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DS Lite Drops to $99, Mario Games Get Snazzy Boxes

Want to pick up a Mario game for your now-cheap DS Lite? Just look for the red boxes. Nintendo is all about the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2011

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StarCraft‘s Campaign Evolves in Heart of the Swarm

In StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, the stakes get higher and the Swarm gets swarmier. The true genius of StarCraft 2 is ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2011

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Get Plants vs. Zombies Free Today on Android

Everybody sing: “There’s a zombie on your Android-powered smartphone~!” PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies is pretty much our favorite casual game ever, so we ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2011

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Polish Prime Minister Gives Obama Witcher 2

Premier Donald Tusk thinks that President Barack Obama would really like to play a hardcore PC RPG. When one head of state comes ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 28, 2011

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Respawn Hires Star Wars, Monkey Island Artist for Its New Game

We’re pretty certain that the ex-Infinity Ward team isn’t making a game staring a Jedi Knight Guybrush Threepwood, but we can’t be sure. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2011

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Try to Spot All the Game References In This Music Video

There are so many videogame references crammed into this Goldfish video that you may need help identifying them all. At the beginning of ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2011

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Sony Offers PSN Customers a Year of Identity Protection

Worried about identity theft after the PSN breach? Sony has you covered. It’s been over a month now since the Playstation Network outage, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2011

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Kojima Planning “Something Big” for Metal Gear‘s 25th

Metal Gear turns 25 next year, and Hideo Kojima is planning something – but don’t expect to see it at this year’s E3. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2011

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Minecraft 1.6 Breaks the Game, Mojang Fixes It

The latest patch for indie sensation Minecraft is out, and so is the patch fixing everything that the patch broke. Patching a game ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2011

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Phoenix Wright Objects His Way to the Silver Screen

The evidence is incontrovertible: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is getting a film adaptation. Several days ago, we reported that veteran Japanese director Takashi ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2011

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Artist Creates Incredible Nerdy Silhouette Art Bonanza

This videogame (et al) silhouette art is so amazing it ought to be in a museum. Part of the mark of a visually ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 26, 2011

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This Nifty Pip Boy 3000 Replica Will Save Your Life in the Wasteland

With this hand-crafted Pip Boy 3000 (and an iPhone 4), you’ll never have to venture out into the Wasteland unprepared again. It’s perfectly ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 26, 2011

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