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Italian Organization Promotes and Defends Games As Art

Roger Ebert may not think games are art, but the Rome-based Association of Interactive Multimedia Works (AIOMI) disagrees – as seen in a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

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It’s The Passing: Left 4 Dead 2 and Left 4 Dead Collide Thursday

Break out your shotguns and chainsaws, folks: It’s zombie-killin’ time, as the Left 4 Dead Survivors head down South to meet up with ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

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Icelandic EVE Online Devs Not Consumed by Volcano Yet

In case the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano had you worried about the fate of Iceland-based EVE Online developer CCP, worry not: It ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

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Capcom’s Adorable Okamiden God-Puppy Charms the West in 2011

Okami fans rejoice: Capcom is bringing its puppy-sized DS sequel to the West in 2011. Commence squealing over its protagonist, the adorable baby ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

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Buy Some Really Freaky Xbox 360s for Charity Down Under

Microsoft has sold 1 million Xbox 360 units down in Australia and New Zealand, and to celebrate, it’s auctioning off special 360 units ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

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Bandai Sells 400 Million Tiny Plastic Gundam Models

Since 1980, Bandai has sold 400 million plastic models of the mecha from its iconic Gundam franchise – three models for every person ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

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A View From The Road: The Perfect Subscription

Like many other people, my first reaction when I learned that Blizzard would be experimenting with a subscription model for StarCraft II in ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2010

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Xbox Live Nudist Banned Until 9999

When inquiring about why his son had been banned from Xbox Live for the next eight thousand years, a father learned something that ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2010

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Do These Korean StarCraft Commercials Have a Release Date?

Will the world be constructing additional Pylons and Zerg rushing on May 22nd, or are these commercials for something else? The video you ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2010

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Somebody Lost Apple’s 4th-Gen iPhone Prototype In a Bar

Some unlucky soul at Apple apparently left their 4th-generation iPhone prototype in a Redwood, California bar, where it was promptly returned – to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2010

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Pokemon Black & White Screens Evolve Into Video

This is what the new Pokemon games will look like in motion – if the games were accompanied by overly enthusiastic commentators, that ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2010

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Can Fanfiction Make You a Better Writer?

Fanfiction – and those who write it – is a frequent target of ridicule, but can it actually help make somebody into a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2010

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