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Tactical Smartphones Are The Army’s Newest Weapon

While smartphones may not seem like the scariest item in the Army’s arsenal, they’re surprisingly effective at coordinating troop movements. The U.S. Army ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2011

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Parasite Eve Now On PSN

Thirteen years later, Square-Enix is bringing back a classic to scare you in all-new ways. Back in August, there was speculation that the ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2011

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Amazon Deal of the Day: Tactics Ogre

Amazon’s letting you get your tactical RPG on at a pretty substantial discount Amazon’s certainly being good to gamers this week. Yesterday, the ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2011

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One Fifth Of Britons Think Lightsabers Are Real

According to a new survey, over a fifth of U.K. citizens have trouble separating science fiction from reality. We all have one or ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 16, 2011

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Riddler Does Jigsaw Killer Impression in Arkham City

The Riddler is coming back, and he’s even more sadistic than before. Remember how, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Riddler harassed the Dark ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 16, 2011

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Amazon Deal of the Day: Arena Gaming Headset

62% off a high-end gaming headset? Go on … Today, Amazon’s got a pretty solid deal out there for PC gamers: The Creative ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 16, 2011

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Battle: Los Angeles Game Can Only Kill An Hour Or So

If you don’t want to go out to the theater to see Battle: Los Angeles, you can spend even more money to stay ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011

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200K People Confirm Party Invitation Via Facebook Prank

If you’re having a party and want to use Facebook to send out the invitation, do yourself a favor and be careful about ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011

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Beautiful, Weird, Sucker Punch Animated Short Appears Online

Zombies and robots and machine guns … Oh, my. The buzz out of Hollywood about Zack Snyder’s next film, Sucker Punch, hasn’t been ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011

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EA & Activision Dismiss NPD Data

Because NPD isn’t providing monthly evaluations of digital sales, some of the biggest players in the videogame industry are publicly dismissing the group’s ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011

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RuneScape Dev Working On Transformers MMO

The Autobots are getting ready to roll out in a new “action-packed” MMO. Developer Jagex has hit on a fairly substantial gold mine ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 14, 2011

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Documentary Sheds Light On Origins Of First PC Virus

25 years after the first virus for MS-DOS appeared in the wild, a new mini-documentary on the Web explains how it spread across ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorMarch 14, 2011

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