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Jan
27
” Don’t forget that today is the last day to download your personal apology game from XBLA for free. For the uninformed, I will encapsulate the situation as best I can. Xbox Live had dicey service over the holidays and in an attempt to make up for it, offered Xbox Live Gold members a free […]
Jan
27
Games of the week for 01/27/08: Disrupting my coronation edition
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Because really, it still remains the greatest scene in film history. Ever.
In a surprising twist, the editors of gaming blogs actually play videogames sometimes. Every week, we allow ourselves the self-indulgence of telling you what we’ve been playing. Then we allow you the pleasure of replying and telling us what you’ve been playing too. We […]
Jan
27
As we gradually accumulate more sources here, the GameSetLink-age may even graduate to daily, instead of day-and-a-half-ly, as it is now.
But heck, there’s just so much good material out there about games which doesn’t get covered by mainstream news or blog sites, and we love crunching it into the brain and out onto the […]
Jan
27
GameSetLink: Uplink My TiQal, Please?
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As we gradually accumulate more sources here, the GameSetLink-age may even graduate to daily, instead of day-and-a-half-ly, as it is now . But heck, there’s just so much good material out there about games which doesn’t get covered by mainstream news or blog sites, and we love crunching it into the brain and out […]
Jan
27
Destructoid Network: This week’s finest 01/27/08
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You know what’s awesome? Having fangirls is awesome. Take for example this Boobtendo wallpaper that Dtoider pheonix_blood made for me. She totally wants me.
On Destructoid, we dealt with the Mass Effect vs. Fox news stupidy issue all week long. On Japanator, we found out that Smash Bros. fans are scary. On the C-Blogs, tazarthayoot goes […]
Jan
27
[In this thought-provoking opinion piece, game designer/author Ian Bogost takes a look at his experience downloading PlayStation Network game titles to make the argument that “people think that digital download makes content more accessible, but that’s not always, or perhaps not often the case”.]
Recently, David Edery wrote a nice feature on Gamasutra about how […]
Jan
27
RetroforceGO! recording episode 34 tonight: TurboGrafx 16 and PC Engine
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Tonight we take a look at the TurboGrafx 16 and all the shooters games that made it great. From shoot-em-ups to cute-em-ups, Bonk to Zonk, to its weird controller and everything in between, we think it deserves its own episode.
Personally, I never had a TurboGrafx 16 growing up, so my experience is limited to what […]
Jan
27
Guitar Hero coming to DS as Guitar Hero: On Tour?
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Besides the fact that we know a portable version of Guitar Hero will be making its way to the Nintendo DS, we really know little else. Red Octane’s Charles Huang had insinuated that the game might take advantage of a peripheral, but clearly that’s not necessary for a portable Guitar Hero experience.
Some new information has […]
Jan
27
Metal Gear Essentials: another reason to buy them all over again?
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You may have set your sights on the upcoming MGS4 as the next item from Konami to satisfy your Metal Gear needs, but there’s no reason why you can’t revisit the great games of the past for a refresher course during the interim. Apparently Konami is banking on just that, as PlayAsia has an interesting pre-order listed on the PS2 section […]
Jan
27
COLUMN: ‘The Aberrant Gamer’: What Are You Fighting For?
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[The Aberrant Gamer is a weekly, somewhat NSFW column by Leigh Alexander, dedicated to the kinks and quirks we gamers tend to keep under our hats – those predilections and peccadilloes less commonly discussed in conventional media.]
Shooting has always been, and will probably always be, a core game mechanic. Not that this necessarily needs to […]