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Dustforce!: Leap and Sweep Platforming

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Watch out Mario, you’re not the only blue-collar platformer who’s also in the saving the world business. Currently in development by the Hitbox Team, Dustforce!… stars a high-jumping, energetic sweeper. He hates dust and dirt so much that he won’t even touch gold coins until he’s cleaned the treasure chest

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August 4th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Fps Terminator Game: Consider It Training for the Future

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With the robot-loving Japanese here in the East, DARPA in the West and nerd-filled universities all over the world, Skynet will arrive, in one form or another. We should take this opportunity to train to become members of the Resistance, granted to us by our comrade Gridlockshock, aka Kevin Bryant…

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July 22nd, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Kinect Preview at Macy’S: Freakin’ Hardcore Yo

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Last month, Microsoft’s worldwide marketing manager Ryan Moore said that hardcore gamers will be the first to buy Kinect (but not because Kinect is for hardcore players, he just assumed that hardcore players were the type to embrace new tech). In a bid to ensure that players with hardened cores…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Playstation Move Tech Demo Looks Great: Sony, Please Back It Up With Good Games

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Here’s a sharp contrast to the Kinect demo I talked about yesterday. IGN’s Executive Editor Greg Miller got to try out the PlayStation Move. Unfortunately Miller only had a tech demo with him, unlike yesterday where we saw some wonderful graphics courtesy of Forza. But overall, I think this demo…

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June 18th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

3dmark 11 Will Crush Your Lousy Graphic Card

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The guys at Futuremark just took wraps off the latest version of their 3DMark benchmarking suite, and it’s guaranteed to put your graphic chipset through the most aggressive set of tests it’s ever been tasked with.

The new version of the software is designed to exercise the latest in DirectX…

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May 24th, 2010 by: Technabob

Bebionic Hands Make Me Want to Cut Mine Off

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Actually no, I love my sweaty hands and my knobby fingers. But UK-based BeBionic‘s fully articulated myo-electric hands look menacing, making the simple act of gripping an apple or playing Jenga seem like part of a diabolical scheme.

The term myo-electric means that the hand is operated using electric signals…

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February 19th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Rcomplex: Don’T Let the Giant Squid Catch You

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I’m not really sure what all is going on with rComplex… beyond the fact that I’m certain a giant squid-thing chasing you is bad (very, very bad), but the stark, simple visuals made me stop in my tracks. When a giant squid-thing is chasing you, that’s probably also bad.

For

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November 20th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Surfacescape Redefines Tabletop Gaming

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Anything that starts out of a suggestion from Penny-Arcade’s Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins – aka Gabe & Tycho – is bound to be geeky, and this one is no exception. The duo visited the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University and ended up chatting with a bunch of…

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October 24th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

4 Dead 2 Demo Release Expected Next Month: Zombies Here We Come!

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If you’re one of the folks not convinced by the necessity of Left 4 Dead 2 when there’s a perfectly good Left 4 Dead …game already around, released just last year, then next month’s demo may help you ruminate further on the possibilities of zombie-hunting in New Orleans.

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September 23rd, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Future Wii Video Games Will be Able to Play on Their Own

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In an interview with USA Today, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. video game on the Wii will have an optional feature, tentatively called “Demo Play.” I could describe Demo Play using a single word, but instead I’ll let Miyamoto-sama explain: “In New Super …

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June 17th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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