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The Possibly Real Dream Of A TV Show Affected By Gamers

Last year the people making the TV show and video game that are both called Defiance performed a distracting magic trick.


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Korean Government Launching Diablo III Investigation Over Alleged Law-Breaking

While Diablo III might be a big hit in South Korea, the country’s Fair Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Blizzard refused to refund Koreans who purchased the game and were frustrated with overloaded game servers.


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The Latest From American McGee Is Bighead Bash

Well, not including Akaneiro. American McGee and his Shanghai-based studio Spicy Horse are rolling out a new online game called Bighead Bash. More in the link. [Bighead Bash]


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Play A Game As A Medieval Islamic Warlord. For Once.

Given that most big games are made by Westerners for Westerners, we don’t often get the chance to assume the role of a serious, proper Islamic character. And no, Ubisoft, a fairytale, clichéd ideal of a Persian Prince doesn’t count.


May 31, 2012
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Dark Souls Coming To Steam, Computer DLC Coming To Consoles

Good news! The PC version of hard-as-nails Dark Souls is, oh yes, Steam bound. What’s more, the console versions will be getting PC exclusive content as paid DLC this winter.


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Geez, Mom Just Wants To Play World Of Warcraft, Why Is Nobody Listening?

Getting my family to sit down and have a meal? Hah, forget it. Too many conflicting schedules. Trying to have a conversation when we could actually sit down? Also impossible, and this is that Twitter didn’t even exist when I was a teenager.


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Oh Boy, This Skyrim Cosplay Is Terrific

In the far and distant future, we can hope that an Elder Scrolls game actually looks this good. Less like a fantasy world in a snowglobe, more like a place you’d actually enjoy a morning spent hanging out in the nice warm sun. Perhaps not the next generation of hardware. Maybe the one after.


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The Secret World’s Lead Designer Leads Me Straight Into Hell

In room 13 of the Overlook Motel on the scenic Savage Coast of New England there’s a doorway that leads directly to hell. If I had to sum up the setting for Funcom’s massively multiplayer supernatural roleplaying game The Secret World in one sentence, that would probably be it.


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The Divinity Series Isn’t Always Divine, But I Still Love It Anyway

When Larian announced its new Divinity game yesterday, I felt an emotion for which I know no word. It was the sensation that combines unhinged fannish glee with abject terror and worry.


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Find Your Way Around DayZ With This Real, Paper Map

One of the things that makes zombie survival sim DayZ so difficult is that players start the game without a map. And even then, getting hold of one can be tough. Without a map, you can’t see where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, you have trouble finding other survivors.