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  The Nintendo Download: Post Halloween Sugar Crash Edition

  Nintendo knows that any sudden excitement might cause us to lose the candy-coated contents of our Halloween-stressed bellies, so they’ve gone easy on us in this week’s Nintendo download, with six titles that won’t upset our sensitive stomachs. It’s the beginning of November, and the start of the resting period between Halloween’s sugary embrace and…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2010
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  The Problem With Microsoft’s New Way To Play Video Games

  When Xbox 360’s controller-free Kinect add-on hits stores later this week it has the potential to redefine gaming in ways even the Nintendo Wii hasn’t yet done. It could just as easily fall flat on its face. While Nintendo’s motion-sensing Wii changed the way we use controllers, Microsoft’s Kinect completely removes the need to hold…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 1, 2010
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  All You Need To Know About This Week’s Violent Video Game Case In The U.S. Supreme Court

  The United States Supreme Court hears its first ever case about video games this week. The stakes are high. Here’s what is happening and why it’s happening. The United States Supreme Court is hearing that video game case this week, right? Right. The State of California vs. The Entertainment Merchants Association and Entertainment Software Association…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Happy November. We’ve got a new image for the month, “The First Thanksgiving 1621” by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Under this Thanksgiving scene, please talk here about video games. Thanks to reader Shereni for the artwork suggestion. The rest of you are encouraged to making great Photoshops from this image, gaming-themed preferably! I’ll feature a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2010
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  Don’t Press The Toilet Buttons!

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Micro-Bash, my soon-to-be 2-year-old son, is potty training. Our toilet has an array of buttons that usually end up with water spraying out. The side of the toilet has a control panel for said buttons. If you can’t read the Japanese, the images should clue you in pretty quick. While sitting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  A Visual Guide To Angry Birds: Halloween Special Edition

  Wooden planks are the weakest and easiest to destroy. Stone If stone slabs weren’t enough, the pigs take to hiding pumpkins, too. Players are rated on each stage they unlock. It’s possible to go back and play unlocked games. The lanterns burst into a flame when busted. There are also boxes of TNT that explode.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  Bejeweled 3 Brings Poker, Ice Storm to Addictive Matching Game This December

  Bejeweled 3, the first “true sequel” to the popular decade-old matching game that more than half a billion people have played, hits PopCap.Com and retailers on Dec. 7 for a nickel shy of $20. The game will include reworked music and graphics, “re-imaginings” of the four original game modes of Bejeweled 2 and four new…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 1, 2010
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  World Of Warcraft’s Biggest Fan Immortalised In Game

  “Red Shirt Guy”, who shot to internet fame last week for his intimidatingly deep knowledge of World of Warcraft lore, has been turned into a character in the game’s latest expansion by developers Blizzard. That’s him there on the right – Wildhammer Fact Checker – complete with his red shirt. Before you cry fake, Blizzard’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010
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  Mega-Man Creator’s Blog Erased

  When Keiji Inafune leaves Capcom, his blog leaves the internet, it seems. Late last week, the famed game producer stated he was leaving Capcom and Capcom subsidiary Daletto. His blog won’t be up for posterity. A notice at the blog’s top states it ended on November 1, along with a message thanking readers. The site…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  But you can never tell him the odds…by monkeyminion, as seen on Gamefreaks

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010
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  I Don’t Want The “EnjoyableDisc” Gamertag

  Some gamers need help with creating their Xbox Live gamertag. The new fall update is here to help. It provides a more user friendly way of doing it: spinning a wheel. But its suggestions? They need work. The first two times, I spun the wheel, I got a good array of names. Then the third…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  Is This The Most Niche Gaming Magazine In The World?

  Japan is no stranger to niche publications, and it’s game magazines are not exception. There are mags for dating sims and arcade games, but even those aren’t that off the beaten path. “Soccer Game King”, however, is. The entire magazine is dedicated to soccer games! That’s right, in 2010, when everyone is reading everything online,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  Xbox 360’s Fall Update Is Live

  The annual fall update for Xbox Live is up and ready for download. The update boasts improved features like a new dashboard (for everyone), and for Americans stuff like ESPN services, a Zune Music Pass, Netflix Search and more. Regular users of Xbox Live will also be treated to improved voice chat quality, it’ll be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  Wii Sports Resort Now Features Wii RemotePlus

  Last year, Nintendo released Wii Sports Resort, and the bundle featured the Wii MotionPlus add-on. But in 2010, Nintendo is now phasing in the Wii RemotePlus with its on-board Wii MotionPlus. What does that mean for Wii Sports Resort? A new Wii RemotePlus bundle for Wii Sports Resort. According to the game’s Japanese site, it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  Let’s Sit Down And Grow A Tree

  Phew. So many shooters out at the moment, or games set in the apocalypse, or that just involve killing things. What we need is to relax for a moment and just grow a tree. Bohm, an indie game “coming soon”, lets you control the growth of a tree. And that’s it! The player can “generate…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010
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  Japanese Retailer In GT5 Release Date Shenanigans

  Gran Turismo 5 was supposed to be out in March 2010, but it was delayed. The new release date changed to November. Then the game was delayed again to this “holiday season”. Not very specific! Sony hasn’t officially revealed the release date yet, but Japanese online retailer DMM.com went ahead and dated the title for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  Army Simulator Is Short On Graphics, Big On Steering Wheel Peripherals

  Everybody knows that armed forces around the world train using what are essentially advanced video games, but it’s rare we actually get to see one in action up-close like this. Seventy-five Australian Army soldiers are about to embark on a peacekeeping mission to the Solomon Islands. Before leaving they’ve been familiarising themselves with the terrain…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010
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  It’s Dynasty Warriors With Added Horse-Kicking

  Hack-and-slash series Dynasty Warriors is getting a new game. It also features a horse getting drop-kicked in the face! The game features several new characters, including Sima Shi, Sima Zhao and Bao Sanniang. Check out these game screens In the West, the Shin Sangoku Musou (Dynasty Warriors) are numbered ahead of their Japanese counterparts, because…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010
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  These Disks Are Not Toys (OK, Maybe They Are)

  The whole “urban vinyl” craze has been on the slide for years now, but we can still spare a tip of the hat for misshapen plastic figures when they represent classic video game storage mediums. This is Squid Kids Ink’s “So Analog” line, featuring a NES cartridge (called “10-Doh!”), a 3.5 inch floppy disk (“A-Drive”)…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010
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  This Model Kicks Daigo’s Butt

  Kayo Satou is one of Japan’s top Street Fighter players. Watch out, she’ll school you proper. In an online webcast, Satou plays a Super Street Fighter IV ranked match against “gameinn”, the gamertag fighting game champ Daigo Umehara uses. Umehara rocketed to internet stardom with this clip. The model is her customary Street Fighter character…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010