DISARRAY | New York, New York: My new, temporary desk in Gawker HQ. (Photo by Crecente)
The Mother of All Motherboard Shoot-Outs
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Chipset delays aside, Sandy Bridge has been one of the most anticipated and impressive releases weāve seen from Intel in recent years. The first wave of processors have demonstrated superior efficiency as they swept aside considerably more expensive processors of previous generations, while consuming even less power. The Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K models have also delivered effortless overclocking potential without going for excessive price premiums. MoreĀ Ā»
New Skyrim Shots Feature Orcs, Cat-People, And The Dreaded Giant Spider
https://lastchance.cc/new-skyrim-shots-feature-orcs-cat-people-and-the-drea-5793058%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Giant spiders are a staple of fantasy role-playing games, be they pen-and-paper or console-and-controller. Bethesda shows off perhaps the most terrifying giant spider of them all in this latest batch of screens for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. MoreĀ Ā»
Could Prey 2 Be Red Dead Redemption in Space?
https://lastchance.cc/could-prey-2-be-red-dead-redemption-in-space-5793055%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Prey 2, as we expected, will be a very different sort of game then the original. Gone is the conflicted Native American hero. Gone too is the linear gameplay of the original. MoreĀ Ā»
First Look At Uncharted 3ās All-New Multiplayer Mode, Now With Buddies, Splitscreen and High Fives
https://lastchance.cc/first-look-at-uncharted-3s-all-new-multiplayer-mode-no-5792870%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Soon, youāll be able to high five your PlayStation Network and Facebook buddies while standing over the corpse of Nathan Drake-and youāll be rewarded for doing so in Uncharted 3: Drakeās Deceptionās all-new online multiplayer component. MoreĀ Ā»
Sonic Generations Is Like A Dream Sonic Game, Except Itās Real
https://lastchance.cc/sonic-generations-is-like-a-dream-sonic-game-except-it-5793017%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Segaās next Sonic game, Sonic Generations, will let you play as classic, sidescrolling Genesis Sonic or as modern, control-him-from-behind-in-3D Sonic. Youāll control either Sonic in levels inspired by three eras of Sonic games, from the originals, to the Dreamcast era, to modern times. MoreĀ Ā»
Rageās Dead City Is Surprisingly Lively
https://lastchance.cc/rages-dead-city-is-surprisingly-lively-453102812%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Just because thereās an apocalyptic event doesnāt mean the worldās great cities crumble into dust. They just get a few new residents, as demonstrated in Rageās Dead City gameplay trailer. MoreĀ Ā»
Hands On With Uncharted 3ās Three Team Deathmatch and Free For All Killfests
My first few minutes spent playing Uncharted 3: Drakeās Deception in the gameās multiplayer mode was dedicated to making my Nathan Drake and my Victor Sullivan look different from all the other Drakes and Sullys I was fighting against. I put a fishermanās hat on Sully, gave him a blue Hawaiian shirt, decked him out with rings. My Drake wore aviator sunglasses and wore a brick colored shirt, half-tucked, of course. MoreĀ Ā»
Screen-Free Week Goes On The Attack, Pushes TV-B-Gones
https://lastchance.cc/screen-free-week-goes-on-the-attack-pushes-tv-b-gones-5793043%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Screen-Free Week seems to be going guerrilla, calling not just for folks to avoid using their TVs, game consoles and computer screens this week, but to turn off other peopleās televisions. MoreĀ Ā»
A Video Game About The Anger We Canāt Express
https://lastchance.cc/a-video-game-about-the-anger-we-cant-express-5790870%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The creators of the video game Asuraās Wrath think you might be holding back. They think that, if youāre an adult, you might be bottling your rage. MoreĀ Ā»
Back from two weeks vacation, Iām now safely ensconced in both a new house and a new office, both in New York. Unpacking? Still doing it. Iāve somehow managed to misplace nearly all of my consoles. Hopefully Iāll find them all soon. āBrian Crecente
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