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a man and his video game girl: the love plus marriage

nene love plus

If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not Love Plus is a decent dating sim, wonder no more: one guy thought it was so good he actually went and married it. Or her. Her being one of the game’s virtual girlfriends, Nene Anegasaki.


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November 19th, 2009 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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flight sims get external lcd gauges

Saitek External LCD Gauges for Flight Simulator

At the recent E3 show, Saitek showed off this cool set of external desktop gauges that can be used alongside flight simulators and other games.

Adding a new dimension of immersion to sim games, each individual color LCD screen can display live information fed to it by special game drivers. They’ve already got a…


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July 26th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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the only reason to play sim games

Face it, the reason we play sim games is so we can act out our inner God complexes. Who here among us didn’t just build up our SimCities just so you could unleash Godzilla and a tornado on them? Who didn’t once try holding up a magnifying glass up to their Ant Farm?
That…


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October 22nd, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

just plain fun video games