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Events
Chris Toruno

Silent Bob Takes Vegas

What could make Sin City greater than it already is? How about an evening with Silent Bob, himself, Kevin Smith? Just an evening, you say? Actually, make that two. On November 12th and 13th, Kevin Smith will be appearing live for two nights only at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. It’s a

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Gaming
Chris Toruno

Nintentdo Turns 25!

Mario, Metroid, Castlevania, Zelda. All of these games have one thing in common: they all made their debut on the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Today, October 18th, the NES celebrates its 25th birthday, and we wanted to take this moment to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINTENDO! Ah, what fond memories and good times you gave

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Gaming
Nelson Abalos

Mortal Kombat: Scorpion’s Story [Video]

The new Mortal Kombat is koming next year. To help you get kaught up with the backstory of one of the franchise’s legendary characters, Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Scorpion. Check out the video to understand why Scorpion isn’t really a big fan of Sub-Zero.

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Gaming
Justin Dean

Skill Training (How to get +4 to Skill Checks) Part 2

Last week, we talked about not judging ourselves for what we can and cannot do. This week, you get the fun stuff, noting what you can do and building off of that with your skills. Like in every RPG, the basis of your skills starts off in your ability scores. I would like you to

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Gaming
Shauna Smith

[BAotW] Is It the Nineteenth Yet?

Today is October the fourteenth. In exactly five days, my social life will be over. Why, you ask? Three words: Fallout New Vegas. I will be waiting anxiously the Monday night beforehand, and when the clock strikes midnight and I grab my Collector’s edition copy, I will drive back to my apartment and no one

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Podcasts
Andrew Plein

Pixelated Podcast Ep.056 Talk Boy

This week on the Podcast we get branded with some logo talk. Travel to OA for some Green Lantern News. Visit our favorite X-Chickens for some X-men Arcade News. Discover the joys of Flat Stanley. Rock out to some Blizz Con. Then discuss what Upcoming Video Games are we looking forward to. Announcements Every Tuesday

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Gaming
Robert

The Game Designer Next Door: Dr. DM’s Interview with Dave Dobson

If any of you tuned into “30 Rock” two weeks ago (ep. title “The Fabian Strategy”), you may have concluded two ideas: 1) Tracy Morgan should always be on “Cash Cab” for the sake of genius comedy and 2) Jack Donaghy plays Snood. The indie-developed flash phenomenon has been mentioned several times out in the

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Gaming
Nelson Abalos

VALVe Announces DotA 2

Today, on GameInformer.com, VALVe has announced Defense of the Ancients 2 (DotA 2) coming to PC & Mac next year. Sure, there are already games out already that are free-to-play like HoN and LoL (League of Leagends), but VALVe will be doing something different. Valve is updating its Steamworks system specifically for the game, and in addition

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Gaming
Rett

Top 5 Sequels of This Generation

The holidays are almost upon us, and the games couldn’t be any bigger.  Sequels are bombarding us around every corner; only time will tell if they can live up to their predecessors.  In the hopes that they will (I’m looking at you Fallout: New Vegas), here are some sequels from this generation that delivered on

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