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Video Game Tech Solves The Mystery Of The Sunken Chest
Pectus excavatum, better known as sunken chest, was once believed to a purely cosmetic abnormality. Why would patients suffering from a cosmetic problem complain of shortness of breath? A little applied video game technology solves the mystery. Sunken chest is the most common congenital deformity. occurring in one out of every 1,000 children. It is…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010 -
Redbox Takes Video Game Rentals Nationwide
Redbox, the kiosk rental service offering DVDs at grocery stores, drugstores, convenience stores and store stores, will expand its pilot offering of video game rentals to locations nationwide. An email sent this week to customers says games are coming in “late October.” The rentals will be $2 a day; DVDs are a dollar-a-day. Redbox’s site…
By Owen Good Published October 13, 2010 -
DOOOOOOOOTA
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Pheeeeeeewwwww! Interesting news today about Valve’s decision to pick up the mantel of Defense of the Ancients. I’m sorta stunned that it wasn’t Blizzard who decided to move this incredibly engrossing series forward. It is, afterall, a Warcraft III mod, or was at one point. Obviously, because Valve is involved,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 13, 2010 -
Career-Mode Jordan Available With This NBA 2K11 Code
The incentive for completing NBA 2K11’s “The Jordan Challenge” is “Creating a Legend,” which allows you to take Michael Jordan through the game’s career mode. If you can’t beat all 10 challenges, an unlock code out there will bypass it. The code is icanbe23. Enter it by going to Features from the main menu, then…
By Owen Good Published October 13, 2010 -
Signs Point To NBA Jam On Disc [Updated]
GameFly has listed NBA Jam’s PS3 and 360 version for release Nov. 18 and while that’s most likely a placeholder date, the fact a rental service lists the game indicates it will be a retail disc release, not a download. EA Sports has yet to confirm its intentions for NBA Jam on PS3 or 360;…
By Owen Good Published October 13, 2010 -
Rock Band 3 DLC Opens With The Doors
Rock Band 3 launches October 26, bringing with it three free and nine paid tracks from classic rock band The Doors and a confusing new way to classify downloadable music. Three of The Doors biggest hits will be available the week of Rock Band 3’s launch: “Light my Fire,” “Riders on the Storm,” and “Touch…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010 -
Look Who Won This Laser-Etched Left 4 Dead 2 Zune
On Monday we kicked off a short contest to give away this slick lime green, laser-etched 32GB Zune HD. Today we randomly pulled one name from our newsletter subscribers list. The lucky winner of this fancy Zune is: PyreBorn Congrats man. Hit me up at my editor@ email address with your name, address and phone…
By Brian Crecente Published October 13, 2010 -
Rob Corddry Teaches Us To Respect Our Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Enemies
Actor and comedian Rob Corddry teaches us how to rebuild our brotherhood on a new viral website for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood that aims to take the hurt out of murdering your friends. “It’s not me crouching up and down over your face after I kill you; it’s my character crouching up and down over your…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010 -
The First Round Of Crysis 2 Multiplayer Testing Is Xbox Only
The first round of invitations to the Crysis 2 closed multiplayer beta test are going out, indicating that this first session is a strictly Xbox 360 affair. Back in June EA told customers the first round of multiplayer beta tokens would be offered to folks who signed up at the game’s community site. Now those…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010 -
Would You Like LOTS Of Pokemon Music?
Like, not some, a lot. More Pocket Monster: Black and White music than you would know what to do with. All Pokemon music, all the time. An upcoming four disc music set titled “Nintendo DS Pokemon Black White Super Music Collection” is going on sale this month. It features over 170 songs from the game.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 13, 2010 -
Extraordinary PlayStation Ad Gallery, Starting With These Heads
For years, PlayStation ads have been beautiful. The proof is in a wonderful gallery, posted by a Spanish-speaking Flickr user, who hosts images of 83 spectacular ads for PlayStation games and systems. Can video game ads be considered art? [PlayStation Ad Gallery]
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2010 -
The Full Dance Central Track List Will Move You
What will you be dancing to when MTV Games and Harmonix releases Dance Central for Microsoft’s Kinect? Check out the entire toe-tapping track list right here. I don’t dance, as far as any of you know, but if I were to try and hook up a Kinect to my Xbox 360 and try out Dance…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010 -
The $15,000 Space Battle [Update]
EVE Online is a massively multiplayer game that is best-known for its in-game politics. Which is a shame, when it could be best-known for its epic space battles. The attacks in this clip culminated in the destruction of ships worth 300 billion of EVE’s in-game currency, translating roughly (roughly because it’s not a fair comparison)…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2010 -
Valve’s New Game Is Dota 2
From the studio that brought us Half-Life, Portal and Team Fortress, the next big thing will be Dota 2. That’s a new Defense of the Ancients game coming to PC and Mac in 2011. Valve describes the game as “a massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world.” Dota is shorthand…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2010 -
Guwange Ready To Blast Up Xbox Live Arcade
On November 10, arcade shooter Guwange will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade. That’s next month! The game is set during the Muromachi period and features ghosts and demons. Guwange is pure bullet hell. According to the game’s official release, the Xbox Live Arcade version has an Arcade Mode, a more accessible Arrange Mode and a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 13, 2010 -
A Visual Guide To Def Jam Rapstar
Def Jam Rapstar Hype Video Nuthin But a G Thang, possibly the most famous rap song on Def Jam Rapstar’s soundtrack Commercial for Def Jam Rapstar, imagining a diverse player base Get On Da Mic, a previous attempt at a rap karaoke game. Progress has been made!
By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2010 -
Amazon Lets Slip The Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition
A swag-laden collector’s edition for EA’s Dead Space 2 briefly appeared on Amazon.com yesterday before being taken down, but not before this attractive image found its way onto the internet proper. Is that a replica Plasma Cutter I see? Along with a large and lovely box, the Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition that briefly appeared…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010 -
New Red Dead Redemption Trailer Swarming With Flesh-Eatin’ Crazies
You’ll see husbands eating wives, mothers eating children, and one very pissed-off John Marston in the official trailer for Red Dead Redemption’s Undead Nightmare. Click to view Now that’s good eating! Take a moment to soak up the sheer horror of the undead invasion of Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. Then come back tomorrow, when we’ll…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2010