Friday, February 13, 2009

10 Smug Hardcore Gamer Quotes

You've been caught playing Professor Layton on the DS. Or you accidentally left your copy of Carnival Games out on the coffee table. Your hardcore gamer reputation is now hanging by a thread. Your next words could be crucial. Memorize these 10 smug gaming assertions & arguments and drop them like bombs when your hardcore bonafides are on the line.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Ten of the Coolest Hacked Super Mario Levels

From Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario World, here are ten of the hardest, coolest and I don’t know, let’s say “raddest” levels a ROM hack can provide.

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Top 10 Video Game Love Stories

It's Valentine's week, so we decided to go through our library of video games and pull out the ones with the best love stories. We looked at a variety of love stories ranging from games that would cause a tear to roll down your cheek at game's end to others that would have you go on a rampage of vengeance until a love is avenged.

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Sega to Close Arcades, Cancel Games, Lay Off Hundreds

Sega's Japanese main branch said Tuesday that it will close 110 arcades, cancel some games in development and seek to lay off 18 percent of its staff.

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First Left 4 Dead DLC Pack to Be Free

"Straight from the horse's mouth comes word that the upcoming DLC pack for Valve's Left 4 Dead is to be free of charge. That means that you and your fellow survivors can enjoy the new 'survival mode' as well as the two new campaigns for no charge. In case you did not catch on yet, this is excellent news! Now go blow away..."

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Top 13 Video Game Urban Legends

Remember the simple times before the Internet when gamers had to rely on their friends and the occasional monthly mag to update them on strange cheats and Easter eggs? Those were the days, back when you could spend nights trying to unlock Shen Long or revive Aeris only to realize you'd been duped.

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Jack Black "Turns On" An Xbox 360

Looks like someone got a little turned on when Jack was in the shower. That Xbox was soooo hot. Then suddenly, something entered the room that made all of Mr. Black's gaming fantasies come true.

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The Top 15 Funniest Halo Deaths

There have been an infinite number of times where I’ve suddenly died in Halo and yelled “How the **** did that happen?” Usually, I’m too lazy to go into the replay just to see what actually went down, but fortunately for us, there are tons of people who do just that.

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10 First-Person Shooter Cliches

Just because you've been from one end of the galaxy to the other and shot it out with Nazis, diseased space monkeys, robotic demons and demonic robots doesn't mean that you can't stand to hear this briefing one more time! We're going to tell you all the things you need to know about your next mission.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Electronic Arts Won't Run From Risk

Despite the cuts, despite the layoffs, despite the economic apocalypse, Electronic Arts will continue to take chances with its upcoming games."We can take risks because we are pretty sure our blockbusters are going to generate good revenue that allow us some cushion,"

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Video Game Characters that Look Like David Bowie

As a celebration of all things Bowie, and a tribute to the video game characters that have clearly taken inspiration from his undeniable fashion sense and stylish flare, we present this humble feature -- the top ten video game characters that look like David Bowie!

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Dead Rising 2 officially announced, looks amazing

Today Capcom confirmed the speculation from this weekend that Dead Rising 2 is indeed on the way. Official screenshots and trailer is included inside, and looks great.

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5 ways Nintendo completely screwed up WiiWare

So when TellTale announced that they had the Wallace and Gromit license, I posted about it. I did this because I, like almost everyone else who saw the announcement, presumed the game would be heading to WiiWare as a successor to Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. Some sites labeled the original announcement Wii news, or listed the launc

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Oregon Trail...Kitteh Style!

Kitteh has a broken axle...Lose 5 days!

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The Greatest PC Games of All Time From The '80s

Take a walk down memory lane and check out some of the PC games that shaped both our youths and the gaming world as we know it today.

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Blizzard Drops Out of E3 2009

Despite recent confirmation that Activision Blizzard would appear at this year's E3 conference in Los Angeles, World of Warcraft creator Blizzard will not be in attendance, reports GiantBomb."Blizzard Entertainment will not be attending or participating in E3 2009," a representative from the firm told the gaming site.

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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Top 10 Video Game Commercials

Video games are advertised in all sorts of ways, with one of the original methods being commercials on TV. I have to say that most video game commercials of today are pretty boring compared to what I watched as I grew up. Some were good, others were bad, and then there are those that truly grabbed the audience's attention.

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Sega wins official Winter Olympics games contract.

Sega Corporation today announced a worldwide agreement with International Sports Multimedia (ISM), exclusive licensee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to once again become the sole approved video game publisher of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada.

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Friday, February 6, 2009

New .tel domain names will create world's largest phonebook

The .tel domain names will be available from this afternoon. They differ from other website addresses because they are meant to host individual entries that together will make up a vast virtual directory.

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Top 5 Short-but-sweet Video Games

Lighter in calories than those endless epics, but no less filling — or fun. Click on "Print this" to view all five on a single page.

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Classic Game Ads of Yesteryear (PICS)

All the editors at GamesRadar are huge nerds and have been since birth. We visited our parents and dove into the closet to read our old comic books. What we found was both disappointing and exciting....

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Kid Breaks World Record (and a Controller) in Guitar Hero

At a Best Buy store in Midtown Manhattan, Danny recorded a score of 973,954 with a roughly seven-minute rendition of DragonForce’s heavy-metal shredder “Through the Fire and Flames,” the game’s most difficult song.

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Read Twilight Books On-Line for FREE

Read Twilight Books On-Line for Free. get into the community and fans of twilight. lets get into it. Also available. Twilight the Movie.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine CG trailer

Wolverine is a badass, and this debut CG trailer slowly makes us believe that maybe, just maybe, he will finally get the game we all know he deserves.

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QuadPong - Insane 4 way Pong Game

A new twist on an old classic. Using the mouse move your 4 paddles (one on each side) around to keep the ball in play!

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Paedophiles are using PlayStation HOME - Proof Inside

The PlayStation 3's new free MMO has attracted thousands of fans, but stories are beginning to emerge of sexual predators lurking in the virtual world. Gameplayer details their own disturbing story in this article, as well as reveals others from around the Net and getting the official word from Sony on how they approach it.

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First Impressions of Resident Evil 5 cause mixed emotions

Resident Evil 5, the next iteration in the ever-popular Resident Evil series, will drop worldwide on March 13th, 2009. The demo has been up for grabs for the past week and gamers' first impressions are coming in. There is praise for having co-op mode and the beautiful graphics, but apparently, the controls are screwed up again!

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How-To: Emulate Vintage Gaming on your PS3

It's easy to forget that the PS3 is a fully-equipped PC in your living room attached to your house's best monitor. Installing Ubuntu can help you remember, and play SNES games in the process.

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How-To: Emulate Vintage Gaming on your PS3

It's easy to forget that the PS3 is a fully-equipped PC in your living room attached to your house's best monitor. Installing Ubuntu can help you remember, and play SNES games in the process.

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Confirmed: Nintendo DSi out in Spring

Come faster, Spring! Come faster!

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