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Gaming
Andrew Plein

Review: Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 – PS3

The Naruto anime series has had its Gaming Counterpart, with over 20+ games and counting. Most games consisted of a very small taste of the broader storyline of Naruto. Ubisoft’s versions were solid games and really tried to encompass more story and they still rank as some of my fav Naruto Games. Then we were

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Gaming
Josh

Motion-Sensitive Controllers: Leveling Up to the MMO?

Nintendo was the first to introduce the concept of motion-sensing controllers to the gaming world and as of late it has taken off. Motion-sensing technology has become such a hit, all major platforms have imitated the Wii with their own perspective on it; Microsoft came out with the Kinect and Sony with the Move. With all

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Podcasts
James Huneycutt

The Water Cooler, Episode 3 – If you Take Yourself Too Seriously…

It’s another podcast episode of the Water Cooler with your zany east coast friends, James H, Rett, Justin and new co-host JJ. Topic list for this episode: JJ Intro How long did it take you to figure out the Khe Sanh Napalm Barrel event in COD Black Ops? Blizzard going to consoles? Harry Potter Plans

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First downloadable content announced for Fallout: New Vegas

The Courier just can’t catch a break, can he/she? Bethesda’s just announced the first DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, and once again our poor nameless, faceless protagonist seems to have run afoul of another deal gone bad. Maybe the poor fellow/girl should hire a contract lawyer. The first DLC, titled Dead Money, will be available

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Gaming
Robert

Wizards of the Coast Launches New Character Builder!

This past week, Wizards of the Coast launched its new character builder for Dungeons & Dragons.  The new layout is sleek and stylish and provides an easy-to-learn user interface for all your character building needs.  Check out the visual tour off of their main website here.  I’ll have a review of all of its ins

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Gaming
Rett

Top 5 Games I Haven’t Beaten

I love video games. I love playing them, reading about them, and talking to other people about them. Unfortunately I don’t have time to beat them all. Sometimes I don’t even have time to beat the big ones. I’m talking the AAA titles that everyone will be talking about. I know I am not alone

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Gaming
James Trauben

Western RPGs Need to Get off the Tabletop: An Essay

Fans of Japanese and Western RPGs have been at each others’ throats for ages. JRPGs are currently the whipping boy of gaming culture, and admittedly, after Final Fantasy XIII, an unrestrained testimony to genre excess, it’s hard not to see the criticisms. Linearity of gameplay and storyline and a cast of largely predefined characters are

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Gaming
Josh

Free to Play Vs Pay to Play

There are two types of Massively-Multiplayer Online games; the ones you have to pay to play and the free-to-play variety. Just by looking at a few forums you can find people ranting about which is better and why. If you have had the time to play both the free and the money-waster you can see

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