Blizzard’s highly-anticipated ‘Diablo 3’ is free to play all weekend long. Fans can play the open beta until Monday morning.
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Should Gamers Be Nervous About A Kickstarter Bubble?
I’ve been pretty enthusiastic about the rise of crowdfunded games on Kickstarter – the success of Double Fine Adventure and Wasteland 2 is just the tip of a very large, and growing, iceberg. But not everyone agrees. Over at Hardcore Gamer, Dack writes: Like all bubbles, the Kickstarter one is bound to burst. Gamers are […]
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As Video Game Sales Climb Year Over Year, Violent Crime Continues To Fall
It’s fashionable to blame violent crime and shooting tragedies on violent video games. The only problem? There’s no scientific link between the two.
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Ted Nugent Understands The Viral Nature Of The Internet Better Than The Secret Service
Ted Nugent said “I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama is re-elected, but he’s just trying to get your attention. The aging rock star understands how to go viral in the age of social media.
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Are Board Games Better Than Video Games?
Quintin Smith has an interesting post over at Kotaku in which he argues that board games and pen-and-paper RPGs are superior to video games, for a number of reasons. For one, he argues, technology itself and the entire development process required to put together a major video game can muck it up beyond recognition. Board […]
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Team Ico’s ‘The Last Guardian’ And The Illusion Of Half-Realism
When Team Ico’s Fumito Ueda justified changing the sex of the protagonist in ‘The Last Guardian’ he used ‘realism’ to justify his decision. Because girls wear skirts.
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Using KickStarter For Evil: DarkForge Wants To Raise $100,000 To Make ‘Nekro’
“Wouldn’t it be awesome if there was a game where you could just walk into an innocent town, raise a bunch of zombies, skeletons and monsters and watch while they rip the townspeople to shreds?” That’s the premise for DarkForge’s new KickStarter project, Nekro, an old-school twist on traditional overhead action games like Dungeon Keeper. […]
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Man Strips Naked At Oregon Airport To Protest TSA
It was a day like any other for TSA agents at the Portland International Airport. That is, until 50-year-old John E. Brennan showed up. Brennan, upset by what he called “harassment” by the TSA, decided to go one step further than pat-downs or body scanners. In an act that can only be described as civil disobedience, […]
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Spoiled Little Emperors: Mass Effect And The Three Other Most Severe Cases Of ‘Gamer Entitlement’
If nothing else, the phrase ‘gamer entitlement’ has lost its edge, serving as a lazy sit-in for an actual argument.
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Mass Effect 3 Is Way Funnier With Bleeps
has already posted this, but I feel compelled to do so as well, if only because this made me laugh out loud. Dave writes, “I’ve always felt that bleeping was funnier than swearing anyways, and this video proves that beyond a shadow of the doubt.” This gets back to the whole concept of leaving some […]
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