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Jackpot Trivia
To: Luke From: Owen By far the highlight of my week back in the Bay Area came Tuesday night at Beckett’s pub in Berkeley. My team of six – three of us from Columbia, so suck on that, Cal – cleaned up the weekly trivia contest and took the jackpot. I’m happy to report that…
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Mass Effect 2’s Sex Scenes Already Revealed [Update]
Looks like someone with an early copy of Mass Effect 2 has skipped straight to the money shots, digging up four steamy-yet-clothed scenes involving male Shepard and three of his office conquests. Update: The blog Empire State Gamer found these originally. Commenter ItotheCtotheE found three of ’em up on YouTube. The one above is probably…
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Nomura: Still No FFVII Remake, but Maybe Cloud Cameos
Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura reiterated the no-plans watch for a Final Fantasy VII remake any time soon, although it would take much more than the nuanced way he said it to put to rest the speculation on this game. In the current Famitsu, Nomura, who designed the game’s much-beloved characters, says: Fans are looking…
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Week in Games: MAG Effect
The first big release week of 2010 arrives with Mass Effect 2, MAG, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and even some Phoenix Wright and No More Heroes thrown in. That gives you major console exclusives on the 360, PS3 and Wii all on Super Tuesday, with Blood Bowl (likewise a 360/PC exclusive) thrown in. This week’s count:…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Microsoft’s Top Ten Milestones of the Past Decade [The Kartel] A rather credible assessment of how Microsoft evolved from new entrant with a money-losing console…
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BioShock 2 Score will be Available Digitally
Garry Schyman, who composed the award-winning score for the first BioShock, returns to duty in BioShock 2, and word is that you won’t need to buy the special edition just to get your hands on the soundtrack. Citing “a recent conversation with Schyman,” Gametunes.net says the Bioshock 2 album will be sold via iTunes and…
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Hey Kids, Now You Can Ride Sonic (the Rollercoaster)
You’ll have to visit the Alton Towers Resort in the U.K., but Sega Europe has inked an “exclusive video game rights” deal with the amusement park, which includes a “ride and stay experience.” Can we please have more double entendres? The ride will be called “Sonic Spinball,” and it will be an updated version of…
By Owen Good
