News::3 Video Game Protagonists Wed Hate in Real Life

They're just terrible.



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News::Episode 23: Animal Cross Zone (It's All So Addicting!)

Do you ever become addicted to games? We do sometimes. Maybe. Okay, so we get super-addicted to everything all the time, so what? WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?! *ahem* Anyway, this episode is all about video game addictions. After we unveil our recently played games, we get right into our discussion, which includes things from games the Podunkast crew gets addicted to to games that other gamers tend to get addicted to and so on. We also answer a community question while Khorne attempts to find something to talk about for New Zealand Khorner.



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News::The Internet Reacts Stupidly/Hilariously To GTAV's New Trailer

News::NZ Gamer - Dark Matter Preview

NZ Gamer - The Metroidvania genre is something that gets mimicked or homaged all too often these days and it takes a lot of work to deliver something that actually competes with those two high caliber franchises (Metroid and Castlevania; geddit?) Being a huge fan of Metroid, I felt right at home when some preview code for upcoming title Dark Matter arrived in my email.



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News::The Walking Dead: 400 Days Review | GameTrailers

GameTrailers: "Telltale Games cooks up a short but sweet appetizer to hold us over until Season 2."



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News::IGN- Kentucky Route Zero: Act II Review

IGN:Act II of Kentucky Route Zero provides another sharp walkabout into a beautifully surreal world. Though it poses more questions than it answers, it still left me pining for the next chapter. If the final three acts manage to be as powerful and evocative as the first two, Kentucky Route Zero is going to be looked back on as a tremendous and singular accomplishment in gaming.



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News::Razer Surround Impressions

Maximum PC: Razer Surround is a program for gamers to get surround sound from any pair of headphones, be it Razer or otherwise. Thats right, install it and Razer claims that youll have the best virtual 7.1 channel surround sound experience [possible] with any stereo headphones.



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News::Mark Foster Talks 'Chroma': A Warped and Twisted Indie Game

Hardcore Gamer: Chroma is a platformer with a rather unique twist: the game takes place in a dark, dank environment. By using the "Shadow Walking" ability, players can jump out of their character's skin, and use the environment's shadows as platforms to get around obstacles, and avoid deadly falls. This unique concept and the game's wonderful presentation was enough to grab my attention immediately. We began playing Mark's past games and found most of them to be pretty fun, but Chroma seems to be the small developer's jump into something much bigger.



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News::The DPod From the DPad VIDEOCAST - Ep. 45: The Legacy Continues

Rogue Legacy arrives for the second week in a row as we discuss late-game strategy. Also, Full Throttle, Bleed, The Witcher 2, and Brutal Legend! The DPod is a weekly live videocast discussing all the week's news bits and a wide variety of gameplay footage and discussion. There's a little something for everyone!



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News::You Don't Know Merc: A History Of Deadpool

A Critical Hit: "It hasnt always been sunshine and roses for Deadpool. He might be the star of his own videogame and appear in multiple comics each month, but there was a time when his series was regularly being considered for cancellation, supported only by a small yet devoted cult following. How did he rise in popularity? When did he start breaking the fourth wall? And where should you begin if you want to read the comics?"



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News::Best PC Games For iPad

John Bedford (Modojo): More and more PC games are making the transition to tablet touchscreens in 2013, and the platform's fast becoming a second home for the very best titles. While you can typically expect to pay a little more for these top quality ports, you'll also get a lot more depth and replay value in return. Here's our pick of the very best PC games you can get for your iPad today.



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News::Exilic.com - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Preview #3: Socially Inclined

Exilic is back with another edition of our Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn preview and this time around it's to touch on a few major topics within the social interworking of Ezorea.



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News::Second Chance Heroes: Who Ever Said History Was Boring? | Greenlit Gaming

This is dedicated to everyone who thinks history is dull, boring, and a waste of time. Second Chance Heroes developed by Rocket City Studios will kick you in the face with action, comedy, and just plain awesomeness; you should have paid attention in you history classes. Sure its a little fantastical, but why wouldnt it be? With movies like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter being produced on this planet, why shouldnt historical figures be given an edgy side?



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News::Design an Achievement for Fable Anniversary

Lionhead Studios is taking the crowdsourcing approach to coming up with the last Achievement for Fable Anniversary . Now through July 14, you can submit ideas on the company's forums.

"We'll be handing the creative baton to our community by asking YOU to dream up the most creative, challenging, fun and unique achievements possible," writes Lionhead. "Once we've got your ideas, we’ll sit down and shortlist our favourite 5 and, once again, hand the wand of decision making (previously known as the creative baton) back to you by asking you to vote for your favourite achievement."

