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No More Gimped Lyrics When You’re All-In with an M
It’s an appropriate opening for a song placed in a game that begins in prison. “You know you fucked up, right?” begins “The Loser Wins,” by Atmosphere. In another sports game, this would have to be blanked out, or just not used. Not so with Fight Night Champion, which chose to be EA Sports’ first…
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Two Of The Coolest Comic Books Are Going To Be Video Games
Not only is Telltale Games working on a title based on the hit television and comic book property The Walking Dead, they’ve also snagged the rights to create games based on Vertigo’s fan-favorite fairy tale series Fables. Rumors were crawling all over the internet concerning Telltale’s involvement with The Walking Dead, with the company hinting…
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Artists That Use Video Games As Their Canvas
Are game developers creating games, or are they creating art? In the case of the ten creators showcased in flavorwire’s “10 Artists Who Use Video Games as Their Medium” I suspect it might be a little bit of both. These are small, modest titles like Steph Thirion’s Eliss, seen above. An interactive artist by trade,…
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A Million Demo Downloads Unlocks Dragon Age II Prizes
If one million players download the Dragon Age II demo in the week following its February 22 release on the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3, magic artifacts will be theirs for the taking. BioWare issues its Dragon Age II Call to Arms. A million downloads may seem like quite a lot, but when you’re…
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The Massive Chaos-Causing Solar Flares Are Just Getting Started
This week the sun shot off a massive class X solar flare. Its effects on radio broadcasts, electronics, and power are still being felt today, and this is only the beginning. The sun is our shiny friend in the sky, generating heat and light and basically making life a whole lot more livable, so we’ll…
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Millions Of Music Tracks Now Available On North American PlayStation 3
Music Unlimited, Sony’s streaming music service, hits North American PlayStation 3 consoles today, giving users 30 days access to millions of musical tracks before subscription fees kick in. Music Unlimited powered by Qriosity debuted in the UK and Ireland in December, spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and Spain last month. Now it’s time for North…
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Meet The Lovable Mumbling Supporting Cast Of Okamiden
While the story of Capcom’s upcoming DS adventure Okamiden is that of tiny wolf god Chibiterasu, it’s the characters the young deity meets that paint the picture of a Nippon worthy of being saved from rampaging demons. Let’s meet some! First up we have the dog Mushi and his human mother. Mushi was one of…
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Creating An Entirely New Heroic Tale Of Middle-Earth
In this behind-the-scenes trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, developer Snowblind Studios tackles the daunting task of filling out areas and stories of Middle-Earth that J. R. R. Tolkien only hinted at. It’s the sort of thing that sends die-hard Lord of the Rings fans into convulsions. Creating new works…
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If Only We Could Forget Gaming’s Greatest Moments
What would you give to relive the greatest moments in your gaming history as if it were the first time? That’s the question commenter Taggart451 ponders in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. WARNING: Spoilers ahead. What I wouldn’t give to forget. (spoilerific here) As a person who has been playing games my entire life, I constantly…
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Epic Mickey Creator Starts Spinning DuckTales
Proving his deep love for classic Disney characters in Epic Mickey, acclaimed video game creator Warren Spector takes on Disney’s first feathered family as the writer for BOOM! Studios’ DuckTales comic book. Will he solve a mystery, or rewrite history? It’s never too late for a career change, as the 55-year-old Warren Spector demonstrates with…
By Mike Fahey
