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Rett

Rett Lucas likes a good handshake. He loves America. Therefore, he hates the French. One time he swallowed an entire bag of warheads. And it wasn’t the candy. He got in a fight with just his beard, he lost his sideburns but his mustache prevailed. I heard he wrestles bears, but is very kind to them once he wins. Check out some of his music at www.myspace.com/americanjoyband.

The List: Sony Edition

I want to do something a little different with this week’s list.  I am sure by now you have heard of the breach at Sony.  Unless you have been hiding under that proverbial rock, you have seen it somewhere.  When my mother has heard of “that PlayStation thing,” you know it is a big deal. Obviously,

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Tomb Raider Trilogy [Review]

If you have been busy salivating over the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, Crystal Dynamics has released the Tomb Raider Trilogy for the PlayStation 3 to tide you over in the mean time. So is this a case of developers being lazy, re-releasing games to make a quick buck?  Or is this a love-letter to fans

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Top 5 Mortal Kombat Characters

The latest Mortal Kombat arrives next Tuesday, and WB Games hopes to usher many fans with a “throwback” style that returns everything gamers love about the bloody fighter. Mortal Kombat has never been afraid to experiment, and, while that hasn’t always worked out (Babalities surely stand out), the fighter has managed to come up with

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Top 5 Wrestlers Who Should Have Been in WWE All-Stars

WWE All-Stars is an absolute blast to play. Turning childhood heroes into action figure versions of themselves and allowing you to bend the rules of physics, jumping up twenty feet or throwing guys across the entire ring, was a brilliant move. While laying the smacketh downeth on fools with The Rock is all well and

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Top 5 Games to get you through the Summer

Spring is here and a last bevy of games is on its way to get you through the historically dry summer months. Though most of the biggest names release in the fall and winter some big titles, including two new I.P.’s, are on their way before the summer officially begins. So here are my Top

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Top 5 Nintendo Fails

Nintendo has been ahead of the game this generation, with both the Wii and the Nintendo DS being huge successes. Now the 3DS is already looking like it is going to be another massive seller and, though its eventual success is yet to be determined, all signs are looking positive. With the 3DS around the

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Top 5 Reasons I’m Excited About L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire is developer Rockstar Games latest attempt to break new ground in the video game medium. Set in Los Angeles in the year 1947 it explores one of the most violent eras of the cities history. I recently got to watch about thirty minutes of gameplay and I couldn’t have come away more impressed.

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[PAX East 2011] Official Attendance

Hey everybody! I just got an email with the official number for this years PAX East and wanted to fill you all in. The first ever PAX East last year had an official attendance of 52,290 people. That’s pretty impressive. So how would the second annual PAX East fare?

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[PAX East 2011] – Lord of the Rings Online

While at the WB booth I was able to check out some of Lord of The Rings Online.  The game went free-to-play last year, and has since tripled the company’s revenue.  The people working on Lord of the Rings Online believe the reason they have been so successful since becoming free-to-play is that they offer

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