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Make Your Own Game
In The Cards In Kodu, you can program how characters or objects in your game act simply by string together "flash cards" that describe behaviors. Courtesy Microsoft Developing PC and video games is a...
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Fun and Games
Cowboys and Commandos Irony--a new videogame feature. D3Publisher of America Like skinny jeans and Wall Street panics, everything old is new again, especially if you're a gamer. Thank golden-age...
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Is PC Gaming Dead?
World of Warcraft Lives Is the PC passe? The 11.5 million monthly subscribers of the most massive online game don't think so. Courtesey Blizzard Entertainment In an era of high-definition, online...
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Play It Again, Sam
Street Fighter IV This 3D remake keeps all the whimsy of the low-fi original. Capcom Ask today's most accomplished game developers, and they'll tell you that making a hit title is like trying to...
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Rules of Engagement, Rewritten
Halo Wars main Halo Wars merges the look and feel of the popular first-person shooter series with real-time strategy gameplay. Courtesy Microsoft Real-time strategy (RTS) titles have been a...
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Wordplay
God of War III Played any good books lately? Thanks to increasingly literate scriptwriting and dialogue, today's top video games are beginning to rival novels and films. With epics like God of War III...
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Games to Go
God of War Courtesy Sony Party in your pants! Given excitement levels surrounding set-top systems like the Wii and Xbox 360, enthusiasts often forget several of today's most advanced gaming platforms...
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Unexpected Developments
OnLive MiniConsole An Internet-connected adapter plugs you into games running on computers up to 1000 miles away. Courtesy OnLive It was the best of times, it was the worst of times at this year's...
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Changing The Game
Nintendo DSi Havok (CC licensed) If it's not broken, don't fix it: Simply add a couple digital cameras, music playback, voice recording capabilities and an online store. That's the mantra behind...
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Playing Movies
Ghostbusters: the Video Game courtesy Gamespress According to conventional wisdom, most video games inspired by popular film licenses make Gigli look like Citizen Kane. See: 1982's E.T. the...
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Cheap Thrills
Guitar Hero: Metallica courtesy Gamespress Once upon a time, $40 or $60 went a long way towards satisfying your gaming jones. Not only did it buy a hot new title or two, but also must-have accessories...
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Atari 2600 Ramona.Forcella (CC licensed) According to the Entertainment Software Association, 40 percent of video game players are female, while women over 18 represent a larger built-in audience than...
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The Best Games You've Never Played
Plants vs. Zombies courtesy PopCap Games Played a lot of Zubo lately? Logging in tons of time with Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? Chances are, probably not. But as a recent spate of under-the-radar...
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Games Get Serious
Food Force courtesy United Nations World Food Programme Talk about playing favorites: Time recently named Grand Theft Auto czars Sam and Dan Houser to its annual list of the world's 100 most...
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E3 Expo 2009: The PopSci Preview
E3 2005 jezCourtesy of annual tradeshow the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the holidays come early for PC and video game enthusiasts every year. Running June 2-4, 2009 at the Los Angeles...
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Played any good books lately? Thanks to increasingly literate scriptwriting and dialogue, today's top video games are beginning to rival novels and films. With epics like God of War III and Heavy Rain...
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Party in your pants! Given excitement levels surrounding set-top systems like the Wii and Xbox 360, enthusiasts often forget several of today's most advanced gaming platforms actually fit in your...
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times at this year's Game Developers Conference, held March 23-27 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. The annual confab, which brought together the...
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If it's not broken, don't fix it: Simply add a couple digital cameras, music playback, voice recording capabilities and an online store. That's the mantra behind Nintendo's new DSi handheld, just...
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According to conventional wisdom, most video games inspired by popular film licenses make Gigli look like Citizen Kane. See: 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which almost single-handedly sunk Atari;...
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