ArenaNet has crafted a beautiful open-world that vastly improves the more confined spaces of its predecessor, but it’s sill too early to say how addicting Guild Wars 2 will be.
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Month: July 2012
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ – A Comic Book Movie First, Meditation On Power Second
Despite its brooding meditation on power and class disparity, The Dark Knight Rises is a comic book film first and foremost. That’s a good thing.
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Why Sony Needs A Low-Cost, Low-Storage PlayStation 3
Rumors that Sony will release a cheap PlayStation 3 with just 16GB of storage have been popping up lately. If true, it’s a smart move on Sony’s part.
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BioWare Artist Recreates Obi-Wan’s Lightsaber
It may not have the deadly laser edge that Obi-Wan’s “real” lightsaber had, but Brad Lewis’s recreation of the Star Wars Jedi blade is stunning nonetheless. Lewis, a senior visual-effects artist at BioWare, works on games like Star Wars: The Old Republic. In his off-time he builds model lightsabers and posts pictures of them to his […]
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Penn State Players Get A Raw Deal, But Sanctions Were Impossible To Avoid
NCAA president Mark Emmert announces sanctions against the Penn State football program following a cover-up of child abuse at the school. I can only nod my head in agreement with when he writes that even the sanctions against Penn State are far too lenient. After years of covering up sexual abuse of boys at the […]
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Breaking Bad’s Clever Los Pollos Hermanos Commercial Easter Egg
This commercial for Gus Fring’s Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant aired in the ninth episode of Season 3, “Kafkaesque,” well before Hank had learned anything about Madrgial Electromotive. But if you look at the small print in the commercial you’ll see the first mention of the German company. This is subtle foreshadowing to be sure. It’s […]
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‘Breaking Bad’ Rushes Forward Into Season 5 With ‘Madrigal’
In “Madrigal” Breaking Bad rushes headlong into its fifth season, introducing us to new characters and giving new depth to old ones.
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First Wasteland 2 Screenshot Goes Up On Kickstarter
You can see the larger version here. It’s an in-development shot, but it still looks pretty sweet. From the Kickstarter update: “In our effort to establish the appropriate look and feel for the re-launch of the Wasteland franchise, we sifted through a variety of media types available on the market for inspiration. Among all of […]
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Why The Next Generation Of Video Games Needs A Next Generation Of Television
High-definition next-generation video games will eventually need higher-definition TVs. The first time I played The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 instead of my gaming PC I was disappointed with the graphics. It wasn’t that the graphics were bad – far from it. As console games go, The Witcher 2 is one of the better looking titles out there. […]
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CNN Guest: ‘Video Games Help You Get In The Mode To Do The Killing’
A criminal profiler on CNN claimed that video games put psychopaths “in the mood” to kill. Of course, there’s nothing scientific to back this up.
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