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