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Jess Brohard

Jess is Pixelated Geek’s community manager. Before that, she was a Frag Doll Cadette, a PAX East 2011 Omeganaut, a Destructoid forums meme, and a Rashida Jones look-a-like. Check her out on Twitter or on her YouTube Channel.
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Jess Brohard

[Review] Duke Nukem Forever

I’ve spent a lot of time around the Frag Dolls and their supporters, a very intelligent and though-provoking group. And as I idled in IRC before beginning Duke Nukem Forever for myself, I noticed a recurring theme in their discussions of it: the blatant sexism, the “rape monster,” as one put it, and other elements

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Jess Brohard

Nyko Power Pak+ – Extended Battery for 3DS [Gadget Review]

One of the main complaints consumers have had about the 3DS is its disappointing battery life – luckily, Nyko was waiting in the background with an oft-unnoticed solution, the PowerPak+. The PowerPak+ is a battery pack for the 3DS that charges using the 3DS’s charging cable, and claims to double the handheld’s life. This accessory

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[E3 2011] Nyko

Nyko recently announced its 2011 lineup and invited us to a first-hand tour of their products. The big product the company is pushing this year is the Zoom for Kinect. It’s a detachable add-on to the Kinect that reduces the amount of space needed to be able to properly play. It “zooms” in on players,

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[E3 2011] OnLive

This morning, Nelson and I had the pleasure of meeting with OnLive regarding some of the amazing advances they’ve made. If you’ve somehow missed all our posts proclaiming the giant boner we have for OnLive, and subsequently don’t actually know what an OnLive is, it can be described as Netflix for video games. In essence,

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Real-Life Portal Gun

What would YOU do if you had a Portal gun in real life? Personally, I’d use it to prank people like this guy did: [youtube width=”600″ height=”363″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjVjG8fhG-4[/youtube]

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U.S. Navy Turns to Gamers For Help

In a surprising move reminiscent of Orson Scott Card’s famous sci-fi novel Ender’s Game, the Office of Naval Research has revealed that it will begin using a video game to help develop new security strategies. This month they’ll be rolling out MMOWGLI – Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Game Leveraging the Internet. The goal is to

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