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Doom No Longer Regulated Like Porn in Germany
When they were released in Germany, Doom and Doom 2 were immediately “indexed” into a government regulated category that includes porn. A successful appeal of that decision has them now rated for older teenagers to buy, Joystiq reports. Bethesda’s Pete Hines told Joystiq that when the publisher’s parent company acquired id Software in 2009, they…
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UncategorizedA Franchise Star Anchors the Newest Madden
Previewed this spring, the list of Madden NFL 12‘s improvements to its Franchise campaign read like a letter to Santa written by the hardcore football fan. Wished-for features like draft-pick trades, custom playbooks and training camp cut days join new concepts like a fast-paced free agency period under the hood of Madden’s most popular mode.…
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UncategorizedThis Thursday Retro Game Master Takes On The Wing of Madoola
This week on Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on The Wing of Madoola Released in 1986 for the Nintendo Famicom,The Wing of Madoola is a side-scrolling action adventure tale of the Kingdom of Badham (nothing more dangerous than bad ham) and a magical statue that can bring peace to the world. So of course…
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UncategorizedThis Soup-Style Gaming TV Show Will Not Be Appearing on Comedy Central
The Nerdist podcast co-host Jonah Ray wanted to create a Comedy Central show that was like The Soup, only for video games. Comedy Central said no, and now Jonah’s failure is complete, so he decided to share it with us. Poor Jonah. The concept is sound, and the formula has been proven time and time…
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UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Fans and Game Writers Team Up To Build An Encyclopedia
Assassin’s Creed has never been a game series short on backstory. But now Ubisoft is taking all that backstory and putting it in one glorious place. The encyclopedia grew from what was supposed to be an art book, but the project easily grew far beyond that. Ubisoft brought in writers from the Assassin’s Creed community…
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UncategorizedHey Kids, Don’t Eat Your Xbox 360; Eat Tim Schafer’s Instead
This promotional video for Double Fine’s Once Upon a Monster teaches children several important lessons. For instance, look how well cookies fit inside the Xbox 360 DVD drive. Bet they hadn’t thought of that. Not only is the Xbox 360 a handy place to store snacks, it also acts as a snack itself, it’s circuit…
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Playdead Used The Limbo Profits to Buy Itself From Investors
Denmark-based indie developer Playdead was created with one goal—to produce Xbox Arcade game Limbo. Since the game premiered in 2010, it has been also been developed for the PlayStation Network, and for the PC on Steam In order to complete and expand Limbo, Playdead founders Arnt Jensen and Dino Patty called on the Danish government.…
By Jen Schiller
