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Rent Video Games
Aug
21
When the word went out across the wire that we were being given a chance to review the latest title from the man behind Parappa The Rapper and Vib-Ribbon, every part of my body physically capable of erection became engorged with the fury of a thousand suns. After a quick trip to the ER to […]
Aug
21
tell us your favorite time that you were recognized for gaming. whether it was winning a tournament or being on the top of a games leader boards, it could even be something as small as being mentioned on a message board by some online peers, or maybe if you are a popular bloger, did you […]
Aug
21
Ninjatown DS trailer somehow makes cute ninjas okay
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It is a universal fact that ninjas should not be cute. It really kills the credibility of being a ruthless killing machine if women are cooing over you. However, figure in a DS title populated by Shawnimals, and somehow the whole concept becomes somehow much more acceptable. For those of you not familar with them, […]
Aug
21
We recently pointed out that pseudonymous Japan-based game creator JC Barnett (ex of Japanmanship) was nice enough to write up ‘Working In Japanese Game Development: The Facts’ for us at Gamasutra.
Well, we’ve just posted the second article, subtitled ‘The Other Side Of The Rainbow’ over at Gama, in which Barnett “…explains a little more […]
Aug
21
The New York battle intro from World in Conflict
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The latest video from Sierra’s World in Conflict shows us what we all already know — real wars suck but videogame wars are fun as hell! Sure, it is just the a CGI trailer (I’m a sucker for CGI trailers) but it has really raised my interests in the game now.
This trailer is the intro […]
Aug
21
Podtoid 30: Yet another one is released edition!
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Courtesy of Destructoid.com and well, me, here’s the latest episode of Podtoid, #30!
The cast this week is the same as it was last week (seeing a pattern here?):
Nex ——————————— Darnassus
Leigh Alexander ——————- Ironforge
Aaron Linde ———————— Stormwind
We discussed many things, insulted a lot of people (yeah, I’m going to get letters) and made some jokes that […]
Aug
21
Health Experts Back Video Games-Exercise Combination In Fight Against Child Obesity
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Children aged between seven to 11 years old were given the chance to choose between exercising only, playing games associated with a sedentary lifestyle, or physical activity combined with playing video games.
While ten per cent of their time was spent exercising only, sixty per cent was taken up
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (simonc) and software by […]
Aug
21
Final Fantasy had better watch out. So many copycats are coming out of the woodworks eventually one is going to match up with the long running series. Shadow Hearts is definitely a reproduction of Final Fantasy X, with a huge difference. Covenant is one hell of a weird game.
The story in Shadow
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Aug
21
Japanese arcade machine breaks arms as well as spirits
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A Japanese arm wrestling arcade machine called Arm Spirit is being pulled from Japan’s arcades by its distributor after three players broke their arm in a match with the cabinet’s fake arm.
"The machine isn’t that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it," said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano […]
Aug
21
Shrink says Jack Thompson is sane? That’s crazy!
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Jim told us last month that famed attorney and anti-violence crusader Jack Thompson was ordered to undergo psychological testing, but now it looks like video gaming’s very own "Whacko Jack-o" isn’t so whacked after all — or at least that’s what his paid psychologist says.
The overall impression is that of a socially committed, and religiously […]