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  • A Visual Guide To The Role-Playing Games
    By on May 27, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    In case you needed a quick primer on the who’s who and what’s what of the role-playing genre, or just want something pretty to hang on the fridge, here’s The Kotaku Genre Guide to Role-Playing Games.

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  • Radcliffe looks beyond 2012 Games
    By on May 27, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Paula Radcliffe raises the prospect of competing at the highest level and breaking records into her 40s.

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  • Most Disappointing Video Games of this Generation
    By on April 28, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Here are The NPCs’ most disappointing games of this generation, ranging from long awaited platformer sequels, to seemingly flawless new IPs that weren’t what we thought they were.

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  • PS3 3D games to feature dowgraded graphics
    By on April 26, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    According to Sony, 3D games on the PS3 will have to run at a lower resolution, 702p and even 480p.

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  • Are video games still considered nerdy? Everyone is doing it
    By on April 25, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Games might have started out a family thing in the beginning but quickly became something that had a following once it evolved into more than just pong. For a while, gamers were ridiculed by either being made fun of or just being in the stereotype of living in your parents basement playing games through the night.

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  • Report: Ben Roethlisberger Will Be Suspended 4-6 Games
    By on April 22, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Big Ben will miss somewhere between four and six games, depending on the “conditions attached” to the suspension (which may just mean: don’t sexually harass anyone between now and then, or you get two more).

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  • Games have the moral complexity of a Michael Bay film
    By on April 14, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    I’ll admit, it’s not fun to have to think before you shoot something, but games, like other entertainment mediums, should be able to go beyond thoughtless fun in certain situations.

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  • Bud Selig: Umpires Can Speed Up MLB Games
    By on April 13, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Selig has given umpires the green light to crack down on slow-poke hitters, the sport’s equivalent of those drivers cruising at 45 mph in the left lane with their turn signal perpetually on.

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  • Video Games Need to Stop Playing themselves
    By on March 28, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Is the future of gaming too automated? What is happening to my vidya games? Back in my day, you could choose which direction you could would wall-run/jump in, tell your entire RPG party what specific attacks to do, and shoot people when you wanted to. Now? All these games are letting you do is manage your party’s health and look at people.

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  • Paralympic Games open in Vancouver
    By on March 14, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Spectators cheered as the Paralympic cauldron flared to light in Vancouver, marking the start of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games which get underway here Saturday. More than 500 athletes with disabilities, from 45 countries, are due to compete in alpine skiing, biathlon and cross-country skiing, wheel chair curling and ice sledge hockey.

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