Video Game Review: Lollipop Chainsaw

Video Game Review: Lollipop Chainsaw
California Literary Review
... than one ending to unlock, which was a pleasant surprise in an otherwise linear title. It's a genuine delight to pick up and play, and in a year of massive AAA title delays and the worst E3 conference in memory, it's what every gamer deserves ...

California Literary Review

Giveaway: Disney Pixar's Brave The Video Game
Cinema Blend
Disney and Pixar are teaming up to give away a free copy of the newly released Disney Pixar's Brave: The Video Game for the gaming platform of your choice, including the Xbox Kinect, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC or Mac. The steps to win a copy is easy and it ...

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Gamer's Domain: 4th Quarter & What's to Come
Ames247
As a gamer, remember when you just knew that a certain time of a certain years would absolutely rock for your particular hobby? I sure do, specifically back in 2007 when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare released. That was bar-none the greatest gaming year ...

How to break into video game writing: advice from an expert
VentureBeat
There are millions of kids who want to make a living writing about video games. Dan Amrich wants to create more of them. Or at least give them solid advice on how to succeed at getting their dream jobs as video game reviewers.

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Video games played a profound role in Austin author's life
Austin American-Statesman
I've played video games before, old-school video games, where you dodge left and right in your chair because something was coming at you. You'd hear a monster ...Brian Gaar covers the video game industry for the American-Statesman. Contact him at ...

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This is the Video Game My Mom Wants to Play
Kotaku
I got an email from my mother recently. She was very excited about a new video game. As someone for whom video games are a way of life, clearly this intrigued me. My mother? Intersted in a video game? Preposterous!

Casual Social Video Games: Bust or Boon?
NERD TREK
Casual social video games are huge in the world of gaming right now. They've impacted the public in a way... ... Well, as an avid and sometimes hardcore gamer, I thought I'd share some of my thoughts on the matter. First however, let me describe what I ...

techJOYnT Offers Video Game Design & Development Class
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
In particular, the Video Game Design & Development course aims to get children in middle school and elementary school to use creativity and innovation. Students use the new GameMaker v8.1 program to have fun creating their own simple video games ...

Black Ops multiplayer map back in Black Ops II
Examiner.com
Call of Duty: Black Ops was one of the most successful video games in history, and with the sequel getting ready to hit retailers this November, Treyarch though. ...Steven Ruygrok, Denver Video Game Examiner. Steve Ruygrok, a ticket sales ...

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'Brave' game doesn't do movie justice
USA TODAY
As with most big movie releases for kids, the new Disney Pixar movie Brave gets its own video game. While the movie presents a moving Scottish tale about the emotional struggle between a fierce, determined princess and her traditional, regal mother ...

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Still Awake? Let's Talk About Video Games!
Kotaku
Let's put this new Kotaku discussion making machine to the test - by having a discussion, aboutvideo games! I'll get it ... The Gamer's Guide ... duke nukem 7:00 PM 0 Duke Nukem Doesn't Want Hollywood Stars Taking Video Game Work From Voice Actors ...

Engineer had a blast building first home video game system
Nashua Telegraph
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Game Review: 'Spec Ops' isn't your ordinary military video game
The Morning Sun
Associated PressMilitary video games are generally so gung-ho about combat they might as well be recruiting posters for the armed forces. There isn't much time for rumination when you're racking up the kill streaks and body counts — you have to assume ...

Kick-the-can beats any video game
The Free Lance-Star
Having to create your own fun a part of growing up in a time without computers and cable.

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Hindus shocked at video game developer adding more deities
The Jet Newspaper
Rajan Zed, in an earlier statement, argued that in a video game set-up, the player would control the movements of goddess Kali and other Hindu deities, while in reality the devotees put the destinies of themselves in the hands of their deities ...

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Video: Video Games are Scarier from the Bad Guys' Perspective
Complex.com (blog)
Video: Video Games are Scarier from the Bad Guys' Perspective. By Michael Rougeau | Jul 1, 2012 | 2:27 pm | Permalink ... Have you ever thought about how scary life is for video game bad guys? Tell us what you want in the comments or on Twitter.

Duke Nukem Doesn't Want Hollywood Stars Taking Video Game Work From ...
Kotaku
Duke Nukem Doesn't Want Hollywood Stars Taking Video Game Work From Voice Actors · duke nukem Jon St. John Come ... "Film actors do not need voice acting roles in video games, or commercial projects. These roles are for voice ... The Gamer's Guide ...

Before WWE 13: The History of Wrestling Video Games
WhatCulture!
Just as WWE has its eras, so too do its video games. The genesis of the WWEvideo game came in the form of Acclaim's WWF WrestleMania title on the NES. Boasting a roster of just six wrestlers, players could take control of the likes of Hulk Hogan ...

