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Decide the Fate of Carmine in Gears of War 3
Microsoft and Epic Games are running a charity promotion in which the public gets to decide the fate of Clayton Carmine in the upcoming Gears of War 3. Fans of the series may recall that Clayton Carmine’s brothers Anthony and Benjamin met with some untimely ends in previous Gears of War games. Will Clayton follow…
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Papercraft Friday #99: Link & Epona
I’ll be posting Papercraft Friday #100 next week, and have been thinking long and hard as to what it should be, since #100 is something of a milestone. The runner-up choice is this week’s model of Link and Epona from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. A model of Link seemed an appropriate candidate,…
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Papercraft Friday #98: Lara Croft
I picked a Lara Croft model for this week’s papercraft since the new Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light game will be released for Xbox Live Arcade in less than a week. I can’t wait to see how it plays, though I do wish that the co-op play was available at release and not…
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LEGO Night: 3839 Race 3000
Race 3000 is the 2nd of the new LEGO games that we got after going to the LEGO Games 2010 Summer Tour event. Race 3000 is a race car game for up to 4 players. The first car to make it all the way around the track wins. Turbos, oil slicks, shortcuts, pit stops, and…
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Machinarium Pirate Amnesty $5 Game Sale
Shipwreck over at CheapAssGamer pointed out today that, for those that missed it, the point-and-click adventure Machinarium has been on sale for $5 since August 5th, and the sale last through Thursday August 12th. The sale is dubbed a Pirate Amnesty sale, as Amanita Design estimates only 5-15% of the people who have ever played…
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Game Impressions: Singularity
Introduction When you “borrow” heavily from two of the most popular and highly acclaimed games in recent history, you have to be prepared for the inevitable comparisons. If your game does not do the things those games did at least as well if not better, your audience can’t help but notice. So does Singularity hold…
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Billy Mitchell’s Back on Top of Donkey Kong Heap
Twin Galaxies announced yesterday that Billy Mitchell broke back-to-back records of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. His record 1,062,800 score on Donkey Kong (after which he stopped… yes, stopped) took him 2 hours 42 minutes, after which he switched to Donkey Kong Jr and scored 1,270,900 in 3 hours 58 minutes. Previous record holders…
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LEGO Night: 20015 Creator Crocodile BrickMaster
Every once in awhile, an innocuous LEGO set comes along that the whole family just falls in love with. The 20015 Creator Crocodile BrickMaster exclusive is one of those for us. Everyone just loves this little guy! He even went in the display case because everyone wanted to make sure he stayed intact. I would…
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Halo 2600
From Al over at AtariAge: Halo, one of the decade’s most renowned video game franchises, has finally found a home on the Atari 2600! In this special version of Halo, you play the role of Master Chief as he battles his way through 64 screens! Locate weapons and power-ups that will help you defeat increasingly…
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Doctor Who: Cobwebs
Today Big Finish Productions released the much-awaited Doctor Who audio adventure Cobwebs, a a four part story by Jonathan Morris. It’s noteworthy as it is the first time in 26 years that the 5th Doctor ensemble of Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Mark Strickson (Vislor Turlough) are all together…
