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Developer: Bit Barons Players: Single Player Genre: Puzzle Platforms: PC and Mac Release Date: January 27, 2011 Price: $13.99 on the Official Website for Astroslugs Easy to Navigate Menus New developer Bit Barons is making their PC and Mac debut game with Astroslugs. This cute, vivid, and vibrant puzzle game has what it takes to make Bit Barons a household name, but the question is, can Bit Barons deliver? In Astroslugs, you play as a small purple slug who is traveling the universe activating slugballs in the form of ancient glyphs in order to fuel the slugs space ship. Easy Does It.... The slugballs are found by traveling the universe and putting them together by …

As part of the Game Developer's Conference celebrations in San Francisco this week, publisher THQ decided to unleash a wave of balloons advertising its upcoming shooter, Homefront. Unfortunately, some S.F. natives were not particularly pleased about the stunt, especially once the balloons started landing in the San Francisco Bay. CNET reports that many people upset about the balloons polluting the Bay (as pictured above) mistakenly aimed their anger at retailer GameStop, whose logo also appeared on the balloons. GameStop provided the following response: "We understand the concerns consumers have regarding the impact balloons can have on the environment. However, the ball…

<br> <br> Developed by: Runic Games <br> XBLA version published by: Microsoft Game Studios <br> Platforms: Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX <br> Players: 1 <br> Rated T (Teen) by the ESRB <br> Link to Xbox Live Marketplace to purchase! <br> <br> Ahhhh, the famous “dungeon crawl”. A gaming experience which basically boils down to three elements. Explore a dungeon, kill everything in sight and grab as much loot as you can possibly carry. Nothing left around you to kill? Go deeper into the dungeon, kill more dudes and snatch up more stuff! While simple in premise, the dungeon crawl can be extremely s…

A teacher in South Carolina is on adminstrative leave after the parent of a 14-year-old complained that Orson Scott Card's classic novel was 'pornographic' The parent of a 14-year-old at Schofield Middle School complained to school officials and the police after a teacher at the school reportedly read to his class from the novel. The parent described Ender's Game as "pornographic", local press reported, and complained about its subject matter. Like The Hunger Games, Ender's Game sees teenagers pitting their battle skills against each other. In Card's Hugo and Nebula award-winning story, though, the hero Ender has been recruited for the Battle School, where Earth's most ta…

sup - what's everyone been up to the last month or so? i see pk still playing diablo 3, but not much else happening. any particular time dat or the others are streaming during the summer? i know this heat wave has kept me out of the computer room for a few weeks now. just too damn hot to be pumping gpu heat into this small room . Other than the heat, hope everyone is enjoying the summer. stay cool and safe! edit - hey kev, still looking to do the 4-pack when torchlight 2 releases?

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ok, the dude that killed all those folks at that beer plant......they're arresting people. one lady is charged with sixth degree larson for taking beer off his truck, but he gave it to her. in fact, that's why he was fired and shot the place up. this other guy is arrested for undermining the peace or something. he said he understands why the guy did what he did. true, that's a messed up thing to say, but arresting him? i'm confused.... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/06/police-man-arrested-conn-company-saying-understood-mindset-shooter-killed/?test=latestnews

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Please stop by and show our channel and caster some support. 24 marathons are not easy and he's helping us by doing one. Thanks everyone. P.S. Starts in about an hour. Right now, though, Kevin is streaming Batman: Arkham City.

as the title says, I just got into college (I am growing up) been saving up for a while, so I will be staying in a dorm, I'm just doing the basics for now but my primary goal is Graphic designer, for websides and such, or maybe even 3d models for videogames. Been saving up for a while, will properly learn here for like 2 years, and then move on to Denmark or Sweden. So I won't be on as much, might be online on weekends (If I'm not working).. So yeah. Live Long and Prosper \V/ (lol Startrek, even though I'm more into Star Wars, it just seemed appropriate)

Based off of any game released on any console, in any genre, between now and 12 months back... which game would you vote for Game of the Year? Adding in why nets you some internet cool points.

