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This Is Where Lightsaber Crystals Come From
The next planet to be revealed for BioWare’s Knights of the Old Republic is Ilum, the hotly-contested home of the crystals that give lightsabers their pretty colors. The caverns of Ilum are home to crystals of wondrous power. Specifically the power to make your lightsaber purple. For ages young Jedi would make pilgrimages to the…
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The United States Army Is Testing Fallout PIPBoys
You can call the devices the U.S. Army is testing out at Fort Dix in New Jersey wrist mounted phosphorescent OLED Displays is you want. We’re calling them PIPBoys. What the gentleman in the photo here is looking at is one of eight wrist mounted phosphorescent OLED Displays delivered to the U.S. Army for testing…
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This Just Cause 2 Stunt Was Worth $10,000
All Daniel Steinberg of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, had to do to win $10,000 from Square Enix was fly a jet plane through a casino. Steinberg is the winner of the Square Enix Just Cause 2 Stunt Challenge, beating out several solid competitors with his precision flying. It’s not the most impressive Just Cause 2…
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A Better View Of The Final Fantasy XIII Agito And Versus TGS Trailer
Last month we brought you shaky cam footage of the behind-closed-doors trailers for Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Versus XIII. Now we’ve got a better look. Square Enix has released the trailer on its Japanese website for Square Enix members to view, and now it’s shown up on YouTube as well. It’s a much clearer…
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Across Age DX Is Like A Whole New Game
Not only does FDG Mobile’s Across Age DX rectify the one issue I had with the original game, it looks absolutely stunning, courtesy of the iPhone 4’s Retina display. The original Across Age was a charming little action RPG, filled with time-twisting puzzles and old school charm, but the combat system was horrible. While one…
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Lego Universe Is Open For Early Business
The building blocks of the LEGO Universe community fall into place as NetDevil’s toy-based MMO opens two weeks early for its Founders. Fans who preordered LEGO Universe through official LEGO channels are now up to their necks in colorful toy bricks, fighting evil, championing creativity, and letting their imaginations run wild via the game’s user-friendly…
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Uncover Your Guild Wars 2 Legacy In The Hall Of Monuments
What will your Guild Wars 2 persona inherit from your original Guild Wars characters? Kotaku talks to ArenaNet designer John Hargrove and lead designer Eric Flannum about the newly-launched Hall of Monuments Reward Calculator. The Hall of Monuments, introduced in 2007’s Eye of the North expansion pack, is a trophy vault commemorating each player’s accomplishments…
By Mike Fahey
