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If Madden‘s Any Measure the NFL’s Bandwagon Teams are the 49ers and Eagles
Through the first week of play in real life of the NFL, some 81.5 million games have been played in Madden NFL, according to this video commissioned by EA Sports. The teams taken online most so far are the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles (rated No. 5 and No. 3, respectively, as “teams…
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The Atari 2600 Joystick In Its Purest Form
“Pure” can have a lot of interpretations. For artist Andrew Miller (whose work we’ve covered before) and his “Brand Spirit” series of photographed objects, it means removing all traces of brand and color. And the results are quite pretty. Stylish, even. Though I can see how that NES controller might be initially confusing to use.…
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Take a Good Look at the New Enemies of Halo 4
Looking at this 10 minute video from 343 Industries, makers of the upcoming Halo 4, it’s clear that the mark of Forerunner technology is in something like a break action shotgun that, like, actually breaks apart and re-forms as it is reloaded. You see the same kind of telekinetic influence in other concepts of the…
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This Kid Gets To Sleep Inside A Video Game Every Night
A couple is expecting their second child almost any day now. In order to accommodate the baby, they’ll need to move their first child out of the nursery and into her own room. The nursery is Mario-themed. So what to do for the older kid room? Turn it into a full 360-degree surround representation of…
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How Video Game Fans Mourn the Death of One of their Own, Slain in Libyan Attacks
Grief, in an online community, can be a shockingly intimate thing. People who have known each other as a collection of digital avatars and assumed names gather together to mourn the genuinely painful loss of one of their own. The best and most generous parts of a community’s nature often show when tragedy strikes it.…
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The Doomed Kingdoms of Amalur MMO Would Have Explored the Darker Side of Everlasting Life
The sad tale of the closure of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games and the cancellation of the Kingdoms of Amalur becomes even more tragic with each new scrap of information on the massively-multiplayer game. That’s why author R.A. Salvatore explaining the story behind the game at DragonCon earlier this month made me so melancholy.…
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Guild Wars 2, Log Three: I Made A Thing! Then Another Thing, and Another Thing…
Oh, dear. I have begun crafting. I put it off until I reached level 20 with my main, and truth be told it’s just as well. I’ve never yet sold or traded away any of the crafting materials I’ve come across (though I should really put the ones I can’t use into the guild bank),…
By Kate Cox
