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Survey Says U.S. Gamers Older, Fatter than Thought
Hooray! Video gamers’ average age is that of mine – 35. Less celebrated: gamers are more likely to be unhealthier, fatter, and more depressed than others. Those are the findings of – ding ding ding!!! – a new study. The Centers for Disease Control examined 500 adults across all majority ages (18 and up) in…
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A Link For All Seasons
The Design Inspiration has a collection of Legend of Zelda artwork up in the style of their amazing Super Mario Bros. artwork we some some time ago. Sadly, I don’t see any Links that could pass for Daniel Day-Lewis — but there’s one that kind of looks like Jeff Bridges before he went to seed.…
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The Free Madden Winner is — Probably Not You
Not unless your name is Taylor H. He was chosen at random from more than 500 correctly answering entrants, the Charger fan living in Eagles country – Lancaster, Pa., to be exact – took home my copy of Madden NFL 10. More than 800 answered yesterday’s trivia question, 300 of them incorrectly. The player on…
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Cyberpunk and video games
Chances are you’ve heard me mention cyberpunk before, maybe as a tangent to a rant about steampunk — but this article over on GamesRadar explores the concept way better. Joe McNeilly’s “Neuromancer: 25 Years Later” looks at the connection between cyberpunk granddaddy William Gibson‘s work and the video game scene today. It’s a lengthy read…
By AJ Glasser