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Sep
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New Releases: Week of October 1st, 2007
Category: PSP, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, New Releases | 
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It’s that time of week again, where we remind you of all the new, kick ass games coming out in the next week. The game I’m most excited for this week is, without question, PGR4. But with games like Enemy Territory, Spider-Man Friend or Foe and The Legend of Zelda also come to retail shelves […]
Sep
30
The Master Chief is really Stretch Armstrong!!!
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OK, so maybe he isn’t really Stretch Armstrong*, but thanks to this nifty bug, he might as well be. Teh awesome Tehuberone showed me a couple of pictures of the Chief all stretch liked one day while showing off his stats in Halo 3. Yes, I get it Tehuberone, you’re awesome, leave me alone!
So how […]
Sep
30
On Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture
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Over at Metafilter, they have a post with information about Randy Pausch’s last ever lecture, explaining the sad yet touching final CMU talk from the Alice educational game engine co-creator and important game education figure.
Honestly, Metafilter’s synopsis is so good and link-packed that I’ll include a lot of it here: “Randy Pausch is a […]
Sep
30
GamePro France is reporting that Sony may have something up their sleeves in two weeks time. According to the roughly translated article, the announcement is said to be of some significance:
Indeed, it seems that the dated October 12, 2007 one was chosen by Sony to make an enough important advertisement to be qualified in-house “big-bang."
To […]
Sep
30
Everything old is new again. Neo Retro game makers, Pixeljam, on tonight’s RFGO!
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Just a friendly reminder that the latest episode of RFGO! will be recording in a few hours. On tonight’s show, we’ll be having on a special guest whose works fall right into our little sandbox of interests: Retro.
Rich Grillotti, the co-owner and art designer for Pixeljam Games, will be joining us to discuss some the […]
Sep
30
Destructoid review: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
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Feel that? Zelda’s in the air. Oh, that special time of year (or, y’know, span of years) where we finally get our hands on Link’s latest adventure in Hyrule — er, Hyrule or Some Neighboring Kingdom — and consume ourselves in a land of monsters, swords, bombs and rupees. While we’re seeing the games come […]
Sep
30
Canadian Wal-Mart rolling back prices on PlayStation 3
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Today, I am proud to be a Canadian. Not only is our dollar on par with the American dollar, after 30 years, but our Wal-Mart is currently selling PlayStation 3 systems cheaper than the US Wal-Mart is. Long live the mountie!
Right now, Wal-Mart is selling the 80GB Playstation 3 bundle for $549.83, which is $110 […]
Sep
30
David Hayter is cool. In addition to voicing the ever badass Solid Snake, Hayter has written the screenplay for the first X-Men movie, and co-written screenplays for X2: X-Men United and the Scorpion King. Oh, and he’s Guyver, which is also awesome beyond comprehension. But, in the gaming world, Hayter is known almost exclusively for […]
Sep
30
Scissors required: Sony’s Eye of Judgment bundle pack
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Get your scissors out for this one, folks: Sony has revealed the bundle package for the upcoming PlayStation 3 card-battle title, Eye of Judgment. The bundle will be packaged in that demonic plastic that requires scissors, your teeth, a chainsaw, and a whole lot of patience to open up.
The bundle will include a starter deck, […]
Sep
30
COLUMN: ‘Game Mag Weaseling’: Future US: Now They’re Playing with Power
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The November Nintendo Power arrived in my mailbox the other day, and as managing editor Scott Pelland writes in his opening letter, it’s officially the last one that Nintendo of America is producing. As was widely reported elsewhere, after 20 years and 221 issues (only one of which Pelland himself isn’t on the masthead for […]