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Comic: Super Teenage Mario Bros. #22
Let José-Luis Olivares show you how to throw eggs at your girlfriend.
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Germany lifts its 17-year ban on Doom
Good news, Germany readers! After seventeen years of being persona non grata in your nation, your government has finally lifted the ban on the controversial videogame Doom. At last, you can get your hands on the damn thing and see what the fuss is all about. The game had been barred from German shel
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Study shows it’s competition, not violence, that causes aggression
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R.I.P. Bill Kunkel
Bill Kunkel, often known as “The Game Doctor” and “Grandfather of Videogame Journalism,” passed away on Sunday, September 4th. He was 61. Kunkel led a diverse, exciting life. He wrote comic books, helped found the first videogame magazine entitled Electronic Games, invented the terms “Easter Egg” an
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In the war of writers and games, we are all winners
In the war to have games become a more accepted part of our culture, there is perhaps no more important battle than those who write scripts to games be viewed on equal standing with screenwriters, novelists and journalists. A videogame can be an unparalleled platform for in-depth storytelling, and i
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Cheat Sheet 9/7: Resistance 3 DLC announced, Free "full version" of Crimson Alliance not really full
Enjoy a fine afternoon of mainstream videogame news! –Get the latest details on Batman: Arkham City’s New Game Plus. –Resistance 3 Survival DLC pack has been announced. –Borderlands 2 promises to be friendly to your PC. -XBLA’s “free” Crimson Alliance download isn’t actually a full game. –Diablo
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Comic: Super Teenage Mario Bros. #21
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Polish videogame to help ease changeover in Northern Africa
This is actually pretty cool. There’s this program called S.E.N.S.E. (Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise) from Poland that lets government officials try out various scenarios that might that a good ol’ fashioned market economy might run across, in the hopes that officials might know what
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Retro Gaming Australia lets you relive your childhood one commercial at a time
…well, that is, if you’re Australian. Retro Gaming Australia’s Youtube channel offers 64 uploads of videogame (and videogame product) commercials from the early ’90s, so just pour yourself a bowl of well-aged Legend of Zelda cereal and enjoy the nostalgia—heck, even if you’re not Australian. But bef
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Cheat Sheet 9/6: SCEA calls out Microsoft, Halo creative director departs, Dead Island patch covers a lot
Enjoy some post-Labor Day mainstream videogame news! –New FAQ reveals Diablo III beta details. -Sony’s SVP of public relations Rob Dyer accuses Microsoft of using an exclusivity stipulation to protect “an inferior product.“ -Check out Yoshinori Ono on the future of fighting games and more. –Dragon
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Making Systems Checking More Fun Hacking a system may be analogous to a would-be thief looking for an open window, but its reality looks pretty different. Trying different command codes (and I’m guessing on vocab here) to obtain entry goes through a process of using language to unlock a system buil
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Minecraft Modder Recreates Zelda
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