My poor Play Games page has been neglected for an awfully long time. I had high ambitions for it when I first put it up, but to be honest, I just kind of forgot about it. So for the past year or so it’s only had two games on it. Sorry about that. Today I finally got […]
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Today Nintendo unleashed a load of shiny new 3DS trailers in their Nintendo Direct presentation. The game that most caught my eye was Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, which is the newest addition to the Fatal Frame series of games. It also has the distinction of being one of the only few horror titles soon to […]
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Frictional Games, the developer of Amnesia: The Dark Descent—arguably one of the scariest games ever made—has been teasing fans with hints at a sequel for a while now. Today we get our first look at some screenshots, and later today there will be an interview with the game’s designers. Joystiq has the very latest.
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Today I saw a post over on the Adventure Gamers forums about a new indie adventure game for iOS that sounded like something I’d really enjoy, so I got all excited—until I remembered that I can’t play it because I don’t own any iOS devices except for an old iPod Nano that I barely use. […]
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If there was ever a game considered right up my alley, this might be it. This awesome-looking game from indie developer Phosfiend Systems fuses sweet synth music with classic point-and-click style adventure gaming. FRACT is a first person adventure game for Windows & Mac much in the vein of the Myst titles, but with an electro twist. As if this didn’t already sound amazing enough, lead developer Richard Flanagan describes it as “Rez meets TRON.”
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I was cruising around on Etsy today (as I often tend to do when I have money burning a hole in my pocket) and came across some pretty awesome handmade creations inspired by the greatest 80’s fantasy film, Labyrinth. Below is a sampling of the most interesting items I could find, which range from cute to […]
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“Gaming widows,” spouses who lose the attention of their significant other to gaming, aren’t happy with their marriages. According to a new study by Brigham Young University, excessive gaming often leads to unhappy marriages, and in many cases, divorce. The Chicago Tribune reports: The researchers surveyed 349 couples with at least one spouse who plays a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), such as World of Warcraft or Eve Online, about their marital satisfaction.
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Some stills of the new TMNT CGI cartoon have turned up on the Toyark. Though some designs of the show were revealed at last week’s Toyfair, this is really our first look at other characters’ actual appearance on the show. The show which will premiere on Nickelodeon, still has no clear release date other than it’ll be showing up sometime in 2012.
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You know, I’ve been saying how boring Jim and Pam are getting lately. Last week’s episode of The Office ended on a very interesting note, which you may not have noticed unless you stuck around to watch until the very last three seconds. In the final scene, Kathy is overheard talking on her cellphone about […]
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Chronicle is a sci-fi thriller about three teenage boys who come into contact with a strange, radioactive substance found in a well near their Seattle home, and weeks later discover that they’ve developed telekinesis-like abilities. The story centers on angsty highschooler Andrew Detmer, who begins documenting his troubled life with video. He constantly gets picked on, […]
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Hey, remember a few years ago when we heard there’d be a new live-action Ninja Turtles film in 2011 and I got all excited about it? Just when I was starting to give up hope, I saw the news this morning: Paramount is in development on a live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It has been a rough transition so far from comic to feature, but the studio is taking the project in an unexpected direction. Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form of Platinum Dunes—the production company behind horror remakes such A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th—are shepherding the reboot.
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It’s Valentine’s Day! And what more could you want than yet another list about video game couples? I know you’re excited. Don’t hide it. I realize there’s no shortage of lists out there about video game couples. I’ve seen them all: “Best Couples”, “Greatest Couples”, “Top Couples”, “Worst Couples”, and my personal favorite, “Probably Gay Couples.” (Etc, […]
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With the North American launch of PlayStation Vita just days away, 1up has put together this in-depth evaluation, which serves as a scorecard of sorts to help you decide if Sony’s newest handheld will be a worthy investment of your hard-earned gaming dollars. Like many gamers, I too am weighing the decision of whether or not to […]
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Yesterday’s news of a young man found dead at an internet cafe in Taiwan is just the latest case of an increasingly common occurrence: dropping dead while playing video games. While many of us are able to play a lot of games and still lead (relatively) normal lives, it seems we’ve all known at least one other gamer who struggles to maintain a healthy gaming/life balance. Here are six woeful tales of people who died playing video games.
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Watching Kellene on Doomsday Preppers, I got the sense the lady was a little kooky, but I could appreciate what she was trying to do and even admired her sense of purpose in helping other people prepare. But that was before I heard Kellene Bishop might be a scam artist. Today a random blog reader alerted me to this Ripoff Report about Kellene Bishop’s shady past running her own commercial lending brokerage, in which she apparently swindled people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Today’s issue of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 from Dark Horse Comics, Buffy shares her newly discovered status as a pregnant woman with her family and friends. She presumes that the vampire on-again-off-again lover Spike is the father, although there’s some plot-purposeful indecision about that. But more controversially, the comic explores her decision to have an abortion.
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According to a recent study, in just three years 44 percent of the country is now gaming thanks to a rise in social networking and mobile adoption. If the trend continues with the same momentum, we could see a majority of the country planting virtual crops and setting up virtual kingdoms.
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I happen to love the Sega CD dearly and hold a special place in my heart for it, but holy shit did it have some terrible commercials. It’s a tough job marketing game consoles that have a maximum of 64 colors displayable simultaneously, but somebody’s gotta do it. Today I’m waxing nostalgic about my favorite full motion […]
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God I hope this is true: TDW Geek by way of Paul Gale is reporting that Rocksteady’s next game is called The Manhattan Crisis… a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. If you’ve played the standout Batman: Arkham Asylum or its even more acclaimed sequel, Arkham City, I don’t have to tell you how incredible this collaboration would be.
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Did you catch the series premiere of Doomsday Preppers on National Geographic channel last night? Talk about batshit. Did the producers intend for the show to be this hilarious? (skip ahead to the poll) Watching the show and seeing how most of these people live, it’s hard not to draw comparisons to Hoarders. You might even call […]
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3. a girl who doesn't get out much
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