have raced madly through a Fairhaven mainly devoid of normality, but chock-full of cars, cops, and crashes. Even the single-player in Need for Speed: Most Wanted is an asynchronous multiplayer and the rules of both is “go fast”…
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Create and Share Your Own 3D Browser-Based Games with Gameglobe
Gameglobe is a place where everyday folks like you and me can play, create and share unique 3D games (like that one up top) with people all over the world. Square Enix and Bigpoint have just launched the site’s open beta, so it’s game on for everybody. Just head over to Gameglobe.com, sign up for…
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Epic Kids Are a Paragon of Mass Effect Cosplay
These three kids are Preston Thorne’s, technical support manager for Epic Games, and they showed up at Dad’s office costume party in full Mass Effect regalia. Cliff Bleszinski, formerly of Epic, retweeted this out earlier with a “WOW,” and I concur. The stroller outfitted as the Normandy probably qualifies as a fifth cosplayer, but little…
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King.com’s Saga Continues with Pet Rescue
Engorged with the heady success of Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga, King.com adds another epic tale of level-arranged puzzles to Facebook with Pet Rescue Saga, a game that’s vaguely about rescuing pets. Mostly it’s about matching colored blocks, but there’s a twist-some of these colored blocks have pets on top of them. You…
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I’m Getting Nervous Just Watching This A Machine For Pigs Halloween Trailer
In the Halloween trailer above released today by Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developers Frictional Games, you’ll see the protagonist’s panting, nervous crawls through the indirect sequel to The Dark Descent. Oh, and our own Kirk Hamilton will be happy to see that you can lean around corners to scope out dangers. Of which you…
By Tina Amini
