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Will You Be Buying God Of War III At Midnight?
GameStop just dropped a list of stores opening at midnight to make sure 24-hour Walmart stores don’t steal all of their customers when the game launches. Will you be staying up late to kill the gods? That’s what GameStop midnight launches are all about, after all. I’m sure part of it is making sure the…
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Rhode Island Bill Proposes Jail Time for Selling M-Rated Games to Kids
Well, here we go again. Rhode Island has a bill in its legislature that provides for up to $1,000 in fines and a year in jail for selling M- or AO-rated games to underage buyers. The bill may sound familiar to failed efforts in California and Utah, although I’m not sure any sought to put…
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Cooking Mama Inevitably Turns To Crafting
A year after we discovered a trademark registration for it, Majesco is finally ready to make Crafting Mama official. The woman with the most free time in the world returns this fall with a whole new bag of domestic tricks. She’s taught you how to cook, helped you cultivate your garden, and now she’s going…
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June 8 To Be A Green Day In Rock Band History
The second artist-centric Rock Band title now has a release date, with 47 tracks worth of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool coming to the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on June 8. Like The Beatles: Rock Band, Green Day: Rock Band doesn’t mess around with bands inspired by the California trio,…
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It’s Always The Same Old Story For Video Game Villains
It doesn’t matter if you’re Bowser, Mother Brain, Dr. Eggman, Hitler, or Mike Tyson, the motivational speech is always the same, and it always gets you absolutely nowhere, as this CollegeHumor clip readily demonstrates. I think the main problem lies in the fact that it’s only one man, generally assaulting a fortress made to withstand…
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Bad Company 2 Borrows Modern Warfare 2’s Marketing
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 joins Infinity Ward’s fight against “mapathy” on March 30, unlocking its second set of VIP maps on the same day that Modern Warfare 2’s first map pack drops – only Battlefield’s maps are free. That’s the point being driven home in a post on the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 website titled…
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Comcast’s Internet Usage Meter Should Drive The OCD Insane
In August of 2008, cable internet provider Comcast imposed a 250GB limit on bandwidth, scaring many of their internet gaming customers. Now the company is rolling out an internet usage meter, so customers can obsessively track every single megabyte. Great! As a Comcast customer who regularly downloads four to five games off of Steam a…
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Splinter Cell: Conviction Preview: Either Sam Fisher Mellowed With Age Or I Have
My time with the latest preview build of Splinter Cell: Conviction transformed me from a stealth operations hater to a deadly master assassin, stalking dark corridors with deadly intent. Has the game changed, or have I? The preview build I played featured the first three levels of the game, which we’ve seen on multiple occasions,…
By Mike Fahey
