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Big Brother Really Is Watching You

You may not know it yet, but Microsoft has thrown your privacy out the window in order to aid law enforcement. It has developed the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor AKA COFEE, a USB device that can extract information from your computer. The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes [...]

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The Most Expensive Game Ever = Grand Theft Auto IV

No, we’re talking about the outrageous prices that were attached to Neo Geo cartridges back in the day (remember those things?). Instead, we’re taking a look at the amount of money involved in the development of a video game and early estimates say that Grand Theft Auto IV is taking the cake. Leslie Benzies is [...]

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Aerosmith Says No to Rock Band, Yes to Guitar Hero

And so they have opened up a whole new can of worms, one that many other bands and musicians may choose to consider when working with video game developers. Aerosmith has officially announced that they have signed a contract with the good people at Activision, effectively locking down their songs for Guitar Hero exclusivity. What [...]

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In-Depth Preview: Starcraft II

Here’s a video preview of Starcraft II, courtesy of IGN. We get an in-depth view of some of the new units in the game, as well as seeing a new aspect of gameplay: tiered terrain. With tiered terrain, certain land masses are above and below others. Most units will have to circle around and find [...]

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Reviews: Grand Theft Auto IV

Well, it’s out. The reviews are coming in. Here’s one that you can watch instead of read: Just for the fun of it, here’s the game’s Metacritic page, in case you want to know more about it. The irony here is that GTA fans are playing it already. In case you haven’t tried a GTA [...]

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Deca Sports Official Trailer

When the Nintendo Wii first launched, we had a ball with Wii Sports. I became particularly proficient in Tennis and Bowling, but I was somewhat disappointed with the implementation of Boxing. Along the way, we’ve come across several other mini-game compilations for NIntendo’s wave-tastic gaming console and now Hudson is jumping into the arena with [...]

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Halo Prequel is Third-Person

Without a doubt, the Halo franchise has been incredibly successful for Bungie and Microsoft, serving as the flagship for both the original Xbox and the current Xbox 360. People swarmed to retailers in droves to get their hands on Halo 3, because they knew that it was going to be stellar and it was a [...]

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More Girl Touching Games To Be Released

First, there was Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! It’s a Nintendo DS game where the goal is to find a witch hiding in a school. To find the said witch, you must search for the witch’s mark. How? By touching the bodies of school girls using the stylus. And no, there’s really no other way to [...]

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What if GTA Was on the NES?

The crazy kooks at College Humor are at it again. We laughed and we cried with Street Fighter: The Later Years and now the CH crew have put together yet another awesome video for our viewing pleasure. Grand Theft Auto has easily become one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, but [...]

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Okami On The Wii

The Wii version of Okami was released recently and it begs the question: how are the controls? With an emphasis on drawing things onscreen, it’s easy to see how Okami’s gameplay would fit perfectly with the Wii-mote. There’s still a lot of platforming and traveling to be done within the game though, so it’s not [...]

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