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The ever-entertaining TF2 blog has been updated with a bit more info on the sniper update. Looks like the sniper will be getting a new gun with a shorter range as an unlockable! In an effort to reduce some of the aggravation that other players feel towards the Sniper, we chose the goal of designing […] Add comment
Another entry in the delightful GROW series of games, GROW Island was made for the Shibaura Institute of Technology as an informational introduction site to the school. I’d venture to say that this is probably the coolest college intro page ever made. The author states: It’s only as an college introduction, for purpose of illustration. […] Add comment
On the Wii, this week, you could download Penguins & Friends Hey! That’s My Fish! from the WiiWare collection. This is a multi-player board game in which you compete with your friends to be the penguin who catches the most fish for the hungry penguin tribe (flock?). The board is assembled randomly from hexagonal pieces […] Add comment
American McGee is in Shanghai, opening his new studio and hiring people to work on the sequel to Alice. Here’s a teaser pic found on his Flickr stream Add comment
Stardock is an incredible company. They just get it. CEO Brad Wardell made a blog post regarding the piracy of Demigod. The game was reported heavily pirated at launch due to many different factors such as a broken matchmaking service and rough reviews as a result. This led many people to question one of the […] Add comment
Icrontic reviews Tom Clancy’s HAWX from Icrontic.com on Vimeo. When I got the box from Thrustmaster while I was on the road, I couldn’t wait to get home and unbox it. The moment I wrapped my hands around the flightstick, I got a grin on my face; I felt like a little kid in an […] Add comment
My wife fell in love with me while we played Super Mario Galaxy. The Wii, for all its faults, is still a fantastic system for casual gaming. As someone to whom gaming is very important, casual gaming is an interesting genre for me. Casual gaming is one example of a concept that I call gateway […] Add comment
New Video Game Consists Solely Of Shooting People Point-Blank In The Face You can play the demo here. Add comment
Saturday, May 2nd is the 8th annual Free Comic Book day, designed to promote youth literacy, comic culture, and local comic book shops. Comic book shops all over the world participate. Kids are encouraged to visit their local comic shops and get free comic books, while being exposed to all of the other awesome things […] Add comment
First up: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier for the DS. jRPG in a future setting. Raunchy cyborg women. Button-timing based combat. Customizable combos. Moving on. You bought the RealD glasses, and sat through this great Neil Gaiman story in the theater. If that wasn’t enough button-eyes for you, this week brings in Coraline […] Add comment
So we put a game inside yo game so you can play while you play… In what can surely be considered a bizarre form of meta gaming, Popcap has announced that you can now play Bejeweled and Peggle within World of Warcraft. I can only imagine a raid leader’s frustration as he angrily asks his […] Add comment
The brilliant minds behind Penny Arcade have made it known that they have, for years, been wanting to make clothing that sophisticated, adult gamers would want to wear; and also didn’t have jokes about dicks on it. To this end, they have begun letting leak information about their gaming-themed line of clothing for grown-ups. Called […] Add comment
What would a “perfect” video game look like? No matter what genre and plot, it almost certainly does not include a plot point or level that makes you want to give up. Yet it seems that very frequently, even major developers release games that contain points that are so frustrating, it just plain makes us […] Add comment
Ever wondered what bump mapping is? Not sure what pixel shaders are? Let us explain 3D terminology. Add comment
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In a surprising and interesting move, Bethesda (developers of Fallout 3 and current owners of the Fallout license) have announced that Obsidian Entertainment will be developing Fallout: New Vegas. Bethesda will still be publishing the game. Some of the Obsidian team members were on the team of developers at Black Isle, who were on responsible […] Add comment
Tits and fire on a weapon that shoots shurikens and lightening (sic). I don’t know about you, but that excites the hell outta me. According to Homegrown Games’ website, they don’t have time to work on a real web page because they have to get the aforementioned tits and fire into the game. Oh yeah, […] Add comment
Fan of those quizzes that ask you a series of seemingly unrelated questions, and then reveal to you some deeper truth about yourself? Master of Illusion Express: Deep Psyche brings such quizzes to the DS. If you can get past the atrocious visuals, perhaps this game can serve a similar function at parties as one of […] Add comment
Well, I finally did it. Icrontic’s map pack has been updated, we have all our awesome maps back (including Warpath and SnoFort), I customized the Welcome screen, and 5-minute Sudden Death is back on. I also took the idle time limit down to 4 minutes (better run to the bathroom or go spectator) and reduced […] Add comment
On the PSP this week, we get Mytran Wars. This tactics game puts players into a dystopian future, where corporations fight over the planet’s resources with giant bipedal machines. A new resource rich planet has been discovered, and a battle for control ensues. With 4 different campaigns, 4 multiplayer modes, over 200 technologies to research, […] Add comment
Since I began the application process to become a frag doll, I have often mourned the fact that I came to gaming so late. It means that I don’t have the background that many gamers have–I won’t be able to write on my application that I’ve played every major PC game since Doom. It also […] Add comment
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