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Stealth Gameplay Isn’t Enough: Give Me The Thrill Of The Hunt

I finally finished Crytek’s Crysis 2 last week and surprised myself by immediately firing up a new game and starting it over from the beginning. Sure, Crysis 2 is a slick, well-made first-person shooter, but it’s fairly unremarkable on the surface. So why, when I had so many other games I could (or should) be playing, was I nano-suiting up yet another time?


Don’t Let Some Rules Stop Your Sexy

This weekend, the Comic Market, aka Comiket, tore through Tokyo. And earlier this month, new rules were revealed for skimpy Comiket cosplay: cover up!


Edu-painment

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there.


Sunday Comics

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic.


Real Details On The New Counter-Strike From Pros Who’ve Played It

Valve Software revealed the existence of the newest Counter-Strike today, but the company seemed a bit shy on specifics, saying that next year’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive would bring new weapons, gameplay modes and maps to the extremely popular competitive shooter.


Is Valve Releasing A New Counter-Strike Game?

Out of nowhere, there’s rumours flying around tonight that Valve is on the cusp of revealing a new game.


What Do Grand Theft Auto And Lemmings Have In Common?

Rockstar North is a video game developer known and respected the world over as the creators and continued custodians of the core Grand Theft Auto series.


Spoiler Alert: People Like Spoilers

We live in an era of extreme spoiler-phobia. Be it television, movies, novels, or video games, the speedy connectivity of social media has conditioned us to live in fear of ruining one another’s fun. We add spoiler warnings to even the most mundane details, even when the subject of the discussion is years old.


The Destructive Video Game Art Of Coro Kaufman

We’ve got another Massive Black artist for you today, which is always a treat. Coro Kaufman is one of the studio’s co-founders, and also servers as its art director. Needless to say, his stuff is great.


The Greatest Cosplay In The World

Last weekend, cosplayers from around the world flocked to the Wold Cosplay Summit. This is more than simply the Olympics of posing and priming in character costumes. Cosplayers perform on stage, giving the competition an air of theatrics.


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