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There is Almost Nothing Entertaining About a Broken Sword
In today’s 88 percent durable edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Deuxhero wonders why game developers continue to include breakable weapons in their adventure games long after the novelty has worn off. So what’s the deal with breakable weapons? Some games do it right, and they generally fall into two camps. One is the…
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International Star Wars Fan Groups Now Accepting The Old Republic as Costume Canon
It may have Lucas’ blessing, but a Star Wars product isn’t a true Star Wars product until the fans accept it into their hearts, or their costuming communities. Both the Light and Dark sides of international Star Wars costuming organizations are now allowing applicants to submit outifts based on BioWare’s massively-multiplayer online role-playing game. While…
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What Guild Wars 2 Questions Do You Want Answered?
Another round of Guild Wars 2 beta testing begins soon, and this time I around am arming myself with your questions before taking the plunge into Tyria once again. What can I do for you? Having already learned much of what I wanted to know during my Guild Wars 2 weekend experience last month, I’m…
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Soulcalibur V’s Next Costume Offerings Includes a Pac-Man Cameo (Sort Of)
Pac-Man is having a hell of a career second act in fighting games. Of course, he is one of the free characters in Street Fighter X Tekken on the PlayStation 3. Now it looks like he’ll be included—as some kind of bizarre head-thing—in Soulcalibur V‘s next batch of monthly costume DLC. See for yourself at…
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Fan-Made Wing Commander Game Can Go Forward, but It’s Not Endorsed by EA
A fan-engineered sequel to the long dormant Wing Commander series is known to Electronic Arts, and all of the franchise’s rights holders, but they are taking no action to shut down its development. That said, they don’t officially or unofficially endorse the game. The creators of Wing Commander Saga: Darkest Dawn had to clarify that…
By Owen Good
