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Nintendo, Wary of Bargain-Binned Spirit Tracks, May Give Ocarina of Time a Small Shipment
When the DS’s The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks showed up in bargain bins four months after release, for less than the price of lunch at McDonald’s, it was rather embarrassing for Nintendo. Rumor has it the 3DS’ Ocarina of Time will get a small shipment to avoid such a fate. The comes from Sinobi…
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UncategorizedPuttin’ on the Deals Heah, Boss
There’s no playing grab-ass or fighting in the building. You got a grudge against another man, you fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or fighting in the building spends a night in the box. First bell’s at five minutes of eight when you will get in your bunk. Last bell is at eight.…
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UncategorizedMicrosoft’s Execrable “Clippy” Returns in Gamified Office Tutorial
Microsoft Word’s loathsome Clippy, the Crazy Crab of application mascots, is making a comeback. Yes, really. Killed off in 2007, Microsoft is now using him as the tutorial host introducing you to the wonders of the latest round of whatever useless bloatware they’re heaping on Office. Ribbon Hero 2: Clippy’s Second Chance – a video…
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A Compendium of Cave Johnson Quotes from Portal 2
It goes without saying that this site constitutes one gigantic spoiler, so don’t go there if you are still interested in discovering for yourself anything about Portal 2 or the founder of Aperture Science, whose recorded messages of accelerated dementia have made the character another cult hit from Valve. “Cave Johnson, Here!” has thus far…
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Cliffy B Implies No Master Chief/Gears Crossover Because Microsoft is ‘Kind of Squeamish’
Epic Games characters have appeared into other games before – Lost Planet 2, for example. The studio’s willing to consider any reasonable tie-in with its own games, too, so you’re not the first to wonder how awesome it’d be to have a Master Chief skin in Gears of War The problem, as Epic Games design…
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Keep That Anti-Madden Feelin’ Alive With All-Pro Football 2K8‘s Editor
A newly released roster editor for All-Pro Football 2K8 refreshes that pro football alternative for the NFL 2K5 diehards and conscientious objectors to the NFL’s seven-year exclusive license of the Madden franchise. Released today, the editor is by Operation Sports’ FlyingFinn, who also built a roster editor for the venerated 2K5. This application, however, only…
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iTunes’ Approval of Flash Game Ripoff Raises a Troubling Question for Gamers
A blatantly copied flash game currently offered on the iTunes App Store will likely be removed quickly if Apple’s whack-a-mole approach to content moderation is any guide. But this new twist in App Store plagiarism raises a troubling question for game developers and conscientious consumers. How do you know that 99-cent App isn’t someone’s stolen…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
This week our gaming apps had the rhythm of PaRappa the Rapper‘s creator, the controversy of illegal immigration, and the dubious honor of being the iPhone’s first true World of Warcraft clone. This week’s gaming apps were all iOS-centric, but we’ve constantly got our eye out for important games on other mobile platforms. Considering my…
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Don’t Download That Fallout: New Vegas Update Just Yet, Says Bethesda
A title update to the Xbox 360 version of Fallout: New Vegas, to prepare the game for the upcoming Honest Hearts DLC should not be accepted until a replacement update goes live later this evening, Bethesda Softworks said. The update currently being served freezes gamesave data, making it unplayable. That’s kind of a bitch, especially…
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