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My Office Away From My Office

You know what the worst part of selling your house is? Never being able to be in it. There are days when we have to clear out for six hours at a time. That especially awesome when you have three dogs, a child and work from home. FUN TIMES!!! What you missed Short Cords, Long…

Mega Man Powered Up 3.0

Mega Man gets the needed Metal Man power upgrade to take on Woodman! Insane illustration by elsevilla Related Rampage: Lord of Shadow Powerup 3.0 by Hector Enrique Sevilla Lujan / elsevilla (Facebook) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with…

“World of StarCraft” Will Go On, Likely Under A Different Name

Click to viewA YouTube takedown and a call from a top lawyer for a major games publisher notwithstanding, what happened this week to the programmer leading a fan-made StarCraft role-playing game must be the secret hope of many a modder. “World of StarCraft,” led by modder Ryan Winzell, will not be shut down by Activision…

Brink Makes Sweet Music From Gun Violence

Get the sound of gunfire stuck in your head with Brink‘s “choir of guns,” a catchy excuse to look at the deep and customizable arsenal in the forthcoming first-person shooter. Brink’s latest promo may borrow a trick from Half-Life 2 music video “The Ballad of Black Mesa,” but some beautiful editing and a new look…

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What We Know So Far About The Nintendo 3DS

The 3DS is coming in March, and while the picture is far from complete, we’ve compiled what we know about Nintendo’s latest handheld into one handy post. We’ve got the basics covered here, from launch dates and prices to the initial software line up. We’ve even got some technical details sprinkled here and there for…

Star Fox For Nintendo 3DS ‘Ups The Star Fox Mania’

There’s a new old Star Fox coming to the Nintendo 3DS, a remake of the Nintendo 64 classic that, according to Nintendo, “ups the Star Fox mania” with a pair of new features, seemingly designed for Star Fox maniacs It’s not the improved take on Star Fox 64’s multiplayer mode, though that’s in the 3DS…

Report: Modern Warfare 3 Coming In November, Spin-Off Delayed To Get It Done

If we’re getting a Modern Warfare 3 this November, it’s going to come at the cost of an Call of Duty spin-off from the head creator of Dead Space, the Los Angeles Times reported today. Citing “people familiar with the situation,” the paper says that Infinity Ward, the studio behind the last two Modern Warfares…

The Next Final Fantasy Fight Starts In March

Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy brings more Final Fantasy fighting to the PSP on March 22 in North America. Cost? $29.99 USD. The game stars Rachael Leigh Cook as Tifa, Keith David as Chaos and many more vocally talented folks.

Zelda Remake Will Be More User-Friendly On The 3DS, Probably Not Longer

The still-undated remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 3DS looks better and has a better inventory system — an upgrade that shouldn’t be underestimated. But don’t expect new content. “I wouldn’t anticipate any extra dungeons,” Nintendo’s Bill Trinen told Kotaku in an interview yesterday in New York City,…

Arcade Magic – A Visit To The New Pinball Wizard

The American arcade, on the verge of extinction, has been given new life with the opening of a New Hampshire based arcade. Writer Jon Lynch visits the newly opened Pinball Wizard, speaks to its proud, passionate owner and returns with this report. Tucked in the corner unit of a shopping plaza in sleepy Pelham, New…

This Might Be The Most Effective Pesticide Ever

You might think you know the most effective way of ridding your home of uncommon household pests, but you’re wrong. Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon shows us the right way. Behold the Pesticide Guns. Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is about one thing: Killing giant weapons with hundreds of powerful weapons. The Pesticide line of…

Did The Creators of Call of Duty Delay A Map Pack To Help Out The Competition?

After months of finger-pointing and allegations, the company behind the massively popular Call of Duty series may have proof to support claims that one of their video games was sabotaged by its creators at the urging of a rival. An internal email from a rival Electronic Arts executive, released today as part of a court…

Android Users Get Plants Vs. Zombies This Spring

Plants Vs. Zombies, a wonderful video game that is on just about every device other than Androids and toasters, will be out for Androids in “Q2”, the folks at Popcap tell us. That means April-June. We played it briefly this week. Looks sharp. Peggle’s a Q2 Android game too.

Three Things To Love About Red Faction Armageddon

I was a huge fan of Red Faction: Guerrilla and the freedom of destruction it delivered gamers at the blunt end of a hammer. But Red Faction Armageddon sounds like it’s made reversing chaos just as much fun Here’s three things I loved seeing in the game. Sure we’ve had computers that talk in our…

New Type Of Memory Could Boot Your Computer Instantly

Imagine turning on your computer from a powerless state and instantly seeing your desktop without having to wait through a lengthy loading process. NC State researchers have developed a device that could make that happen. Your computer makes use of two types of memory. First we have the hard drives, the SD cards, the USB…

Not A Real 3DS Accessory

This man, JC Rodrigo, works for Nintendo. He’s good at explaining the 3DS’ surprise features, but he mustn’t roam free with Nintendo’s next hot thing. Yesterday at a Manhattan event, he had to keep his 3DSes tied to his body. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

2010 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Mass Effect 2

Because I tried to please everyone, my Commander Shepard didn’t get laid the first time I played Mass Effect 2. Because BioWare tried to please everyone, Mass Effect 2 could be our Game of the Year. It was a ridiculous idea, or so I first thought. Trading BioWare’s tried and true semi-turn-based role-playing combat system…

Can We Stop Blaming Games For Childhood Obesity Now?

The United States has been growing increasingly more obese over the past few decades, and video games are often cited as one of the key factors behind this meteoric rise in pounds-per-person. Now researchers say that isn’t necessarily true. Video games have taken a lot of flak for making people obese, not just in the…

Red Faction Armageddon And The Beauty Of Reversing Chaos

It is often more fun to destroy than it is to create. Many of us realized this when we were young, when we played with Lego sets or made sandcastles. Scores of video games endorse this philosophy. The new Red Faction most magically does not. In New York last week, representatives from the company making…