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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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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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Pixelated Fashion Week!

During Japan’s Fashion Week, designer Kunihiko Morinaga debuted his 8-Bit re-imagining of women’s clothing from his line “anrealage.”  His fashion line for the fall and winter 2011/2012 season encompasses quite the range of women’s clothing: everything from professional attire and dresses to sweatshirts and athletic-wear.  These contain the same pixelated feel to them, and, from far away,

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Comic Books
Leland Pierce

New Costumes in DC’s Relaunch Good or Bad?

With the recent announcement of the DC Relaunch lots and lots of information has smacked us in the face. Like who’s who? What’s happening to “such and such”? Where is my favorite character going? And what the hell are they now wearing? I thought I’d take the time to spotlight some of the more bizarre

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Science and Tech
James

[Anime Expo] MP-HDX Media Player Review

This year Anime Expo was busier than ever. Lining each aisle were the usual items you expect to see at this genre of event: manga, videos, toys, swords, artists and gadgetry. One such gadget that caught my eye was attached to an HDTV and looked to be smaller than a deck of cards. Onscreen was

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