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The Battle for Hoth: the Empire Strikes Your iPhone

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The guys at FluffyLogic tipped me off to a new iPhone game they’ve been working on for THQ and LucasArts.

The Battle for Hoth… is a strategy game which takes the basic mechanics of a Tower Defense game and applies it to the Empire Strikes Back universe. The game takes

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May 20th, 2010 by: Technabob

Civilization Spreading Across Facebook

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We’re all doomed: Civilization is coming to Facebook. If you have managed thus far to avoid the traps of Facebook gaming, accept your fate now and begin preparing for the time-sucking apocalypse. There is one consolation, at least: it will be awesome.

If you are not familiar with Civilization…

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October 22nd, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Fat Princess Plops Onto Playstation Network This Week

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Well, that was sudden. After months of vague words regarding the release of Fat Princess…, the controversial (to some) strategy game from Titan Studios, suddenly it’s got a date… and that date is this Thursday. Whaaat? Good thing PSN games are cheap! Surely you can scrape up $15 in

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July 27th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Fragger: a Game About Blowing Dudes Up

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Listen, you can talk about the story in the Halo series and the graphics in Gears of War, but it really all comes down to getting down and tearing stuff up. Fragger… strips away all the details and gets things down to basics: blowing dudes up.

In the browser

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July 9th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Star Wars + Chess = the Ultimate Geek Board Game

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I can’t imagine anything more perfect for rabid Star Wars… fans than this awesome collectible chess set.

Available for pre-order over on the Star Wars Shop for an introductory price of $539 (USD), this Gentle Giant’s detailed chess set pits Dark vs. Light. The set includes 32 collectible pewter figurines,

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April 28th, 2009 by: Technabob

Plants Vs. Zombies: the Epic Battle for Your Casual Gaming Time

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Zombies have become increasingly popular in recent years, since everyone loves a good flesh-eating apocalypse, but the walking dead haven’t quite been used in all possible scenarios yet. You can even find references to zombies fighting Godzilla, for heaven’s sake (or a zombie Godzilla, which may happen after the aforementioned…

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March 6th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Strategy Games May Help Conquer Aging

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This has got to be the best news for brain health since ever…: playing strategy games might help prevent some ill effects due to aging. Your desire to control an animated portion of a tiny world (with your iron fist, naturally) just may be your saving grace in your

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December 15th, 2008 by: Alisha K.

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