News::Learning to use a new TV is hard.

Learning to use a new TV is hard. So many settings. Why, this great story argues, can't they gradually introduce features like a video game does?

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News::April Fool's Day Is Especially Cruel To Batman (And Adventure Time Fans)

Continuing a long and proud tradition of producing some of the only April Fool's Day content worth a chuckle, online retailer Thinkgeek has revealed three bogus items that aren't really for sale.

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News::Reminder: It's April 1. Don't Believe Everything You Read. Especially This Stuff.

It's getting tiresome, we know, and aside from a gifted minority most "gags" are an annoyance (at best), but so long as people still think April 1 is a green light for them to try and be funny, other people will read websites expecting news and items of interest and instead see lies.

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News::Fans Petition for Star Wars Battlefront 3 on Facebook

PlayStation Euphoria: In a group called Who Else Wants Star Wars Battlefront III, fans have taken to Facebook to gain 34,433 likes in total at this point of writing. Founded January 11th 2012, this group has not seen the figures they have wanted with a goal of 7.5 million likes. To confront that, they are beginning a new campaign to reach out towards media outlets and the public.



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News::'Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon' box artwork leaks

The B-movie-inspired cover design, which surfaced on the NeoGAF forums, suggests that the mystery project will be a radical departure from last year's first-person shooter.



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News::Top 5 Lessons EA Learned From Sim City

Sim City seemingly was a disaster right? Not so fast. Is there an upside for EA?



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News::Celebrate Easter With This Skyrim Easter Egg Mod

GR - "If you're playing Skyrim on this easter sunday, there's a mod that'll fit right into the game by sprucing it up with some easter cheer."



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News::Samurai Vs. Zombies Defense Launches as Free Xbox Title

Glu Games has today launched the hugely popular Samurai Vs. Zombies Defense on Windows 8, available to download now for free. Samurai Vs. Zombies Defense is compatible with all existing versions of Windows 8, and thus playable on desktop, laptop, tablet and Surface devices.



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News::Why Battlefield 4 will be awesome

The action packed 17 minute long sequence begins with four soldiers in a car that is slowly sinking into a lake in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is one of the two confirmed locations in Battlefield 4, China being the other one. The video had a lot of action going on for an opening sequence but the lighting, explosions and the destruction was insane. We are super excited for Battlefield 4 and if you dont feel the same way you better read this -



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News::The Timing is Right for the Return of Half-Life Games

Explosion.com's Dave Walsh looks at the recent rumors of a possible Half-Life-related unveil coming up soon and explores how right now is the right time for Half-Life to return to the gaming world.



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News::This is a new TV commercial for Naughty Dog's The Last Of Us.

News::Thief 4 Concept Art Is, Yes, Very Dark

News::Prison Architect Alpha impressions, Part 1 | StickSkills

StickSkills said, "Being an independent developer has certain advantages. In many cases, the developer is not locked into any specific time frame to get a game released, which means it can take the necessary time to polish a product, and, if desirable, release versions of the game to the fans to try out. Introversion Software is positioned for just such a model. The developer of the unique DEFCON, Darwinia, and Uplink is once again hard at work on another clever title, and is giving the players alpha access as well as the chance to contribute feedback and have a valuable role in the course of development of the game."



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News::Far Cry 3 Expansion Suggests The Game Has Jumped The Shark In The Most Amazing Way Possible

Above is apparently the "box art" for Blood Dragon, an upcoming (and seemingly downloadable) expansion for Far Cry 3. Take a good look at it.

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News::Defiance Already a Steam Best Seller

This doesn't happen often but when it does it bodes well for the game!



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News::Microsoft Blog Says Battlefield 4 Will Be Out On October 29

News::Game Of F**ks Is All The Swearing From Game Of Thrones, Together In One Video [NSFW]

Just in time for the beginning of season three tonight, here's your highbrow Sunday evening content: a supercut of every nasty curse word whispered, spoken and screamed in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones.

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News::Brothers: A Tale of Two Mediums

Samuel Woodruff of RealGamerNewz writes, "The thing that stands out most to me is the cinematic quality that the game's creative director, Josef Fares, instills in the game. It's no wonder, since, as he states in the video, Fares started out in film. However, the "cinematic" quality of a game, that is to say, the aesthetic quality of Cinema, can be found in nearly every big title released over the past two generations of consoles. Game-makers have long striven to create "cinematic" games, more and more by increasing the graphical detail and by shifting the plotting to hit particular beats standardized by films. The apex of the modern game seems to be the "playable movie." There's nothing wrong with that, after all, Cinema started very much the same way, and eventually,..."



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News::GDC 13: Hotline Miami Devs Talk Plans for Sequel, Merchandising, Rule out Drugs as Influence

Hardcore Gamer: As far as a sequel goes, the story is basically finished. It will build around the first game, featuring some sequel and some prequel elements. Jacket, a name for the main character the pair expressed their fondness of, will play a minor part in the sequel, but will not be the main protagonist. Gameplay-wise, the game will be more of the same thing, but we tried to explore other things with the story, said Söderström.



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News::This Fully-Playable 16-Bit Wonderland is Guild Wars 2's Idea of a Joke

Originally planned as a fake 8-bit update to celebrate April Fools' Day, Super Adventure Box grew into an expansive three-level homage to the golden age of gaming available to Guild Wars 2 players the length of April, because ArenaNet.

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News::Pilots, you are required to maneuver straight down this Death Star trench, constructed within Minecr

Pilots, you are required to maneuver straight down this Death Star trench, constructed within Minecraft, and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide.

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News::Review | Bioshock Infinite [GamerXChange]

GXC: "After a few years of anxious anticipation, 2K and Irrational Games have released Bioshock Infinite. Irrational Games has taken their beloved Bioshock franchise out of the waters of Rapture and to the skies of Columbia. No longer are we confronted with an underwater city of darkness and horrors, but brought to a thriving city bright and promising. We no longer play as a silent hero, but a man with a voice, a name, a face, and a deep story. Irrational seemingly made a complete 360 when they introduced us to the world of Columbia in Bioshock Infinite. Such drastic changes might have been a cause for concern to some, but after playing the game, Im here to explain to you how much of a welcome change it was. "



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News::A new Deus Ex "Game" Is Being Unveiled Tomorrow

The official Deus Ex Facebook page has posted the above image, promising that the "World's first look at Deus Ex: Human Defiance" will come "TOMORROW!" (their caps, not mine).

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