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The 10 Games to Look Forward to in 2013

1. GRAND THEFT AUTO FIVE Let’s not kid ourselves. No matter what other game comes out next year, GTAV is the videogame equivalent of a new Harry Potter novel, or Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner sequel....

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What Your Chosen Video Game Characters Say About You

The choices we make in life say something about us, right? Sure they do, why not? And if that’s the case (and I believe we’ve established that it is) then surely it’s not too far a stretch to suggest...

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5 Video Game Sequels We’re STILL Waiting For

2013 is upon us, which is the very nice way of saying that we thought we’d have our hands on games like BioShock Infinite by now. However, we should consider ourselves lucky that we should have to...

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“Far Cry 3″ Is Better (and Cheaper) Than a Vacation

Can’t afford the all-inclusive club prices but dying to get away to some place sunny and tropical this winter? Get your ass gaming. ”Far Cry 3″ brings the tropics and all the positives of a beach...

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The 7 Hottest Characters from New Video Games

Was there really once a time when Ms. Pac-Man represented the height of feminine representation in video games? In the intervening years, female video game characters have run the gamut from the...

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The Desexualizaton of Lara Croft? Not Really

Above: The portrait of immaturity. About two hours into the new Tomb Raider game, I let myself give in to what seemed like the developer’s intentions. “Die, man!” I’d shout, helping Lara Croft pump a...

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The 5 Worst Video Games Ever Made

VIDEO GAMES ARE A BIG BUSINESS, with dozens of game producers vying for our gaming dollars. Sometimes they might the mark and make a game that will spawn sequels, a series, maybe even a movie. Other...

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The 5 Best Video Game Heroes

OUR WORLD HAS ALWAYS NEEDED HEROES. We’ve told stories of heroic deeds since we started telling stories, so its no wonder so many successful video games are basically hero quests. And a great quest...

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5 Signs You’re a Video Game Addict

While not yet officially a DSM-worthy disorder, according the American Psychiatric Association, most people either are, have been or knows a video game addict, and knows the effects of the addiction...

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What Your Favorite Video Game Says About You

  WITH SO MANY VIDEO GAMES TO PICK FROM, from RPG’s to first-person shooters, from side-scrollers to sports, there’s a little something out there for everyone. The choices we make say something about...

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BioShock Infinite: It’s the Debt, Stupid

MY WHAT A DIFFERENCE 100 YEARS MAKES. I don’t think anyone could call the modern world a shining beacon of perfection, but BioShock Infinite wastes no time in demonstrating how much ideas about...

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Boobs Aren’t Enough: “Scarlet Blade” Review

  PLENTY OF WRITERS elsewhere have already taken the “right” approach to the new adult-themed massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Scarlet Blade, which broke out of beta late last March. In...

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The 5 Biggest Video Game Flops

THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY is massively huge, a multi-billion dollar a year behemoth that makes a lot of money for a lot of people. But not every new system takes off. Not every game sells. Some products...

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7th Generation Consoles’ 7 Most Underrated Games

AS THE EIGHTH GENERATION of consoles is coming by year’s end, the games of the seventh generation are going to start popping up at pawn shops and used video game stores in abundance over in the coming...

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The 5 Most Ridiculous “Grand Theft Auto V” Rumors

The much-anticipated release of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V is less than six weeks away, which means all the speculation about the game will soon be cleared up. But we thought we’d take a...

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5 Reasons You’ve Gotta Play You Some Pica-Pic

  Pica-pic.com is “Hipopotam’s digitised collection of handheld video games” available for play on your smartphone, tablet or computer. Oh, and it’s awesome. Maybe the best thing ever. Even if you...

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The 5 Best App Games Ever

WHILE SOME HARDCORE PC and console gamers might deride and eschew them, the fact remains that app games are huge these days, even outselling traditional handheld consoles. Since so many people are...

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The 5 Toughest Video Game Bosses to Beat

VIDEO GAMES WOULDN’T BE MUCH FUN IF THEY WERE EASY. Gamers love a challenge–we thrive on them–and we appreciate a back-breaking boss battle. (Especially when we come out the winner.) But some bosses...

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The Anatomy of a Great Video Game

If there’s a secret formula that guarantees a fantastic video game, I don’t know it. And if I did, you best believe I’d be selling it to game developers. But while there may not be a secret formula,...

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The 6 Best Video Game Soundtracks

VIDEO GAMES just wouldn’t be the same without music. A video game soundtrack sets the tone, tell you when to be afraid, pumps you up for battles and warns you when you’re—tic, toc, tic, toc— running...

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