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Tiny Tower Rips Off a Flash Game—and SimTower
Earlier today, the makers of mobile gaming blockbuster Tiny Tower published the kind of open letter loved by video gaming’s instantly and constantly angry fuck-the-man constituency, not least because it can be disseminated by imgur. It alleged that Zynga, the popularly despised maker of Facebook McGames, stole Tiny Tower‘s idea and was reaping a dishonest…
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Don’t Blame uDraw, Blame Yourselves, Rankled Staff Tells THQ Executives
Though THQ recently beat back rumors it was readying itself for sale, all is not happy within its house. Earlier today the company restated that it’s done with the kidstuff, blaming the commercial failure of its uDraw tablet, among other things, for its poor performance of late. The company’s stock closed at 70 cents today.…
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Who Said Cheesy Full-Motion Video Computer Games Were Dead?
Remember back in the early 90s when the CD-Rom format made it possible for computer games like 1992’s Night Trap or The 7th Guest to feature extensive badly-acted full-motion video? Gamecade Production certainly does. They’ve just released Survival 2: Get Lucky, a FMV-style dating game starring Josh Knechtly of the band Rootbound. Who? It doesn’t…
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Namco Bandai Celebrates UK SoulCalibur V Launch With Fitness Classes
Every Tuesday evening in February London fight game fans can step away from their game console and grab a little fitness with Gymbox’s SoulCalibur V: Swordsman Workout class. No, seriously. While there is a possibility that I am just too ignorant about the London gaming scene to realize how physically fit the fighting game fans…
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An Old Xbox Reveals the Secret Lives of a Good Friend
All my friend wanted was a simple, get-rid-of-it-on-Craigslist estimate for an original Xbox, two controllers, and about a dozen games. He knew that what he had was too common in its time, too obsolete in the present, to qualify as some latter-day Antiques Roadshow jackpot. Still, I couldn’t bring myself to appraise it at $25.…
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A Special Message From the Resident Evil 6 Dev Team
By now you’ve seen the jaw-dropping trailer for Capcom’s Resident Evil 6, but have you seen the special version of the trailer with introductions by three members of the game’s development team? In this special version of the Resident Evil 6 trailer, shown last week during the special Fright Club event last week, executive producer…
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Breaking a World Record Seems Like a Fine Reason to Get a Virtual Marriage
Marriage, ladies and gentlemen. Marriage is a game mechanic, or at least it will be early next month when update 1.7 goes live for Trion Worlds’ MMO Rift. They’ll be celebrating the new feature on February 14 by attempting to establish the World Record for most in-game marriages in a 24-hour period. Where’s that Divorce…
By Mike Fahey
