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More Than 300 Million Dead In 24 Hours
A real-world tragedy is a triumph for Activision and developer Treyarch. Dutch infographic makers Spijkermat average the stats from Call of Duty: Black Ops’ multiplayer lobby in order to paint this grim picture of death and destruction. [Infographic] 24hrs COD: Black Ops [Spijkermat]
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One Dead Sackboy And The Rest Of The LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector’s Edition
This might be the most dramatic opening of a video game collector’s edition ever committed to video, though probably not. It’s the LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector’s Edition! Let’s open it. Why did I order the LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector’s Edition? I think it was the bookends that got me, which is strange, as all of my bookshelves…
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These LEGO Brick Birds Are Angrier Than Ever
LEGO artisan Tsang Yiu Keung has discovered the secret to success in Rovio’s ridiculously popular Angry Birds: If throwing birds doesn’t stop the pigs, throw bricks instead. LEGO bricks, to be precise. Tsang has painstakingly recreated most of the game’s major players in LEGO form, right down to a little LEGO slingshot for hurling blocky…
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How Realistic Do Gamers Want Their Games To Get?
In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Matt_Twombly ponders the advanced realism coming in games like Rockstar’s L.A. Noire. When do games become too real? Reading the latest editorial on L.A. Noire got me thinking: How realistic do gamers actually want their games? There is all this talk this generation of immersion and games’ capacity to…
By Mike Fahey