Back in 2008, Microsoft was facing a public relations worse nightmare, “RROD”. “RROD” which stands for Red Ring of Death, was the name that was given to the Xbox 360 by it’s outraged buyers after the Xbox 360 would overheat and cause a failure requiring the system to be sent in for repairs or else the gamer spending more money on a brand new console. What does that have to do with Marines? In 2008, an angry group of Marines decided to take their frustration out on their Xbox 360 that “RROD’d” three times. PS3 fanboys prepare to wet your pants out of sheer enjoyment and Xbox 360 huggers grab some tissues and begin to prepare your rant. View the full article

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If you're going, you may want to take part in this - http://masseffect.bioware.com/july23/ Could be interesting.

Wassup guys . I Need You Guys Help .... Im trying to decide on which game I should get today....Been looking all around but still I want a game that I wont get bored from and that'll last me long enough until its time to buy a new one ! These are my choices ! -Batman Arkham City -Battlefield 3 -NBA 2K12 -Dues Ex : Human Revolution -Dead Space 2 -Forza 4? -Mass Effect 3 -Skyrim -RAGE -Dead Island I Really Don't Know Which One To Choose From..... Help Would Be Kindly Appreciated !

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Pad-EX-Turbo-Black/dp/B002LT9PXQ Makes me angry. Product Features Officially licensed by Microsoft6 button layout & cross shaped directional padTurbo function for all buttons and directional pad (including left and right triggers)3 analog sensitivity level settings available (normal, narrow and wide mode)Vibration function and expansion port included

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIxbXFSHcEU & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYM-pKWkQRI Log into your YouTube accounts, and click on the flag beneath this video. Choose Spam, and in the other window, choose Scams/Fraud. Thanks everyone. This is BS. Mark's a good guy, and he doesn't deserve to have his game pirated.

Those of you hoping to cash in on THQ’s rocky release of their newest title, Homefront, by taking advantadge of the reported price drop by Amazon and Walmart are going to be in for a surprise if you try to go pick up a copy today. THQ issued a statement today in defense of selling Homefront at full price, which basically states that they disapprove of the price drops advertised by Amazon and Walmart: “Amazon and Walmart.com have raised the prices back up and it was a one-day plan to gain market share on the biggest title in the industry right now. THQ did not support this in any way, shape, or form.” There you have it folks. Did you have a chance to pick up Homefront …

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/04/11-billion-treasure-revealed-beneath-temple-in-india/ Some of what was found, is as follows: Rubies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls Replicas of coconut shells made of pure gold Hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins, some dating to the 16th century Gold chains as long as 18 feet Solid-gold human figurines and idols Crowns and pendants Gold and silver bars As word of the find has spread, Kerala police are asking for help to safeguard the treasure, according to media reports. "It is too big a challenge for the police. We have no trained personnel to manage such a huge treasure. We have sought the help …

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Just recently I've started to notice a whole bunch of ads and stuff on our forums page. Something from Toparcadehits? Anyone else see or notice any ads? I'm even using adblock, it's weird.

Just a friendly reminder for all of you lancer loving, shotgun using Gears player’s out there. From July 22 until July 25 at 8:00 pm est, Gears of War 2 is running the 20x multiplayer XP event. The event started over Epic Game’s Rob Fergusson’s tweet on Twitter where he stated that the more followers he gained, the more XP players would receive during the weekend of Comic-Con. He received over 11,000 new followers after that tweet. The 20x XP multiplier is for every multiplayer mode available for Gears of War 2. Horde mode was also revamped for the event. View the full article

Calling all Michael Phelps fans. Blitz Games and 505 Games are bringing the 16 time olympic medal swimming champ exclusively to Kinect this June. UK based Blitz Games who released the statement regarding the upcoming motion based swimming based game has said that the game will be “exhilarating, but physically demanding” did not disclose how they intend to make sure that gamers receive the best physical swimming workout via Kinect that they can deliver. However they did mention that gamers will have to “accurately master the different swimming strokes and techniques needed to become a pro”. The game sports Career Mode which will train the player and lead you into tournam…