Category: Gaming

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Gaming
JJ Crass

Spare Change : Fallout New Vegas Collector’s Edition

Is Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition worth the extra Andrew Jackson? The Collector’s Edition box has a warm leathery appearance with a slide cover, giving it a classy appearance. When you open the lid, the first thing you see is the hard cover graphic novel. Published by Dark Horse Comics, it introduces the events leading

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Gaming
James Trauben

Lords of Shadow Brings New Blood to Vampire-Slaying

Though narrated by Patrick Stewart in full portentous mode, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is very much a visual experience. From its first scenes, the game oozes Romanticism. Trembling villages brandish torches and pitchforks, cowering from the threatening storm before a crude palisade of hewn logs. Gabriel Belmont — a proud, imposing figure of red and

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Gaming
Josh

Kirby’s Epic Yarn Review

When Kirby’s Epic Yarn first was introduced at E3, I was not too sure what to think of it. The game was developed by Good-Feel and Hal, and they knew that this game had to hit hard being the first Kirby platformer since the days of Nintendo 64. Before getting into the nitty-gritty I will

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Gaming
James Trauben

Keiji Inafune leaving Capcom

Well, another classic developer leaving the business. Keiji Inafune, who you may recall from such obscure hits as Mega Man and Dead Rising, has decided to leave Capcom with the intention of “starting his life over.” Inafune’s recently been rather critical of the Japanese game industry, saying that it can’t continue to coast on the

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Gaming
Andrew Plein

Splitfish: Shark Controller Early Impressions

So TF2esday’s are in full swing. Every Tuesday from 7pm -9pm PST join us on Steam for some Team Fortress 2 fun. While I’ve been doing TF2esdays I’ve also been taking the new Splitfish Shark controller for a spin. Now let me make this clear, I’m not very good at Team Fortress 2. Which was

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Gaming
Rett

Top 5 Gaming Halloween Costumes

Halloween is approaching, and that means it is time to play dress-up. With the popularity of gaming today it is a fairly common sight to see people dressed as their favorite video game characters. So here are my Top 5 Gaming Halloween Costumes. 5) Mario and Luigi   This has to go on the list

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Gaming
Jordan

Best Fallout: New Vegas mod ever

Redditor RyokoHaze is in the process of making all of the Securitrons in FNV disapprove of you. For some players, they probably already do. I have already downloaded it and installed it. There may be a few bugs, but he says he will be working on it some more. [ via Reddit ]

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Gaming
Rachel

Getting Into the Gaming Industry: Programmers

Programmers are essential when developing a video game. Programming in general requires a lot of talent, but designing a video game takes a lot of creativity as well. Not to mention that being a video game programmer has to be the most fun out of all of the programming careers out there (at least I

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Gaming
Josh

Sony Online Entertainment Announces New Character for DC Universe Online

Today Sony Online Entertainment announced another character in their masterpiece DC Universe Online. The character is Circe the Sorceress, the ruler of Aeaea. SOE gave a brief introduction to her story: “Circe made a pact with the witch goddess Hecate in her efforts to become even more powerful, becoming Hecate’s instrument of vengeance against the

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