This isn't the first time a studio has let the community have an impact, but it does make a lot of sense here. Players are already familiar with the game, after all -- it shouldn't be too difficult to dream up some creative suggestions. The winner will make it into the credits of Fable Anniversary and receive a copy of the game for their trouble.

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News::3Djuegos- Civilization V: Brave New World Review

3D:Culture, diplomacy, ideology and several strategic developments. Civilization expands its reign with a great expansion.



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News::GamesRadar - Capsized review

GamesRadar - Weird vegetation, underground villages, and even questionable terrain are just some of the things youll run into as you make your way through the mysterious alien world in Capsized. This 2D action platformer features plenty of challenges to overcome and simple puzzles to solve, and ultimately rewards you for exploring all of its nooks and crannies. Though it might only take you a couple of hours to finish, Capsized offers enough enjoyable moments to make this a worthwhile trip--if you can make it past some technical issues along the way.



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News::Geekscape Games Reviews: 'Dark'

Andy writes, "Waking up with no memory sucks. Waking up with enormous migraine pains between your temples is just icing on the crap-stained cake. Im not sure finding out that all of this is brought on because youre a Vampire makes this any better or worse. I guess it all depends on whether or not youre a sparkly douche or the real kind."



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News::Can Square Enix Get It Right With Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn?

WC - When Final Fantasy Online was released a little over two years ago, it was met with an enormous amount of backlash and criticism. Many long-time fans took to forums, blog comments and posts about how disappointed they were with the state of the game at launch date. From the atrocious menu system, the unimaginative combat and huge amount of grinding it took to be even the least bit competitive in the game; it seemed the Square Enix had mucked up any real chance of making a valuable entry into the MMO market.



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News::Nintendo Changes Mind, Allows Smash Bros. Streaming

News::Civilization V: Brave New World Review | GameTrailers

GameTrailers: "The best thing about Brave New World is it finally capitalizes on one of Civilization V's main goals: provide multiple and equally viable routes to victory. Culture and diplomacy no longer feel less valuable than science and military might. However, it's almost like you're paying $30 for fixes and alterations. It also doesn't help that the AI is as cryptic as ever. The expansion is no doubt substantial, but it's also paying for sins of the past."



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News::Gamereactor Sweden- Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep Review

GR:Borderlands-universe charming psychopath takes you on a different kind of action adventure with RPG elements in the latest expansion for Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep



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News::Thunder Wolves - Review | ReviewMango

Its a fair assumption to say that we all like explosions. Its also a fair assumption to say that were fairly fond of pointless cursing and similar nonsense. So, when someone takes it a step further and combines the two, the expected result is at least supposed to be entertaining, no? This is what Most Wanted Entertainment has tried to do with Thunder Wolves, a helicopter action game that takes one part explosion, and marries it to a little bit of good ol Duke Nukem-style comedy and just to be safe, a dash of heavy metal.



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News::Little Witch Academia 2 Is Now Officially Funded. Hooray!

News::Jennifer Carter, mother of the jailed League of Legends player, recently had her petition requesting

News::Valve announces that the Dota 2 beta is over, then change their minds

At around midnight GMT, Valve announced the Dota 2 beta as over. However, the announcement has now been compeletely taken down, with all evidence removed. Who knows what Valve are up to? The URL for the announcement could be found at www.dota2.com/betaisover, but it has since been removed. Regardless of whatever is happening behind the scenes, this can only point to the imminent full release of Valves popular MOBA.



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News::Anomaly 2 Pixel Judge review

PJ: "Anomaly 2 is a direct sequel to Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a strategy game which, at first glance looks like a traditional tower defence title. Instead, Anomaly flips things around and sets you the task of playing as the creeps attacking the towers. And by creeps, I mean rag-tag human survivors; and by towers I mean monstrous mechanical alien...things."



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News::An Interview with Nekro's Lead Programmer Scott Thunelius

Twinfinite took some time during RTX to have a chat with Scott Thunelius and his Kickstarter success story Nekro.



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News::Xbox One could see revisions before Japan release

I think the $400 million NFL partnership was emblematic of the direction Microsoft is heading with the Xbox One: entertainment center dominance focusing on the region it already excels in, North America. Microsoft Japan recently held a press briefing, reported on by 4gamer.net and translated by Edge, and talked about how the Xbox One might go about its Japanese release.

“(Xbox One) is geared towards a Western lifestyle," Microsoft Japan CEO Yasuyuki Higuchi said, "and we’re looking at whether or not to launch it ‘as is’ in Japan. We’re still figuring out how to deal with things like music and video services in each country. To be honest, (releasing it in Japan) as is would be difficult.”

