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Pie in the Face

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Where the Funny Things Are

Let’s get this out of the way: There are funny games out there on the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and Playstation 3. Maybe ...
By Veng Xiong Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2009
Pie in the Face

Katamari Absurdity

There’s funny-funny, there’s funny-weird and then there’s Katamari Damacy, a psychedelic swirl of the two. Lots of games can make me chuckle for ...
By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2009
Pie in the Face

A Comedy of Errors

The recent question of “Can videogames be funny?” comes with a grim assumption: They never have been. That was certainly true in the ...
By Brett Staebell Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2009
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