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MLG National Championship Finals Underway Now
The final round of play in StarCraft and League of Legends Major League Gaming’s National Championships in Providence should be underway any moment. You can see the championship’s full bracket here, and catch all of the action through the MLG main site here.
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Weekend Note of Nov. 20
A Children’s Treasury of Insane Throwing-Knife Kills in Modern Warfare 3 We have no illusions that this is the first WTF knife kill for a game that’s been out for two weeks, and played by millions online since its release. Another year, another Call of Duty, another crazy across-the-map blind knife kill, right? There have…
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Live by the Sword
The final Tuesday before Thanksgiving in the U.S. effectively closes out the major release calendar for North America. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is available on the Wii today. WWE 12 arrives for PS3, Wii and 360 on Tuesday. Downloadable content for Batman: Arkham City and Gears of War 3 arrives Tuesday and Wednesday,…
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UncategorizedUpdate Brings Movie Parties to PlayStation Home
PlayStation owners are now able to stage or join movie-viewing parties in PlayStation Home thanks to an update delivering Sony’s Crackle network to Home’s entertainment-on-demand system. “Hundreds of full-length Hollywood movies and thousands of television shows,” are now viewable with friends for free, says PlayStation Blog. Social viewing of up to 60 users is supported,…
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We Have Ripoff …
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Most Shameless Video Game Console Knockoffs [Ranker] The “Super Polystation,” the “Polystation 3,” the “Treamcast” and “Game Joy” headline this roundup of gaming platforms…
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UncategorizedA Children’s Treasury of Insane Throwing-Knife Kills in Modern Warfare 3
Last night we were sent the clip of the insane bank-shot knife kill you see above, courtesy of the unwitting victim felled by it. We have no illusions that this is the first WTF knife kill for a game that’s been out for two weeks, and played by millions online since its release. Another year,…
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UncategorizedStarhawk Private Beta Commences on Tuesday
The private beta for Starhawk, the spiritual descendant of 2007’s downloadable hit Warhawk will commence on Tuesday, says Sony Computer Entertainment America. The beta will be “slow-rolled,” so those who don’t get an invitation on day one, don’t give up hope; one may be on the way soon. SCEA said that invitations will go to…
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Hooray, Now You Can Kill Kids in Skyrim
Back in September, Bethesda’s Pete Hines got into a scrape on Twitter with some PC gamers who resented the fact they were not permitted to kill children in games like Fallout and now, Skyrim “It’s sad that modders are forced to fix a game that’s being released as broken,” sniffed one. “Because we don’t let…
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Tanooki Suit Riot
Those publicity whores at PETA caused a ruckus earlier this week when they alleged Mario’s Tanooki suit was something actually flayed from the body of an actual tanuki, or something like that. We have no idea if this man is in any way responsible, but since he is appearing on television, he looks guilty to…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Out of curiosity, why don’t people give cards at Thanksgiving? Is it because we already give them at Christmas? And write thank-you notes by New Year’s? Hell, I say we just move all of it up to Thanksgiving and make that our major holiday. We get a big meal, and everyone gives everyone else a…
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Sunday Comics: Easy Does It
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 14.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 17.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
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Shoppin’ Macy’s Winners
Sonic the Hedgehog’s inflated ego returns to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. That was more than enough inspiration for our pre-Black Friday ‘Shopping spree. We’ve got 20 winners, including WAFFO, inside! kobun (10) returns to the lineup after a long layoff, with a subject that is both timely and inappropriate. Notice the coaching…
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Borderlands Hits Shelves Tuesday — as a Novel
Borderlands has a novel due for release on Tuesday, entitled Borderlands: The Fallen. It’ll track the story of Roland, who represents the soldier class in the original game. From the writeup on Amazon: His name’s Roland. Soldier class, a former mercenary, he’s on a full-time mission to scrape a living out of the most dangerous…
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Basketball’s Unhappy November Can’t Be Helped by March Madness
In between two of the most-watched college basketball games ever played in November, the NBA’s Doomsday Clock inched closer to midnight when its players rejected a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum and dissolved their union. It’s the nuclear winter scenario analysts imagined when they pegged worst-case losses at $40 million for NBA 2K12, the lone video game caught…
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‘Significant’ Battlefield 3 Patch Coming to PC Next Week
DICE promises that PC Battlefield 3 owners will see a major client update in the coming week, one that offers better stability, weapons balance, polish and other adjustments built on community feedback since the game’s Oct. 25 release. “Plus we’re removing the so called “negative mouse acceleration” that some of you have experienced,” DICE wrote…
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UncategorizedA Look Back at 20 Years of Music History with Sonic
Masato Nakamura says he composed the remix of Sonic the Hedgehog‘s Green Hill Zone theme the way he did the original: By imagining it as a film. The difference is he only had still photographs when he wrote the song 20 years ago. Now for source material has the advantage of full motion video—and, of…
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Infinity Ward Bans 1,600 Modern Warfare 3 Cheaters, Asks What You’re Lookin’ At
Robert Bowling done tole you now son, so don’t sit there and act all surprised-like. Yesterday Bowling, the Infinity Ward creative strategist, tweeted that another 1,600 cheaters have been banned since Four Zero Two promised them a ass-busting back on release day. “Any attempt to cheat, hack, or glitch in #MW3 will not be tolerated.…
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UncategorizedCan You Punch a Dragon to Death in Skyrim?
I’m not going to spoil it, but ask yourself why I would be posting this video. Man, dragons are such pussies in this game. [Best in Slot Gaming. h/t Conor] You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips…
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