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    (Starman) Starman: Don't really have time to see this, but I'm saving this movie to my hard drive as I speak: [bitcast.vimeo.com] Hopefully this is as well-done as eve... more »
    Wolfnave: The "struggle to make a better video game movie" begins and ends with a competent grasp of storytelling. The reason why video game movies are uniform... more »
    Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: This movie was pretty god damn awesome. Unfortunately only 20 minutes, but even in that 20 minutes it blows away a ton of other attempts at making a g... more »
    Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: well... the uhhh..the...the Shami-nites were cute! i guess thats something. more »
    Kobun: Was that YouTube link the actual trailer for The Last Dragon I just saw? I don't remember if my DVD has the trailer, but that gives away the whole end... more »
    Dr Durdon: Are his pants inflatable or are his legs really chunky like that? I watched this entire movie at work one day. For a budget of $100k, it's awesome. T... more »
    Seiven: I watched this video the first time it was posted, and was surprised the amount of emotion I felt while watching it...I was inspired and felt a great ... more »
    WhiteMÃ¥ge: Turbo follows 4D fighting game player Hugo (Justin Chon of Twilight fame), who hopes to join a pro-team by winning a Super Turbo Arena tournament. St... more »
    Odin: With the advent of stand alone DotA based games that actually do a good job of modernising the original (read: Heroes of Newerth) WC3 might be under t... more »
    Kualtek: It's nice to see something that says the LAN people still exist. It seemed for awhile we were going to be downplayed to extinction. I run a group for ... more »
    AOClaus: There's one good thing to come out of Modern Warfare 2, unlike the previous game you're not limited to the pre-made classes when playing offline, so e... more »
    RockyRan: It's really sad my college has nothing even closely resembling to an organized gaming community. Either that or it's so underground that it's practica... more »
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    homernoy: I would love to go to a LAN party, but my PC of late weighs a friggin ton. I think I would throw my back out if I attempted to carry it far. #lan more »
    Sharkey1337: This is why there is an outcry against Starcraft II's lack of LAN. I do miss my days of huge LAN partying, mmmmmmm nostalgia... #lan more »
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    Turbo: The Struggle To Make A Better Video Game Movie

    With a title like Turbo, says filmmaker Jarrett Conaway, it's simple to put across that the movie is either about arcade-style fighting or cars. Here, Turbo is about kicking, not cars. Simple, right? More »
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    In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN

    Last week, more than a million users flooded Xbox Live to play Modern Warfare 2. Here's something just as impressive: In January, nearly 300 gamers will meet in person to play a game released in 2000. More »
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    They Made The Wii Bowling Ball, And They're Not Done Yet

    I sat in a blue room on Monday, surrounded by what some hardcore gamers might call artifacts of absurdity. More »
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    Head In The Clouds: Flying In Video Games

    There's something fantastical about flying in a video game. We can easily run, jump and swim in real life. Flight is more exotic. But we do fantasize about it. Where do you think the term "flights of fancy" comes from? More »
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    I Clothe Gamers

    It wasn't my idea to start a clothing line. It took some convincing, gentle arm-twisting from a friend who often knows me better than I know myself. That coercion worked. We started a business. More »
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    In Praise Of Hard Games

    I've been roasted by a dragon, used as a pincushion for ghoul spears, and hacked to death by an axe knight, repeatedly. I keep trying, and I die and die again. Are we having fun yet? More »
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    I Can Kick Your Butt, Wanna Bet?

    Whether it was the local arcades or the family living room, there have been players — not all — who have thrown down extra scratch to see if being good pays off in more than bragging rights. More »
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    Video Game Speakeasy Slips Into Soho for a Night of Raucous Fun

    Nights in New York City's upscale Soho neighborhood always offers something at which to Gawk. More »
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    For Little Money And In Many Words, These Gamers Help You

    In Richmond, Va., a 43-year-old father of three lines up a camera at his TV to film himself playing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. More »
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    I Kept Playing — The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction

    "I hated level 40," she said with a sigh. It was the first time we'd spoken in eight years, and she had never forgotten the night I spurned her advances in favor of gaining a level in EverQuest. More »
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    The Xbox Massage-Makers: Money, Sex Toys & Indie Backlash

    College senior Justin Le Clair may be the most commercially successful Xbox 360 developer of 2009. For four hours of work he's pocketed $60,000 and counting. His creation? An Xbox massage program, the first in a controversial trend. More »
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    What Makes A Video Game Scary

    How can a video game be scary? Unlike horror movies where you're stuck watching some hapless victim succumb to scary stuff, video games empower players to fight back. Or at least run away. It's October. Time to identify horror-gaming's essentials. More »
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    Is Single-Player Gaming In Danger Of Extinction?

    It's in danger of becoming a lost art. Video game developers, increasingly focused on community building, cooperative play and massive online interactions, seem to have forgotten the satisfaction of the solo experience. More »
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    Where Are All The "Next Gen" Games?

    The calendar says "2009". The Xbox 360 launched in 2005. That means we're four years into the "next generation" of video gaming. If so, then where the hell are our "next generation" games? More »
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    Why We Love To Hate Activision — And Might Be Wrong

    The games biz has a new favorite bad guy, and its name is Activision. Do the mega-publisher and its aggressive, polarizing CEO, Bobby Kotick, deserve the bad rap? Or do we just love to hate? Who is this man, anyway? More »
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    How To Dress A Tokyo Game Show Booth Lady

    "They look cute," says 20-something-year-old Takahiro Yamaguchi. "So cute." He's spent a good chunk of his day taking booth companion photos. "It's not just how the girls look," he explains, "but what they're wearing. That's what I'm taking pictures of." More »
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    Asia’s Other Game Convention: Singapore Shines in September

    When the Tokyo Game Show starts this week, it will be the talk of the town. Last year, the event drew 194,288 attendees over the course of four days for business and public visitors. More »
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    Minority Report: The Non-White Gamer's Experience

    Fergus Mills searches for the words. It's clear he wants to say this carefully. The 22-year-old from Macon, Ga. is black. His Xbox Live avatar is black. Except that it's not. More »