Susan Arendt, Author at The Escapist

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E3 2008: Nintendo Announces GTA on DS

Nintendo delivered a few surprises during its press conference at this year’s E3, including news of a brand new Grand Theft Auto game ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 15, 2008

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E3 2008: Microsoft’s Big Guns

After boasting that Xbox 360 will, without doubt, sell more than the PlayStation 3 in this console life cycle, Microsoft showed off its ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 15, 2008

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E3 2008: GLaDOS, Cartman Coming to Xbox Live

Everyone’s favorite homicidal computer, GLaDOS, will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade and bringing new Portal levels with her. John Schappert took a ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 15, 2008

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E3 2008: Microsoft ‘Completely Reinvents” Xbox 360

Microsoft plans to “completely reinvent” the Xbox 360 by overhauling the dashboard, introducing Mii-like avatars and partnering with movie rental house Netflix. The ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 15, 2008

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E3 2008: EA Turns it Up to 11

EA practically blew out the speakers at The Orpheum theater during its press conference, where it highlighted its new partnership with id, exciting ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 15, 2008

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E3 2008: Nintendo Steals Microsoft’s Thunder

Shortly before Microsoft’s press conference was set to kick off E3 2008, Nintendo announced Wii MotionPlus, an accessory that allows the Wii Remote ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 14, 2008

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E3 2008: Microsoft Joins With Netflix

During its press conference, Microsoft announced that it would be forming a partnership with Netflix, allowing 360 owners to watch Netflix movies via ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 14, 2008

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E3 2008: Online Co-op in Resident Evil 5

Online co-op in Resident Evil 5 is hot. Stupid amounts of hot. I’m sitting in the Microsoft press conference – more on that ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 14, 2008

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This Game Is Torture

Hands up, everyone who is surprised that a game called The Torture Game 2 finds itself at the center of yet another “games ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 10, 2008

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My Star Wars War

Despite the fact that it’s not much more than a fairy tale with robots and rayguns, Star Wars has had a profound and ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 3, 2008

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Star Wars

I was always stuck being Leia. As the only girl in a neighborhood full of boys, my role in our games of Star ...

By Susan ArendtJuly 1, 2008

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There’s Easy, and There’s Team Ninja Easy

As I settled in on the couch this weekend, sunlight streaming through the windows and my dog snoring at my feet, a storm ...

By Susan ArendtJune 26, 2008

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