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Better Red than Dead in Cosmonauts
There was this old hippie at a newspaper I once worked for, a guy who took a great interest in any New York Times obituary of a prominent Russian. He was your basic-as-bread conspiracy theorist, convinced the Soviets put a human—well, a human body, anyway—on the dark side of the moon. “They couldn’t accept not…
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Hori’s Bringing an Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom Fight Stick, Don’t Worry
Though the game may have released this week, the official fight stick for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom isn’t too far behind, says stickmaker Hori. It reuses some, eh, old MvC art and clocks in at $160, but hey, it’s official, right? It’ll be in stock sometime this month. A BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend stick also…
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GameStop Blames Poor Sales on Broke Customers Reneging on Preorders
Despite the onslaught of desirable, highly anticipated titles, week after week this fall, GameStop’s sales are “lower than expected,” the dominant games retailer told investors, simply because there were too many good games out there for customers to buy, especially in a poor economy. “The quarter presented some challenges in topline, due to a cash-strapped…
By Owen Good
