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17 August 2009 ~ 88 Comments

Do You Wanna Date My Avatar

Do You Wanna Date My Avatar

It seems to be a growing issue of geek pride – did you watch The Guild before they were famous? This blogger proudly announces he did (though he wonders whether the other GYBO’s bloggers would be so proud). If you’ve not already heard of The Guild let alone watched them via Xbox Live then this [...]

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14 August 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Left 4 Dead 2 preview

Left 4 Dead 2 preview

Looks like Valve will be shaking things up for Left 4 Dead 2. In addition to introducing more zombie types – one that spits acid (to go after those players who hide in the corner) and one that pile drives – the game’s AI will try and adapt to the tactics the players are using. [...]

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08 August 2009 ~ 62 Comments

Penis face Mii

Penis face Mii

Nintendo may need to invest more resources into Wii online moderation. An area where the Wii is weak is certainly its online play and online interaction. However, with “games” like the Mii Contest Channel the console does remind you the internet is out there. If you’re not familiar with the channel then here’s the run [...]

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06 August 2009 ~ 276 Comments

Crash Course – new content for Left 4 Dead

Crash Course – new content for Left 4 Dead

Image via Wikipedia There was such a drama when Valve announced they would be releasing Left 4 Dead 2. Rather than welcoming the game a small core of vocal Left 4 Dead fans cried foul. They worried that Left 4 Dead would be weakened, that the new game would make it next to impossible to [...]

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05 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

History Kit – Little Big Planet

History Kit – Little Big Planet

The game devs over at Media Molecule have uploaded the latest tempting extension to the joy that is LittleBigPlanet. The production house will be introducing the History Kit to the collection of modules that the game’s player base and game level designer base have access too. That’s the clever thing about Little Big Planet. As [...]

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04 August 2009 ~ 86 Comments

WipEout HD in-game video ad pulled

WipEout HD in-game video ad pulled

Image by deltaMike via Flickr The controversial in-game video ad which featured in the PlayStation 3’s WipEout HD has been removed. The ad was produced after an agreement between Double Fusion (the ad firm) and Sony but met with hostility from the player base of the download only game. Sony took action after reports that [...]

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04 August 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Singing dead people in WET's "Shot at love" trailer

First off; don’t watch this is you’re not a fan of glory action video games. Second off; don’t watch this if you don’t like musicals! No kidding. “My true love just blew me away,” sings one corpse for this trailer from the Bethesda Softworks. There’s a catch with this video. Loads of people might start [...]

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04 August 2009 ~ 40 Comments

Star Wars Old Republic Trailer

The trailer for Star Wars Old Republic that was released for E3 2009 is nothing short of awesome. There’s still no certainty around the date of the MMO but all around the internet people are praying it will be soon. What do you make of the trailer? Does this work as an MMO or does [...]

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03 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Call of Duty 4 – still attracting attention

Call of Duty 4 – still attracting attention

Whether you love it, hate or are simply over it – it’s worth noting that Call of Duty 4 is still drawing the eyeballs. 14 year old British gamer NOSC0P3L3G3ND (or NSL) has a montage of sniper shots from the game enter YouTube’s most watched list today. As usual the YouTube comments are a mix [...]

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03 August 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Facebook update for DSi today

Facebook update for DSi today

Image via Wikipedia Tomorrow morning (8pm EST tonight, or 1am GMT) Nintendo’s popular handheld console gets an update which will make it easier for users to upload and view their photographs on Facebook. It is expected that this upgrade will be applied as normal via the systems menu. It is expected that this will introduce [...]

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