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Starting at 1 PM Eastern time, RDR will have Double XP this weekend. So if you're working towards that shiny new weapon or trying to gey your buffalo mount, now's the time!

Jack Scalici with 2K Games gives an overview of the game and answers a few questions about their upcoming sequel to Mafia. View the full article on Gamercide.org and listen to the audio.

It looks like it's Putty's birthday! Happy Birthday bro, and have a good one, : D

3D PORN! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7946572/Race-is-on-to-make-the-first-3D-porn-movie.html (just an article, don't get too excited.)

With a Holiday 2010 planned release, Warren Spector’s Disney project has an opening cinematic that explains some of the story and shows just how devious Mickey used to be. Take a look and let us know what you think in the comments or in the forum. View the full article

A 29-year-old Louisiana man will spend the next 40 years of his life behind bars because he apparently really, really wanted some video games. Full story, click HERE.

Now through this Saturday. Have any games you'd like to buy? This offer is available for ONLINE purchases only. Input the code B2G1FREE in the coupon box to get the discount.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/19/report-saudi-judge-asks-hospital-damage-convicts-spine-paralyzed-man/?test=latestnews over in good ol' saudi, one dude clevers another's spine leaving him paralyzed. they are trying to figure out how to surgically inflict the same thing on the attacker. maybe i'll comment eventually, but i'm curious to see what you guys think first.

Tam and I are adopting two kittens today from Cause 4 Paws .. oh I'm so excited!!

Faliszek revealed a new downloadable content pack, dubbed "The Sacrifice," is coming to both the original Left 4 Dead and its sequel, Left 4 Dead 2. A precursor to the previous DLC "The Passing," the upcoming pack will tell the story of how the original Left 4 Dead team lost one of its team members to the zombie outbreak. Since Valve was already busy bringing the original team to Left 4 Dead 2 in order to tell the story in "Sacrifice," Faliszek said the team decided to bring a fan favorite campaign from the original game into its sequel. "No Mercy" will be included in the upcoming DLC for Left 4 Dead 2 players, adding the sequel's game mechanics to the popular or…

I read this article in GI this month, and I have to say it really hit home. This sums up exactly how I feel about gamerscore and achievements in general. I've been known to go out of my way for the occasional pick up and cheevo, but in general I tend to let them go. I play through and pick up those sparkly whatevers if I see them, but I don't look for them outright. The only achievements I'm concerned with are story related. I really don't care if it gives me points or even avatar items. I'd rather get something out of the game for it. I've always felt this way, and, though I know some people do like achievements, achievements seem like a waste of development resou…

SAN MATEO, Calif. – August 23, 2010 – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced the appointment of Kazuhiko Abe to CEO and President of Capcom U.S.A., Inc. and CE Europe, Ltd. Abe is responsible for the overall management of North American and European business operations and will oversee the activities between the U.S. and European offices in order to promote efficient international operations. Abe joined Capcom in 2003 as General Manager of Management Planning and in 2006 became the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Capcom in Japan. Prior to joining Capcom, Abe worked for various institutions such as The Mitsubishi Ban…

http://kotaku.com/5621221/capcom-promises-no-more-racist-games Wha!? Really? This is stupid. I can't believe that they actually are taking the claims of racism in RE5 to heart. It makes me a sad panda. This world/society is going to hell in a handbasket quickly.

With the newest rhythm games edging closer and closer to released, Harmonix has released the full set list for the game. When the game comes out we will get the standard guitar, drum, and vocal parts but we will also have the new keyboard instrument as well. Not only that, but the 3 part vocals that were first introduced in Beatles Rock Band are also present. There are quite a few tweaks that Harmonix has made to the game as well, but most of that is window dressing for the set list. Head over to the main page and let us know what you think. View the full article

Mafia II Developed by: 2K Czech Published by: 2K Games Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC Players: 1 ESRB rating: M 17+ The Breakdown You’re Vito Scaletta. You find yourself back home in Empire Bay, after getting injured in World War II. Once back home, you realize some things have changed, while others haven’t. Your Mother and Sister haven’t changed one bit. However, your best friend from childhood, Joe Barbaro, most certainly has. Joe has a few things to show you, and you too will change after being introduced into the seedy underbelly of his newfound, Costa Nostra (mafia) world. Head over to the main site to check out the full review.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN!!!

Been invited by Valve to a showing of co-op mode for Portal 2, but I'm not going. Curious if anyone who is going, would like to take my place.

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Topic says it all. This was completely shear luck I'm telling you. Random chance. Coy and I had Friday off, her birthday was Thursday but she had to work so we took Friday off together. We have been talking about moving and getting the eff out of this dinky 2 bedroom apartment we've been living in for 7+ years now. The rent is super cheap ($490/mo, utilities are on the town's municpal electric so it's only like $40-$50 a month which is AWESOME) but we're severely cramped. Even though it's a 2 bedroom it's still only about 650sq ft with only 1 bathroom and it's on the second floor. On top of it all it's in thie crappy complex of 4 connected buildings, with this single…

Time for another article. Obviously you can tell from the title what it is about. With Halo Reach releasing on Sept. 14 I am going to look back at the series and all things Halo. For your comments, I am looking for memories...hence "Remember Halo". It could be something stupid that happened during the campaign or something hilarious that occured during the multiplayer. You can even include your first memories of playing Halo...whatever just nothing negative, because I'm not looking for "this game sucks" or "Master Chief can go suck a peen". (Bogey, feel free to explain your first orgasm that Master Chief gave you ) *Edit....I decided to send this to Bungie and 343 when…

Linky “The problem was, the Spartans couldn’t take their fight into space. Every minor victory on the ground turned into a major defeat in orbit. Soon there would be no more colonies, no human settlements-and nowhere left to run….” -Eric Nylund “The Fall of Reach” One of the most epic series in video game history is set to reach a conclusion on September 14, 2010. Halo: Reach follows Noble Team as they battle the Covenant on planet Reach. The fate of those on Reach are already known and for that reason the Remember Reach monument has come to be. Once entering into the monument you can “send your light” if you have a Facebook account. You can then pick which Sparta…

Linky A 22 year old who admitted he was molested as a child has been charged with 16 counts of possessing child pornography all of which was found on his Xbox 360. Officials say that 22 year old Timothy Hammerstone from Polk City, Florida lured boys ages 10-16 by using Facebook accounts where he claimed in one that he was 15 and said he was gay. He then told the boys if they would send him naked photos of themselves posing in various positions, he would in return give them 1600 MS points. The boys naked photos were stored on a flash drive on his Xbox 360. Hammerstone also told the boys that he was the founder of a video game group known as the Relentless Society of Brot…

As many Xbox Live Gold members probably have, I received the following email today in reference to the new pricing structure that takes effect for new and renewing Gold members on November 1st. View the full article

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