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Posted by Rob Zacny –
What a delightfully weird game The Darkness is.

Filler

Posted by Rob Zacny –
Scientists at New Mexico State University's nonprofit Chile Pepper Institute recently announced that they had successfully bred a brand new, medium spicy, extra large jalapeño, specially optimized for "increased cheese payload." -Nicola Twilley, Good.is

Through a Gunsight

Posted by Rob Zacny –
Lebanon tells the story of an Israeli tank crew on the first day of the 1982 invasion. The entire film takes place inside the tank, and our only glimpses of the outside world come through the gunner's optics.

Steel Battalion

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
If you're one of the folks who should probably get off my lawn, you may have no idea what I'm talking about here. Steel Battalion is an original Xbox game of giant robot combat that came out in 2002.

The Interrogation Game

Posted by Rob Zacny –
A man in a corner is never going to shut up. If he shuts up, if he says what I knew I should say, "Call my lawyer," then he's going to the station, he's going to get booked, he's going to court. For a guy in a jam, there's only one way out, to keep explaining, hoping that somehow bullsh*t buys liberty. – Mack Malloy, Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow

Hauling Down the Freak Flag

Posted by Rob Zacny –
Last week, PAX East came up again as part of the ongoing arguments to define what gamer culture is and should be. As someone who is often guilty of bouncing between being a snob or a borderline otaku, however, I came away with mixed feelings.

To What Use Shall You Put This Achievement?

Posted by Rob Zacny –
"Growing and working, thinking and gaining power, reflecting and gathering insights, the student justifies his life; the future may safely be left to its own devices." - Henry Merritt Wriston, The Nature of a Liberal College

Enraged

Posted by Rob Zacny –
A rush of anger and indignation followed my every death in Enslaved. With widened eyes and quivering jaw, I would glare at the screen and think, How. Dare. You.

Racing Games

Posted by Rob Zacny –
At 3:45, I pad out to the living room and turn the television to SPEED before starting a pot of coffee. The pot's ready just as the feed cuts over to an overcast race track in Malaysia. I unmute the speakers and watch Formula 1 cars rolling off the starting line near Kuala Lampur while I sit here in the dark listening to dry English sportscasters.
Dudebro in the moon. Needs High Life.

Sword & Sworcery

Posted by Julian "rabbit" Murdoch –
If you’re like half the internet, your first exposure to SuperBrothers’ Sword & Sworcery for the iPad came through your Twitter feed. Someone you follow made a seemingly nonsensical comment, such as “We just woke a slumbering sylvan sprite from a curious nestbox surrounded by three rain-soaked songbirds. #sworcery,” or “We got The Megatome & we are the smartest.

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