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Diablo III producer under fire for adding color

By Abby McVay on Thursday, Jul 3rd 2008 5 Comments

Diablo fans have finally gotten Diablo III and even now that they’ve gotten it, some still aren’t happy. It would appear as if some fans would prefer the new Diablo to be no different from the first two graphics-wise. Which I understand, it’s hard when one of your favorite games is altered. One great example of a new direction gone wrong is Doom 3. I still have the old Doom games on my computer, but I despise Doom 3.

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Blizzard still has one more secret project

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Jul 2nd 2008 No Comments

Turns out that the Diablo III game isn’t the only big news Blizzard will be announcing this year. They’ve got another MMO they’ve been working on. Rob Pardo spoke briefly on the subject saying “So we have another development team. So yeah, there’s still an unknown project in development from us.”

blizzard secret project

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Activision’s Guitar Hero action figures

By Abby McVay on Monday, Jun 30th 2008 No Comments

Activision has decided to come out with a set of dolls action figures to go with their long line of games. They teamed up with McFarlane toys and made these rock stars that all seem to be sporting extremely tiny legs.

activision action figure

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The hideously pink PSP promotes a PC game

By Abby McVay on Monday, Jun 30th 2008 3 Comments

Marketing certain games and the way it is done sometimes blows my mind, for example this painfully pink PSP. That obnoxious image on the front, that’s not promoting a PSP game, no, it’s promoting a PC game.

pink PSP

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Pervs be warned EA is watching your Spore Creatures

By Abby McVay on Thursday, Jun 19th 2008 No Comments

Spore Creature Creator has caused all kinds of buzz, I haven’t quite jumped on the bandwagon yet, but I imagine I’ll give it a try eventually. However, those that have gotten it might want to watch themselves when it comes to all those giant penis creatures you’ve been creating.

Boobalicious Spore Creature Creator

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Scientifically proven red team beats blue team more often

By Abby McVay on Friday, Jun 13th 2008 No Comments

Well, there’s bad news for those on the blue team, turns out you’re more likely to lose than the red team. There is actual scientific proof of it, yes, some scientist actually bothered to do a study on this.

red team rocks

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Crash – Mind Over Mutant coming this fall

By Abby McVay on Thursday, Jun 12th 2008 No Comments

Crash Bandicoot is about to make yet another appearance, most of us haven’t played it since Crash’s days on the PS1. Although some ended it with the racing game (Crash Tag Team Racing), which wasn’t exactly exciting. It excelled at being overly mediocre.

Crash Bandicoot

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Swinx game system keeps your kids occupied

By Abby McVay on Thursday, May 29th 2008 No Comments

Well hell has officially frozen over. Someone has created a game that pulls the kids away from the TV and video games. I know, I’m just as shocked as you are. I mean the nerve, telling them to play games.

Swinx game for kids

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New Oddworld game in the works

By Abby McVay on Tuesday, May 27th 2008 No Comments

As a kid I was one of the few that wasn’t allowed to own a gaming console, so instead I played PC games. The first game to really draw me into console gaming was Oddworld, which my Uncle happened to own.

Oddworld

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The Wii will soon have Beer Pong

By Abby McVay on Friday, May 23rd 2008 No Comments

For those that still enjoy their rounds of beer pong, now the Wii is picking it up. Frats everywhere will rejoice over this game, because you can’t have too many options when it comes to drinking games.

beer pong for the wii