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Write a Snappy Catchphrase, Hear It in NBA Jam
EA Sports just opened a contest to get four fan-written catchphrases announced in NBA Jam‘s reboot for the Wii. Note: “Boom-shakalaka” is already taken, but “boom-shakalaka-lakalakalaka” technically is still eligible. Enter the contest through the game’s Facebook page. They need submissions for the following plays: Dunks, assists, alley oops, blocks, three pointers, regular field goals,…
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Green Day Sounds Pretty Certain It Will Have DLC for Rock Band
Although a producer said earlier there will be no additional DLC for Green Day: Rock Band – giving a rather sophisticated, creative reasoning for the decision – the band’s drummer sounds certain there will be more tracks coming via download. Speaking to Game Informer, Green Day’s Tre Cool said: We wanted it all to go…
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Who’s Killing Who In Alpha Protocol
There’s so many different battling factions in Sega’s Alpha Protocol you’d need a score card to keep up, or perhaps an explanatory trailer. Alpha Protocol drops on June 1, with plenty of different factions packed in for Agent Michael Thorton to shoot at, make deals with, and play against each other in a high stakes…
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This Is Not The Marvel Super Hero MMO You’ve Been Waiting For
It might not be the City of Heroes meets the X-Men we were hoping for, but kids should get a kick out of playing as tiny versions of their favorite Marvel characters in Gazillion Entertainment’s Super Hero Squad Online. Gazillion finally draws back the curtain on Super Hero Squad Online, the massively-multiplayer online game first…
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Coming Soon: LEGO Human Organs
Researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology have found a way to encase living cells in stackable cubes to create what some are calling LEGO organs. Building things out of toy blocks has long been a favorite pastime of children and adults the world over. Why should biomedical engineers be left out…
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How To Opt-In For The World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta
The closed beta test for World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion is just around the corner, and Blizzard is encouraging players to opt-in for their chance at early access. Here’s how you do that. You’ll need a Battle.net account with a World of Warcraft license attached to it in order to opt-in for the Cataclysm beta.…
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God Of War Writer Gets Shanked
Marianne Krawczyk, best known for bringing Kratos to life as the writer of God of War, is lending her talents to a different kind of hero in Klei Entertainment’s Shank. Shank’s story is a gritty, personal tale of revenge, and that’s one subject that Marianne Krawczyk is fluent in, thanks to writing credits for all…
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Quadriplegic Gamer Calls For Custom Button Remapping In Console Games
To many of us, custom button remapping in video games is a luxury, but for quadriplegic gamer Chuck Bittner, forced to control games with his mouth, it’s a necessity. Bittner, seen here hating on the Rust map in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, broke his neck in a car accident, resulting in total paralysis…
By Mike Fahey