Higushi also said the Xbox One's Japanese release, “will not be delayed very much behind the US." For the One's release, Microsoft has deemed Japan is a "Tier 2" country. "In Japan it is the case that gamers are stepping away from their consoles and using tablets and smartphones to play games instead,” said Higuchi. “It will be difficult to expand the volume of consoles in the living room." This obviously presents a challenge for Microsoft's attention demanding, live (American) TV sporting Xbox One.

Microsoft Japan’s Consumer & Partner Group head Haruaki Kayama said, “We have to prepare content that is relevant to Japan. ‘What is the best, what will today’s consumers in Japan respond to? What content is in demand?’ We’re considering these questions now. There’s no point in a solution that does not match the market. Even if we bring NFL (on board for Japan), haha… Japan is difficult. I’m almost tempted to ask for ideas.”

Any ideas?

Something About Japan: Microsoft’s Xbox One gameplan [Edge Online]

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News::Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard Review | Metal Arcade

Metal Arcade: Jason Bakker writes: The Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard is a fantastic, ergonomic keyboard with a solid build quality and just enough visual flair to appeal to the gamer crowd. The latest entry in its new gamer-centric G series line of peripherals, Logitechs G510s Gaming Keyboard continues the companys tradition of providing quality, functional hardware with a unique visual flair. Gamers tend to splurge on headsets, MMO mice and monitors, but its often forgotten that a reliable keyboard is an integral part of a gaming setup. After spending about a week and a half with the G510s, Ive definitely become attached; this is an exceptional, ergonomic keyboard that is gorgeous to look at.



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News::Tridek Creatures of Galena Preview - Dusty Cartridge

Chris from DC writes: I love collectable card games, though its a genre we rarely saw too much of until 2013 rolled around. Released only within the last couple of weeks was Magic 2014 and then theres also Blizzards yet to be released CCG, Hearthstone. Recently, I was lucky enough to have the team behind Tridek Creatures of Galena guide me through a closed beta build of their upcoming digital CCG.



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News::If all this talk of No One Lives Forever has got you fondly remembering your first time playing the

News::Meristation- Civilization V: Brave New World Review

MS:Civilization V: Brave New World integrates perfectly with the mechanics of previous versions and achieves to extend the gameplay of this great 4X. It is becoming clear that Civilization V is one of the largest of its kind with each new expansion pack and an image in which many would like to be reflected. If not for its flaws in the AI and that feeling of being buying a complete game in easy monthly payments... this would be an almost perfect game.



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News::Savant Is A “Little Summer Game Of Yore”. With Explosions.

News::The Grave Digger Review: Messy Business, Great Reward - Pixels For Breakfast

Pixels for Breakfast writes: Theres something charming about a game where your goal is to dig up graves, steal treasure from the dead, and avoid their rightly pissed off spirits. Some would consider that a little morbid, but The Grave Digger handles it in such a way that it becomes a light hearted, entertaining way to pay the rent.



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News::New Dev Blog Details How PvP in The Repopulation Will Work

The upcoming sci-fi sandbox MMO, The Repopulation, has some unique ideas for PvP, such as contested regions and two game modes.



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News::(WGB) MotoGP 13 - Review

Baden of WGB writes: "Milestone put in yet another solid effort, creating the best bike game on the market in the process and a title MotoGP fans should certainly check out. But rough presentation and some other problems stop this from scoring higher and from me recommending it to more casual racing fans."



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News::Scourge: Outbreak Review [Capsule Computers]

Capsule Computers editor Joe Morgan writes, "Scourge: Outbreak is a third-person shooter in the vein of other titles like the Gears of War franchise, but its aiming to set itself apart with its story, characters, and gameplay systems. How does Scourge: Outbreak hold up? Will it be a break-out success or should it be scourged? Lets find out."



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News::CGM Previews: Total War: Rome 2

The allure of the Total War series has always been its ability to recreate old fashioned, historical military battles, back before automatic rifles, aerial bombardment and mechanized tanks did away with formations and thousands of troops marching onto a field of war to clash. The original Total War: Rome was a watershed moment for The Creative Assembly, with the game even being used to illustrate historical battles for the BBC. Now the sequel, Rome 2 is gearing up for release, and it looks like a safe, logical expansion of what has come before.



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News::Civilization 5: Brave New World Review: Go West | Polygon

Polygon: "Civilization 5s latest expansion, Brave New World, is the culmination of the games evolution since its 2010 release."



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News::Love Story: The Way Home - Review | AACG

It is great to get away from those dark and deary games and Love Story: The Way Home does offer a solid gameplay with a good, lovely storyline but it sure need some further improvements to spice up the experience a little more.



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News::Civilization V: Brave New World Review | PC Gamer

PC Gamer: "The last few herbs and spices that Civ Vs epic stew was missing. A recipe for hundreds of hours more delicious turn-based strategy."



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