Sunday, December 28, 2008

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Study: Video Game Physiques Give Guys Body Image Issues, Too

10:00AM December 28, 2008 | Owen Good

Playing as super buffed up hunky dudes can make men insecure, according to a Kansas State study. But read on, if these stories are correct, this piece of scholarship has some serious problems.

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Chatting With Samus and Naomi Hunter — at the Same Time

8:00AM December 28, 2008 | Owen Good

This week, Maxim named Metal Gear Solid’s Naomi Hunter the top babe in gaming. Sadie Ultraneko talked to her voice actor, Jennifer Hale (right), who also voices Metroid’s babelicious Samus Aran.

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Monolith Guy: Expansions, Ports Sunk F.E.A.R.

6:00AM December 28, 2008 | Owen Good

Dave Matthews (not this guy), the primary art lead for F.E.A.R. 2, has an idea what tanked the franchise: expansions and console ports — ones not made by Monolith.

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Retro Edutainment: Talking with Speak & Spell’s Dev

4:00AM December 28, 2008 | Owen Good

The talkies of video games wouldn’t come until 1980, with Berzerk, Gorf and Intellivoice. But 1978′s Speak & Spell undoubtedly contributed to the DNA of early gaming.

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Gatling Glitch > Rocket Jump

2:00AM December 28, 2008 | Owen Good

Here’s a trick for those rompin’ and stompin’ with zombies this Christmas: A physics glitch that enables you to charge up a gatling gun and launch yourself across the map in Left 4 Dead.

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Call of Duty: World at War: Balancing Historic Realism With Fun

1:00AM December 28, 2008 | Brian Crecente

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Capcom Talks Street Fighter IV, Bioinic Commando Rearmed On The Wii

11:20PM November 28, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

Capcom has released some of the best third party titles for Nintendo — and continues to do so. But is there hope for Street Fighter IV Wii? Street Fighter II HD? Bionic Commando Rearmed? Here’s Capcom exec Christian Svensson (pictured) dashing and creating hopes:

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Ninja Blade Ready To Slice Up January

11:00PM November 28, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

From Software’s “cinematic action game” Ninja Blade has a release date. It’ll be out January 29 in Japan for ¥7.140 ($114). See, in Ninja Blade there’s this ninja…

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Microsoft ‘Explain’ Why Only The US Gets A Thanksgiving XBL Sale

10:00PM November 28, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

There’s a ton of great deals on Xbox Live at the moment! Like Rez HD for 500 points. Awesome. Only awesome if you’re in the US, though. Everyone else gets nothing. Why is that, Microsoft?

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Can One Ever Have Too Much Prinny Stuff?

9:00PM November 28, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft

To commemorate the sale of the new Prinny PSP game, developer Nippon Ichi has just released a slew of goodies

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