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Played video games? Red Cross says you might be a war criminal

Well, folks, it’s official. Some delegates at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent have begun to consider extending the reach of “International Humanitarian Law” – the breach of which can constitute war crimes – into its most daring and unexplored realm: video games. “While the Movement works vigorously to promote

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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #43 – Blackest Friday

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! For some it was the Brightest Day, for others the Blackest night. Though plenty of deals insight. For those that pepper spray with might. Beware the cops and their shiny lights. In this exciting episode of the Comic Issues our heroes join

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Movie Issues Podcast
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! G.I. Joe are all well known American heroes, but it’s the unsung heroes of Leland and Spooky who are burdened with the task of watching 2009’s G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, and now they want to share their experience with you. Welcome

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Gaming
James Trauben

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations hasn’t many new revelations

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations feels tired. In part, this is a thematic choice. Ezio Auditore’s an old man now- a genuinely old man, not simply artificially aged or decrepit, which makes him relatively unusual among game protagonists. We’ve seen a lot more of Ezio’s life than most of his counterparts, and I have no doubt that

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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #42 – Casting Call: Teen Titans

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! When there’s trouble, you know who to call. Well, yes, the Teen Titans, but who do you contact about a casting call? That’s right, Comic Issues! Join our heroes this week as we cast a Teen Titans movie based on Geoff Johns’

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Terraria 1.1 Coming December 1

In a brand-new trailer released November 25th, Re-Logic has finally announced the anticipated update of their widely popular game Terraria.  The trailer shows a slew of new updates to the game, including new bosses, creatures, weapons, items and aesthetic changes.

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State of Play: The Impossibility of Teamwork

There is nothing more rage inducing to me than failing to do something in a game thanks to the complete lack of cooperation from a fellow gamer. Or to be more precise, when I die because of XxXSniprnoobz420XxX over there didnt bother to turn around when his motion sensor showed there was an enemy coming around the corner. Why is it so impossible for the general gaming population to think or act in a manner that could loosely, in the most vague of definitions, be seen as teamwork?

Most of us have been there, a tense situation whether it be a boss fight with your party, a gunfight against the enemy team, or trying to train enough marines to hold off a zergling rush. You look to your fellow gamers for aid that would take them half of a second to complete yet they continue to just run into the wall, have 6 snipers on a team of 7 players, or continue to gather resources and ignore the incoming invasion. They make an effort to hurt to the team as a whole by ignoring everything that does not involve them helping themselves, and even in games where they can benefit by helping others these players manage to find a way to hurt both themselves and every other unfortunate meat bag randomly assigned to his or her team.

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: The Muppets

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight. Welcome to Movie Issues, the first podcast to come from Comic Issues devoted solely to movies both good and

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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #41 – Toy Stories

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! There is always that one Toy, the one meriting the capital T, the one beautiful plaything you always wanted to have. Unfortunately the parental units always seem to have some reason or another to make sure you don’t get it. Join our

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