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Captured Tiger
Captured Tiger | His season ended when he missed the cut at the PGA Championship three weeks ago, so Tiger Woods is on the virtual links instead, doing motion-capture work for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (Photo by brerwolfe/Flickr) How You’ll ‘Connect’ to Others in Call of Duty Elite Activision’s social network and stat-tracking service…
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Freddie Wong is Officially The Man Now
We would never call master filmmaker Freddie Wong a sell-out. But, the use of the SharpShooter and the Resistance 3 setting (with animations by Insomniac Games), right as both are part of a big ad campaign, does make it seem this was, well, commissioned. If so, who cares; Freddie Wong has absolutely earned it. And…
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League of Legends Shutting Down Mac Support
After about a year of beta testing, Riot Games is canceling Mac OS support for League of Legends at midnight on Tuesday. In a statement, Riot said it made the decision because “our current approach regarding the Mac platform won’t guarantee the quality and frequent updates we deliver today on the PC.” While this is…
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Love Train
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Ten Greatest Train Levels [Megabits of Gaming] It’s more than just a staple of westerns (though I was disappointed not to see Red Dead Revolver…
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Peter Moore: EA Sports’ NBA Game “Will Take a Few Years” Before It Competes with NBA 2K
Though recently promoted to Electronic Arts’ chief operating officer, EA Sports’ old boss, Peter Moore, still is involved with products coming out of that division. And in an interview with IndustryGamers, he said he doesn’t expect their next NBA simulation, due in 2012 after a two-year hiatus, to compete with NBA 2K right out of…
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Bastion‘s Creator Says There’ll Be No DLC for the Game
The widely acclaimed action RPG Bastion will not be getting any DLC—at least DLC that extends the story—the game’s developer said in an interview. “We have no plans to extend the game in that way,” Greg Kasavin, the game’s writer and creative director, told The Morton Report. “As I was saying before, we held nothing…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves: The Memdependabor Day Eve Edition
This year we had all three barbecue holidays in the U.S. fall on a Monday. Guess who’s already off on Mondays?! That would be me. Alas. But it is Sunday morning, which means to thine own selves, be talking. Big thanks to Brian H. May for his Fanboy Wars TAYpic submission. Want to be featured…
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Exhaustion Breeds Quality in the Dragon Con Day Two Cosplay Gallery
After three hours of baby-interrupted sleep, I trudged across town to Dragon Con 2011 again today, where I occupied a great many benches and attempted to stay awake. I was mostly successful. Being dead tired has its benefits, however. Were I full of energy, I would have run about the convention madly, taking shots of…
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Up on the Roof Winners
Last week, Stephen Totilo took you up on top of Nintendo of America’s roof to reveal quite the unusual growing operation there. We asked you to plant a couple acres of more funny on it. We’ve got the 20 best ‘Shop Contest submissions, plus winner Duck45, inside! You’ll have to forgive me, I may not…
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Are Sports Video Games Worth Reviewing Any More?
Earlier this week I got several versions of a small talk question I always field this time of year: “I haven’t played Madden in X years. Should I buy it this year?” To me, that’s no longer even a relevant question for this or for any sports video game. The real question, and its answer,…
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Batman Achievements Confirm New Game-Plus in Arkham City
Crack achievement investigators Xbox360Achievements.org are back in action, and they’ve sleuthed out the 50 Achievement/1000 Gamerscore set for Batman: Arkham City. Included are two achievements speaking to a New Game Plus mode, which will allow a second playthrough with your fully upgraded Batman. Pore over the others, and then see Kirk’s impressions from PAX and…
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BioWare Offers This Sneak Peak at Liara’s Figure in Exchange for Your Feedback
BioWare tossed up three images of Mass Effect‘s Liara in Kotobukiya Bushoujo statue form. Unpainted, unfinished, but they want feedback. So check out the three images and then complain here, or go provide it at the game’s official Facebook page. No word when this will go on sale, only that a preorder announcement is expected…
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Valve’s Games Sold on Electronic Arts’ Origin [Corrected]
Electronic Arts’ Origin service is running a three-for-the-price-of-two sale, on selected titles, this weekend. Three of the eligible games are published by Valve. EA and Valve haven’t been very friendly of late, so perhaps this is a make-up gesture by Valve? [Correction] As everyone points out, EA was the distributor of these games’ retail versions.…
By Owen Good
