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The Extreme Portfolio Can Survive A Sixty Foot Drop (Bet You Can’t Do That)

Ever wanted to drop your iPad from sixty feet up? Me neither. But just in case you are doing some cherry picking with your iPad, G-Form has you covered. The makers of the Extreme Sleeve have now debuted their Extreme Portfolio case, the first portfolio case to use RPT (Reactive Protection Technology). The Extreme Portfolio

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Gaming
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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Featured Artist: Jeff Martinez

The Comic Issues Podcast has been making its rounds at various conventions all over SoCal. Our goal was to locate new and upcoming artists that was when we met Jeff Martinez. During our time at Anime Conji, I came across a brilliant Green Lantern Corps poster; wanting to show my GL creds, I reached for

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Survivor Zero Aims to Create an Open-World Zombie Game

Zombie games are certainly not rare these days.  They also certainly attract a large gaming crowd.  And while gamers are mostly pleased with the generic zombie shoot-em-up game, the usual formula does get a little old. Enter the developers working on a game entitled Survivor Zero, which totes itself on not just using brute strength

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A Decade of Harry Potter

The Harry Potter series has had an enormous influence on people throughout the world, especially for those in their late teens and twenties. After ten years of movies and thirteen years of the books, the final page in the Harry Potter epic has been turned with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

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inFamous 2 Ending – Good Intentions [SPOILERS]

In the past week I’ve had over an hour of discussion with my brother over the final decision — and endings — of inFamous 2. Not bad, considering that the ending itself consists of maybe a couple minutes’ worth of narration and still-shot frames, and the final divergent missions aren’t much longer. After years of

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Gaming
James Trauben

Ms. ‘Splosion Man Releases Today

Twisted Pixel’s Ms. ‘Splosion Man is live on the XBLA Marketplace today. The website of the game has been revamped, and Twisted Pixel has released a brand-new trailer for the game. They’ve also announced plans to leverage Microsoft’s Title Management Storage (TMS) system to release free, periodic new Challenges for players to accomplish within Ms.

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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #22 – Potter Impac-tid-us

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week on the Comic Issues Podcast, our heroes make their way to Platform 9 3/4 as they board the train to Hogwarts. They take on all the dark wizards as they discuss the impact of the Harry Potter franchise on today’s culture.

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Gaming
Darran Caldemeyer

Free RPG Day Spectacular!!

Recently, the gaming community was blessed with the glorious holiday known as Free RPG Day! June 18th marked this annual occasion nationwide at participating game retailers, and the guys of Comic Issues made our way to Pair-A-Dice Games in Vista, CA to support the gaming hobby and promote the interest to all ages.  The owner

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