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Portal 2 Preorders Get More Bots For the Buck

GameStop is offering bonuses for the co-op portion of Portal 2 if the game is preordered. Portal 2 has been revealed as not ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2010

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Jewel Staite Offers Alternate Firefly Ending

If Firefly‘s Kaylee had her way and the show didn’t end prematurely, it would have ended up like this. Joss Whedon’s Firefly will ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2010

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Cthulhu Deodorant Emits Smell of the Old Ones

Cthulhu can now check “create my own deodorant” off of his bucket list. Though I had always imagined that it’d be pretty terrible, ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2010

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U.S. Air Force Wants Soldiers to Be Like Batman

A program started by the U.S. Air Force focuses on making soldiers as versatile as the caped crusader. Batman is awesome, but only ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Voltron Movie Concept Art Beats Transformers By a Mile

Anyone that loved or hated the Transformers movies should take a gander at where Voltron could be headed. The Transformers movies were well ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Colonel Sanders Adds Finger-Lickin’ Good Combat to Sega RPG

The ultimate in cross promotions features Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder in Phantasy Star as a playable character.. Remember how Activision CEO Bobby Kotick ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Devil May Cry Creator Misses Dante

Hideki Kamiya has somber feelings about the fact that Devil May Cry‘s Dante is no longer under his control. The Devil May Cry ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Tsunoda: iPad’s Wild Success Won’t Compare to Kinect

The iPad has sold millions since its launch in April, which Microsoft says is nothing compared to Kinect’s future success. Microsoft is either ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Rumor: Odin Sphere and Muramasa Getting Foxier in HD

Vanillaware’s beautiful action-RPGs released on the PS2 and Wii may be coming to XBLA and PSN in high-definition. Japanese developer Vanillaware is known ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Kotick Itching to Sell Cutscenes As Films

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has laid out plans to package the in-game cinematics from games like StarCraft and sell them as movies. Cinematics ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 16, 2010

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Sonic Begins Dreamcast Revival on XBLA and PSN

The Dreamcast might be long dead, but its games are making a big comeback starting with the re-release of Sonic Adventure. Sonic Adventure, ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 16, 2010

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Activision Declines Use of In-Game Ads Out of “Respect”

Activision’s apparent new stance on in-game advertisements is that they aren’t necessary. Just when evidence had come out indicating that in-game advertisements have ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorSeptember 16, 2010

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