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Cheat Sheet 8/12: New Valve Counter-Strike title suggested, Zynga isn’t getting paid
We have easy mainstream videogame news in our crosshairs. –Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC video goes in-depth and behind the scenes. -Zynga isn’t drawing as many paid players as one might think. –MotorStorm Apocalypse update lets loose on details. -Valve may be releasing a new Counter-Strike title.
Cheat Sheet 8/11: L.A. Noire wins award for Motionscan, THQ closes Aussie studios
Welcome to the next level of mainstream videogame news! -EA is “revisiting” the Alpha Centauri series. -Eidos Montreal’s Jean-Francois Dugas talks about taking Deus Ex: Human Revolution to new places. -THQ has closed two Australian studios. -Those who pre-order Trackmania 2: Canyon will be granted
Beloved arcade eulogized in documentary
We have a soft spot for arcades, understandably. We showed an excerpt of Kurt Vincent’s forthcoming documentary Arcade at our film festival last month and so out of the gates comes another look at a beloved arcade. Since its opening nearly sixty years ago in lower Manhattan, Chinatown Fair was a pla
