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Mom Learns Lesson After Five Day Modern Warfare Marathon Sends Her Kid to the Hospital
And you thought gaming unto exhaustion was a phenomenon restricted to Asia. Well, somehow, a 15-year-old Ohio boy gamed so hard on Modern Warfare 3 he required hospitalization for dehydration. What’s more, the boy’s own mother told local news he was locked inside his room with the game for “at least four days. Maybe five,”…
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A 29-Year-Old Game Store Owner is Selling Everything He Owns for $3.5 Million
How much is the American Dream worth? A Florida man pegs it at $3.5 million, his asking price on eBay for three video game stores that brought him so much success—and the nice homes, automobiles and collectibles going with it. Shane Butcher, 29 is the owner of R U Game, an independent retailer with stores…
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Silent Hill HD’s Bugs Get Patched for PS3—But Not for Xbox 360
“Plans for an Xbox 360 title update,” to Silent Hill HD Collection, “have been cancelled due to technical issues and resources,” Konami said today in an official statement. A PS3 title update, however, has gone forward, and it will fix problems involving frame rate and audio-synching, “and other reported issues. “Konami apologizes to any players…
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If You’re Playing Madden 13, Unplug Your Kinect When Others Are in the Room
A dorm-room staple for two decades, Madden brings voice-activated commands—snapping the ball, calling time out, changing the play—that are at high risk of abuse in that particular environment. You may wish to turn them off unless you can be assured you’re the only one in the room. Madden NFL 13‘s voice-activated Kinect prompts work only…
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Windows Is Its Own Biggest Threat to the Future of PC Gaming
Hey, do you remember Blackberry? Remember how for years, every white-collar professional who worked in every office had to have one? And how they made consumer smartphones, that some people actually bought, and wanted to be all cool? When I started work at the headquarters for a major media company in 2008, every executive had…
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This Should be Commander Shepard’s Favorite Case Mod On or Off the Citadel
Yes, nitpickers, I know: the Normandy was never red and black. That’s strictly for Shepard’s default N7 armor. Possibly the case should have been Alliance blue, or Cerberus yellow and black. But I think this is gorgeous just the way it is. Because this might have to be what I do to my next PC.…
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This Charming Indie Puzzler Isn’t Mechanical At All. It’s Unmechanical.
This is not actually a little blue apple, though you might be forgiven for thinking so. It’s a lonely little helicopter, who got separated from its little helicopter friends and sucked into a bizarre underground labyrinth. The dark and twisty maze in question is a series of contradictions. Some areas move right to left; others,…
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The Prettiest 8-Bit Montage of the Olympic Games Around
If you were wondering what the Olympic games might look like in 8-bit form, this montage video is here for you. As a bonus, the chiptunes track is just as pretty as the 8-bit art. Plus, it’s fairly educational, considering it gives you a neat rundown of what activities are considered Olympic sports The 8-Bit…
By Tina Amini
