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UncategorizedReflecting On Multiplayer In Halo: Reach
Ah, Team Slayer. Halo: Reach packs new multiplayer modes like Stockpile and Invasion, but in the beta, even those typically devolved into Slayer-esque battles of headshot-and-revenge. Here’s five minutes of Slayer on “Reflection,” inspired by “Ivory Tower” from Halo 2. At 2:43, watch him wait for Jimmy to come out of Armor Lock before patiently…
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Namco Registers Site For “Antiques Roadshow: The Game”
I love PBS, and not in a snobby way – History Detectives does an amazing job proving or disproving family myths, always in a very respectful manner. But an Antiques Roadshow video game? That’s like watching old people fuck. Namco has registered a domain for just such a game and while it is proof of…
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UncategorizedPast Meets Present In NBA 2K11’s Latest Hype Vid
Snoop Dogg provides the theme, custom-fit to NBA 2K11, in a montage 2K Sports gave exclusively to IGN earlier today. Jordan on Kobe, the Bad Boys bringing it up, LeBron in Miami, Ewing with the up-and-under. It’ll fire you up. This is pure publicity, not gameplay. But it does show this year’s game, thematically, will…
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Monday Night Combat Review: The Happy Warriors
Turrets. I can’t stop building and upgrading them in Monday Night Combat. Oh, they do a great job mowing down bots and other players. But it’s really because I’m a Southern boy and a born sucker for Pitgirl’s saucy accent. Monday Night Combat, the class-based shooter from Uber Entertainment and the latest “Summer of Arcade”…
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UncategorizedA Life In 8-Bit
A man is born, lives, loves, loses, dies, and restarts in Consoul, an 8-bit movie by Lasse Gjertsen. Consoul looks at the very different paths a person’s life can take, using a retro 2D side-scroller game as a backdrop. As the main character ages his heart meter fills. Working adds to his money score, while…
By Mike Fahey -
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