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Will Iran shoot itself in the foot with a video game about Salman Rushdie?
The Guardian
Will Iran shoot itself in the foot with a video game about Salman Rushdie? Iranian students' plans to make a .... We have video games where we murder Muslims, so why shouldn't the Iranians enjoy the same thrills? Recommend? (168); Responses (2); Report ...

The Guardian

SDCC '12 | Sunday programming schedule announced
Comic Book Resources
Kid-friendly properties like LEGO Ninjago, video game characters Sonic and Mega Man, SpongeBob SquarePants, Carton Network's Ben 10 and Level Up!, and many more are represented, along with creators like Raina Telgemeier, Art Baltazar and Franco, ...

Iran producing Rushdie video game
DigitalProductionME.com
Iran's Islamic Association of Students used the recent Tehran World Games Expo to announce that it has completed initial production on its latest video game, the catchily titled 'The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict'.

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This Month in Gaming
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Lakewood Video Game Examiner. + Subscribe · This month in gaming. 5 photosView the full slideshow » · This month in gaming. July marks the beginning of Quarter 3 of the 2012 year. It has flown by with E3 being over and SDCC approaching. It is easy to ...

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Activision Blizzard inc. for Sale – Video Games Update
bettor.com (blog)
Activision Blizzard inc. for Sale – Video Games Update Vivendi Entertainment has announced that it will be selling its majority share valued at $8. ... More controversy for Diablo 3 RMAH –Video Game...By: Gordon Miles ...

Destructoid writer Ryan Perez attempts career suicide by Twitter
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Felicia Day owns the internet channel Geek and Sundry, which notably does not feature a gamer channel due to prior abuse from gamers. She also ... Also, given he's a video game journalist, tweeting questions like that (“Do you matter at all?”) – which ...

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The Music of Three Composers Brings Gearbox Software's Borderlands 2 to Life
GamerLive.TV
Award-winning composers Jesper Kyd, Cris Velasco andSascha Dikiciyan have created the genre-bending musical score for the highly anticipated Role-Playing-Shooter video game Borderlands 2 from Gearbox Software and 2K Games. Borderlands 2 is the ...

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20 great kids birthday party alternatives
Chattanooga Times Free Press
For fans of gaming, try a party in your driveway in a Rolling Video Games trailer. The climate-controlled coach ... All guys love guns, cops and robbers, and we put that into a live video-game experience," said Jaren Powell, owner. • Cost: Private ...

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Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor – review
The Guardian
Steel Battalion was always for real gamers. Heck, in its first incarnation it required two joysticks, pedals and a couple of Pearly Kings' worth of buttons. It was, in the grand manner, for the hardcore – and made the casual gamer feel as welcome as a ...

The Guardian

"Street Fighter x Tekken" is Getting a 192-Page Art Book
Complex.com
Street Fighter x Tekken: Artworks will release in August for $39.99, and there will be preview copies available at PAX. Are you going to add another video game art book to your shelf? Tell us in the comments or on Twitter. Tags: street-fighter-x-tekken ...

Computer, Video Games & Psychosis: Cause for Concern ...
By Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D.
“I hear voices at night, and sometimes I think someone's outside my window,” the 19-year-old young man informed me. “I know no one's really there, but it's still scary.” In my practice in the past six months, no less than 5 youths have reported ...
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EDITORIAL: Five Comic Book Video Games That Changed The ...
Over the course of the past few years, comic-based video games have been much more miss than hit. In this piece, I reflect on which comic book video games helped changed the way we see comic-based games as well as which changed the video game industry. Alex Lynch ... of Marvel locations such as Mephisto's realm, Valhalla, Stark Tower, Dr. Strange's Sanctum and many more. Any gamer was easily introduced to the expansive universe that they had yet to see in other media.
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Video Games Become Unlikely Matchmaker - Business Insider
By Jana Kasperkevic
Video Game Entrepreneurs Become Unlikely Matchmakers For Couples ... "Sometimes people are embarrassed to say 'I am a gamer' and the only people they can talk to that understand them are within the game community." According to her ...
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YFSF: Star Struck: PaleSox-Yanks Gamer IV
By attackgerbil
News note: Jeter, Cano, and Granderson made the ASG list from the Bombers, while Ortiz made it in from the Red Sox. Meanwhile, Gavin Floyd is pitching for the White Sox in today's game at The Stadium, while Phil Hughes gets the nod for ...
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5 Gaming Trends Every Gamer Has Participated In This Generation
By Charlie
They come and go all the time, sometimes lasting for a few weeks whilst others last for a few years. This generation has been no different, and gaming trends have come and passed and are still going on right now. You can't deny that you ...
Finite Universe

