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Sony PSP
Sony's grand failure with the PSP Go
FP 188 days 11 hours ago | Pub 188d 11h ago | Sony PSP | Article | elwood731
It's been known since E3 that the new system would debut at a $250 price point. That might seem reasonable for a new handheld system until one con...
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Gaming
Future in franchising for video games
FP 194 days 21 hours ago | Pub 194d 21h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
Could there be a future for franchising in video games? No, not of the GameStop variety, but in actual games themselves. How so? By letting fans...
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Gaming
Getting adaptations of nostalgia completely wrong
FP 196 days 17 hours ago | Pub 195d 22h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
G.I. Joe and other adaptations face similar issues. Play it too close to the original and it would almost come off as farcical. Consider The Brad...
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Gaming
Twenty common misconceptions about gamers
FP 196 days 4 hours ago | Pub 196d 3h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
A look at the twenty most common misconceptions about gamers, with points refuting each. Example: They live in their parents' basement.
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Gaming
Top five most influential Sony PlayStation games
FP 197 days 19 hours ago | Pub 197d 18h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
When Sony originally announced they were making their own console much of the gaming world scoffed at them. How could they hope to compete with th...
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Gaming
Games as art: where are they?
FP 198 days 20 hours ago | Pub 198d 12h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
It may incense gaming fans, but many still view them as time occupiers for children. One would be hard pressed to argue this point with titles lik...
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Gaming
Top five most influential Sega Genesis games
FP 200 days 1 hour ago | Pub 199d 14h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
While the Super Nintendo may be looked back upon most fondly these days, at the time of the 16-bit console wars the Sega Genesis reigned supreme fo...
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Gaming
Top five most influential SNES games
FP 200 days 11 hours ago | Pub 200d 8h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
A look back at the games from the SNES era that most influenced the years of gaming since.
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E3 2009
Best of E3 2009
FP 200 days 15 hours ago | Pub 200d 15h ago | E3 2009 | Article | elwood731
This year saw E3 return to its roots and try to be the spectacle of games we all know it should be. It brought with it some incredible looking gam...
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Industry News
Lying to ourselves: the truth about bias in rev...
FP 202 days 19 hours ago | Pub 202d 17h ago | Industry News | Article | elwood731
Fox News is biased, right? NPR? Sure. Wall Street Journal? Okay. The Huffington Post? Obviously. So, what isn't biased? Of course, this ans...
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E3 2009
E3 2009: Microsoft press conference review
FP 203 days 22 hours ago | Pub 203d 22h ago | E3 2009 | Article | elwood731
This year sees E3 trying to return to its roots after a disastrous 2008 show. One of the biggest parts of any E3 show is the console manufacturers...
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Gaming
Five unforgivable sins in game design
FP 204 days 21 hours ago | Pub 204d 21h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
Making a bad game may be unforgivable to some, but even worse is making a good game that suffers from the following five design sins. Whether it be...
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Gaming
Five things that video games get right
FP 205 days 7 hours ago | Pub 205d 6h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
While it is certainly easy to pick apart games and gaming culture, it is just as easy to note the things done right by games. If you have a friend ...
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Gaming
Four things that the Super Mario series gets wrong
FP 205 days 21 hours ago | Pub 206d ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
While Super Mario may have starred in what are considered some of the greatest games ever made, that doesn't mean he is without fault. The Mario ga...
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Gaming
Our game is coming soon…as in three to seven years
FP 208 days 21 hours ago | Pub 208d 9h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
There is no such thing as bad publicity, right? But in media that is not always true. Too much publicity, especially at an early stage and then d...
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Gaming
Five annoying habits of video game forums
FP 209 days 12 hours ago | Pub 209d 12h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
If you've ever ventured into the deep, dark abyss that is most video game forums (not all, mind you) then you know there's some pretty crazy poster...
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Gaming
Five more useless lessons taught by video games
FP 212 days ago | Pub 211d 20h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
The last useless lessons feature was incredibly popular, and many pointed out it wasn't a comprehensive list. This is true, as five is rarely the c...
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Gaming
Five useless lessons taught by video games
FP 213 days 10 hours ago | Pub 213d 8h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
Video games may teach players many useful things, including better hand-eye coordination and how to save the world with just one clip, but they als...
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Wii
Wii Fit versus EA Sports Active
FP 215 days 23 hours ago | Pub 215d 22h ago | Wii | Article | elwood731
Wii Fit may be far from the darling of the hardcore gaming crowd, but that hasn't stopped it from being a hugely successful gamble on Nintendo's pa...
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Gaming
The Great Games: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's I...
FP 219 days 6 hours ago | Pub 219d 5h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
Yoshi's Island sadly often gets labeled as one of the ugly step-children of the Mario series along with Super Mario Bros. 2 (also known as Super Ma...
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Gaming
The Great Games: Final Fantasy VI
FP 220 days 13 hours ago | Pub 220d 6h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
For many young gamers the Final Fantasy series began counting at seven. At times it seems many fans quit counting at six. Final Fantasy VI was orig...
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Gaming
The Great Games: ICO
FP 222 days 13 hours ago | Pub 222d 12h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
ICO doesn't begin all that spectacularly. You awake to find yourself inside a castle with little idea of what to do or where to go. In that manner,...
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Gaming
25 reasons gamers annoy non-gamers
FP 223 days 12 hours ago | Pub 223d 10h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
Sure, a lot of the mistrust between gamers and non-gamers comes from simple miscommunication, but that doesn't mean some points aren't valid. Belo...
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Gaming
The theory of evolution as explained by video g...
FP 224 days 1 hour ago | Pub 223d 21h ago | Gaming | Article | elwood731
For a wide variety of reasons, there are still many around the world who oppose the theory of evolution. While it has gained widespread acceptance ...
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Industry News
The fate of fan games, and why movie studios ge...
FP 225 days 5 hours ago | Pub 225d 4h ago | Industry News | Article | elwood731
It's been going on for years with fan fiction (short stories), and indeed some of these are breaks into the world of real book writing, at least in...
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Wii
What is Nintendo not telling us about Wii Sport...
FP 227 days 9 hours ago | Pub 227d 9h ago | Wii | Rumors | elwood731
But why the secrecy about the other five games? And why did the title get delayed from earlier in the spring until July? There's so many unanswer...
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Gaming
Baseball Mogul 2009 for free
FP 300 days 10 hours ago | Pub 300d 9h ago | Gaming | News | elwood731
Baseball Mogul is a great sim series, and while the 2009 version may not have gotten our highest marks, it remains one of the best sports sim title...
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Industry News
How to write a game review online
FP 314 days 10 hours ago | Pub 314d 9h ago | Industry News | Article | elwood731
With the proliferation of blogs, it now seems video game reviews are everywhere. So, which ones can you trust? Which provide valuable analysis of...
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Industry News
Friday the 13th: a tribute in games
FP 315 days 20 hours ago | Pub 315d 15h ago | Industry News | Article | elwood731
This Friday will see the "reimagining" of one of the classic slasher franchises in theaters across the nation. Standing now at 12 films,...
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