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Man Shitting on Dead Hedgehog is Not Necessarily a Video Game Metaphor
Hi there, smart guy. Yes, this is not germane to video games. That said, a dude pulling down his pants and squatting in the middle of the road over a deceased hedgehog, maybe spreading his butt cheeks a little and squeezing out a fudge dragon on its carcass, is something we can argumentatively link to…
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Halo: Anniversary‘s Kinect Support Involves Voice-Switching the Graphics
When word spread this summer that Halo: Anniversary would include Kinect support, gamers fidgeted nervously, wondering just what the hell 343 Industries had in mind for the franchise. Calm down, they’re not introducing motion control to the HD remake. They’re letting you switch between the game’s high-definition and standard-definition graphics using your voice. 343 was…
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NBA 2K12 Demo Arrives Next Week
2K Sports just announced on the Facebook page for NBA 2K12 that the game’s demo will arrive on Tuesday, for both PS3 and Xbox 360, two weeks before its Oct. 4 release. The post offered no details about which teams would be featured but typically they involve last year’s NBA Finals participants, which would be…
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Stand Back Everyone, It’s the Week in Gaming Apps
Five games in five days! After several weeks of four or less, we’ve finally made it back to five whole days of condo-eating, caterpillar-tilting, war-waging mobile goodness. Huzzah! And of course our first week back is a week filled with iPhone apps; I’ll say it so you don’t have to. It wasn’t for lack of…
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Put Da NFL Preview on My No One’s Back: Chargers vs. Patriots, Week Two
Bit of a speed bump here in just the second week of what I’d hoped would be a regular feature. Our commentator is AWOL. I’m still uploading the video so you can see what Madden NFL 12 predicts for this week’s marquee matchup between New England and San Diego. Where’s Demetry? Well, life is what…
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Steam Knocks Half Off Its Entire Star Wars Collection
From now until mid-Monday, all Star Wars titles on Steam can be had for a $49.99 package price, half off the normal package deal, and more than half off if you bought them individually. Four individual titles—Battefront II, Republic Commando, Knights of the Old Republic and Empire at War: Gold Pack—are also discounted 50 percent,…
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The Best, Brightest, Sexiest, and Strangest Selected as IndieCade 2011 Finalists
From a bowling game controlled by kissing to a four-year-old’s Ponycorn epic, every one of IndieCade 2011’s 36 finalist fully deserves their moment in the spotlight, except for maybe The Bridge Next month from October 6 through October 9 the annual IndieCade festival transforms downtown Culver City, California into the mecca of indie game development,…
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Ah, So That’s What’s Happening in Anarchy Reigns
The Tokyo Game Show trailer for Platinum Games’ Anarchy Reigns neatly summarizes the game’s story before jumping back into footage of people beating each other up. I’m guessing that’s exactly how players will approach the game as well, skimming over the story and getting right on with the kicking and the punching. It’s like it’s…
By Mike Fahey
