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Features

In University, The Party Never Stops — For LAN

10:00AM Owen Good | Last week, more than a million users flooded Xbox Live to play Modern Warfare 2. Here’s something just as impressive: In January, nearly 300 gamers will meet in person to play a game released in 2000. More »
Culture

AI Convention Features StarCraft Competition

1:40PM AJ Glasser | The 2010 conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) is hosting a StarCraft competition where contestants craft bots to pit against one another in four different tournaments. More »
Culture

This Week In Video Game Comics

10:00AM Stephen Totilo | Just a pair of gaming-based comics hit comics shops in the US this week; a pair based on some major games. More »
Culture

Dropped Connection Sends Starcraft Swede Into Stabby Rage

9:30AM Owen Good | A balky Internet hookup is said to have triggered a Swedish Starcraft enthusiast’s random knife attack of a 15-year-old girl. More »
Culture

This Week In Video Game Comics

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Clearly getting out of the way of the release of Executive Assistant Iris #3, comic publishers are releasing just two video-game-themed comics today. Sorry for skipping last week and not getting to post about this Dead Space Extraction comic. More »
Media

Battle.net And StarCraft In Pictures

11:20AM Mike Fahey | Here’s a set of screenshots fresh off the Battle.Net asset disc, giving you a better look at the integration between the revamped Battle.net service, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft. More »
Culture

Guess BlizzCon Tourney Winners, Win A Gaming Laptop

3:00AM Owen Good | All you Warcraft tournament handicappers, take note – Blizzard’s running a contest to guess the winner of three of its tournaments at the upcoming BlizzCon, and laying two Asus G50vt laptops as grand prizes. More »
Culture

Cutie Cosplayer Wants To Make You A Plush Toy

5:00AM Owen Good | Remember Hezachan? Destroyer of websites from the Top 50 Cosplay Cleavage Shots debacle-a-thon? She’s also a big Starcraft fan, and her seamstress skills don’t stop at stitching together anime getups. More »
Culture

This Week In Video Game Comics

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Here’s a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including two from Blizzard’s biggest series. More »
Culture

Learn StarCraft From A “Full Blooded Korean”

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There’s lots to learn about in StarCraft. The entire nation of South Korea seems fixated on the game — with tournaments and TV programs. You could say it’s the country’s national (digital) pastime! More »