Better Love Story Than Twilight - Video Games - Memes, Captions ...
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Canadian Video Game Contributions: Happy 145th Birthday Canada
By Tom
Most people would think that Canada doesn't have much to contribute to the video game industry but you would be surprised. Canadians have made their way into probably just about every majorvideo game developer studio there is and ...
QJ.NET

360 GAMER UK #113 2012 » IRFree.com - Download Last Releases
By denisbul
360 Gamer Magazine is one of the UK's best value magazines for the Xbox 360 buyer. It provides readers with reviews and previews of new games. It also has interesting features which contains news of upcoming games. For those readers ...
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Buy McDonald's And Steve Madden For These Compelling Reasons ...
By Stock Gamer
Buy McDonald's And Steve Madden For These Compelling Reasons. July 1, 2012 by: StockGamer | includes: MCD, SHOO. In this article, I will run you through my comparable analysis for two undervalued stocks with very solid fundamentals.
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Game Group – The Largest Video Games Specialist in Western ...
Market research company Euromonitor International discusses the future of Game Group, the second largest specialist video game retailer globally, and the largest in Western Europe. ...GameStop owns Game Informer, the largest video games magazine in the world by circulation, which has helped them to stay in-touch with the video gamer population. This connection with consumers has been instrumental in better shielding GameStop from grocery retailers. Its pre-owned business, ...
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One Man Left looks to make turn-based strategy fun ... - Pocket Gamer
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GameStop targets the “hybrid gamer” with its offering of Google's Nexus 7 tablet
VentureBeat
Like consoles and video game titles, the number of pre-orders will determine how many Nexus 7 tablets will be offered in each store. Bartel says they've already seen “strong reservation demand” for the new device, but promises that GameStop will be ...
Iconic Atari turns 40, tries to stay relevant
Boston.com
“Pong,'' one of the world's first video games, was born there, as was “Centipede,'' a classic from the era of quarter-guzzling arcade machines. “Call of Duty'' creator Activision was started by four of Atari's former game developers. The iconic video ...

NASCAR the Game 2011 -- Five-Star Racing: A Sports Video Game Review
Yahoo! Sports
It simulates the racing experience the best that I have seen in a video game. I am picky about my sports video games. I like them realistic, exciting, and fun. Considering those stipulations, I give NASCAR The Game 2011 five stars. The only problem I ...

Woman behind 'Centipede' recalls iconic video game's birth
San Jose Mercury News
She had no clue about video games. A friend heard her say that ... That's how she came to join Atari, the company that cemented the video game industry in the 1970s and early 1980s with "Pong," and thanks in part to Bailey, "Centipede." Though she ...

Video games surging with the red, white and blue
Salt Lake Tribune
These five video games will inspire you to salute the TV in between loading screens. “Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002, ... A scene from the popular video game, "Duke Nukem 3D" for the PC and later for consoles. Courtesy image. Video games surging ...

12 incredible Lego projects inspired by video games (gallery)
VentureBeat
This gallery shows a dozen Lego models inspired by video games, which are a testament to the creativity of both the Lego and gaming communities, and a reminder of the versatility and power of the humble Lego brick. ... The gallery below shows these ...

Why Don't Video Game Characters Get More Excited About The Amazing Stuff ...
Kotaku
A video game character leaps from the top of a staircase, flying through the air, guns blazing. One enemy drops to the ground, then two, then ... These kinds of video games are supposed to be awesome. It's okay to have some fun with it. ... The Gamer's ...

The Walking Dead: Episode 2 review
Digitaltrends.com
Episode 2 is not only darker than the first episode, it's also one of the most horrifying video games I've ever played — and I mean that in the most literal, classic sense of the word. Though both Resident Evil and The Walking Dead could be described ...

Why Video Game Dialogue Has a History of Repeating
Gamenguide
There are stand-out lines in every game that've mutated on the Internet into memes, references and the type of phrase that becomes better known as a reference than what it meant in the game. From Mass Effect's call-and-response of "Shepherd/Wrex" to ...

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Why Boss Fights are rubbish
Computerandvideogames.com
... actually highlighted - is probably a fraction too narrow. - Features from Computer And Video Games. ... So for Nintendo Gamer Nintendo Gaming Manifesto point six, let's talk about something bigger. Much bigger. Namely: bosses. And my colossal ...

Atari tries to stay relevant at 40
USA TODAY
Although it wasn't the first company to make video games, Atari was the first to make a lasting impression on an entire generation. At arcades — or at video gamebars such as Barcade in the trendy Williamsburg section of Brooklyn — nostalgic patrons ...

USA TODAY

Video games should aim higher than Michael Bay movies
Capital New York
Last week, scores of gamers and video game industry insiders took to the warpath over a Capital article I wrote because it asserted that The Last of Us, a hotly anticipated new survival-horror game, left “nothing to the imagination.” ... “The Last of ...

London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Releases New ...
BSCkids
SEGA Studios Australia's London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games is the only authentic videogame replication of the London 2012 Olympic experience. Players can experience the extensive Olympic Games mode and forge a career as a ...

Intense violence, sexual content and more detailed for Sleeping Dogs
Examiner.com
The open-world action-adventure video game received an M (for Mature) rating due to having the following contents: blood, gore, intense violence, sexual content, strong language and use of drugs. You can check out the latest screenshots from Sleeping ...

Do We look At Video Game Soundtracks As A Whole Or As Background Noise ...
GamerLive.TV
Timothy Michael Wynn has scored music in the video game industry since 2005. He has worked on known game franchises like Command & Conquer, Warhawk and Red Fraction. You might have heard his work on CW's Supernatural. His best work was in ...

New Media, Video Game Stock Languishes as Old-School Entertainment ...
Hollywood Reporter
Meanwhile, among the many new media companies that were down during the first half were the major video game companies along with Zynga (off 42 percent), Google (down 10 percent), TiVo (down 8 percent), Yahoo (minus 2 percent) and Netflix (off 1 ...

Hollywood Reporter

Gamer royalty in town
The Canberra Times
CANBERRA will host gaming royalty today, with William ''Trip'' Hawkins to speak at the iFEST Indie Games Festival. The Harvard-educated gaming pioneer worked for Apple, with Steve Jobs, from 1978 to 1982 before founding companies Electronic Arts and ...

Vivendi looking to sell its holdings in Activision Blizzard
Examiner.com
Within the video game industry itself, there is growing talk of companies looking for ways to move towards a free-to-play model, where gamers can play the game for free and buy in-game content according to their tastes. Advertisement. Activision ...

Tom Bissell and Rob Auten Take Over "Gears of War: Judgment" Script Duties
Complex.com (blog)
Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, and Rob Auten will be taking over scriptwriting duties for Gears of War: Judgment, replacing Gears of War 3 scribe Karen Traviss. Replacing Traviss may be a signal that the upcoming prequel ...

Ukiyo-e illustrations of video games
Nerd Reactor
But enough of the history lesson, you're here for the video game part. An artist by the name of Jed Henry has started to make Ukiyo-e illustrations of video gamescalling it Ukiyo-e Heroes. My favorite is of the Street Fighter Ukiyo-e pictured above.

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Las Vegas start-up releasing video game
KTNV Las Vegas
CanDax Productions is a new start-up technology company, under the wing of Tony Hsieh's Downtown Las Vegas Revitalization Project. The video game developers are unveiling their first game on July 4th,

How does this family compete in Pokémon Tournaments?
VentureBeat
... a daughter, Grace, who is 11. That's not all. This family is a video gaming family, playing and winning Pokémon video game tournaments like the one happening this weekend since 2008. ... got new video games in the last three months. 2 days ago Two ...

VentureBeat

We crown our ultimate gamer
The Sun
GAMER search, in conjunction with Windows Phone, ends with dramatic finale.

The Sun

Review: 'Spec Ops: The Line'
Chicago Tribune
In fact, the last time we felt anything this gripping in a video game was back with "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare," between the first-person execution and the harrowing feeling of a post-nuclear assault. But "Spec Ops" goes deeper than that, as you ...

Here's How You Can Play Roger Ebert's Favorite Video Game
Kotaku
Here's How You Can Play Roger Ebert's Favorite Video Game A few days back, I posted a video essay asserting the merits of an obscure adventure game called Cosmology of Kyoto, a game that film critic Roger Ebert reviewed for Wired in 1994. See, the old ...

Earns schedule for video game companies - Yahoo! Finance
Finance: In mid-July, companies in the video games industry will begin releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. It will generally cover the April-June ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../earns-schedule-video-game-companies-...

Sex Ed 101 for Video Games from 1UP.com
'm a whole lot younger than the medium of video games, but I'm confident that I ... I can't help but feel like many video game developers, publishers, journalists, ...
www.1up.com/features/sex-101-video-games

FTC Offers Video Game Primer to Help Parents
FTC Offers Video Game Primer to Help Parents. If your kids play video games, the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, wants ...
www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/06/videogames.shtm

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