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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.

CoD: Black Ops - Premium Service for $10/mo? Yeeeaaahhhh riiiiiiiiiight. I'd never pay.

TOMMORW MY BIRTHDAY WOOOOOT

Take a look and see what you think: http://gamercide.org/?p=1390

http://www.sketchswap.com/ Draw a picture and submit it. You'll swap pictures with someone else who drew something! It's pretty addictive. I've been "trying" to draw Goku all morning (which I can normally do), but it's hella hard with the computer mouse and not a real pen/pencil/piece of paper. hahahaha

http://kotaku.com/5609770/rumor-borderlands-studio-reviving-duke-nukem-forever if this is true, this very well COULD be an amazing game. Gearbox did awesome with Borderlands, and if they are able to really hammer down DNF it could be AWESOME.

Article 2 has been posted. Thank you everyone for your input and I will soon be posting the next topic. I hope you guys enjoy it Linky For some reason the images are taking long to load. I don't know if it's on my end or everyone is having issues. I apologize if everyone is.

After reading the thread here about Limbo being offensive, I decided to write an article about games and what is considered offensive. So....your opinions are needed once again. Remember your gamertag will be attached to all comments. What makes a game offensive in your opinion? Do you have an example of a video game scene that you thought was offensive or borderline offensive? Or are people just too sensitive these days after all, it's just a game? Spanks

“I usually don’t think about it. I know I probably play a few games that people like my parents may find offensive, but it really doesn’t bother me. I just play them for what they are meant for… entertainment. Now while I can see many games that are debated by people as being offensive, media and other really don’t mention the fact that these things deemed “offensive” can be avoided. In Mass Effect, you can avoid the sex scene, and in Modern Warfare 2, opt out of playing the airport mission, or just do what I did and not have the heart to shoot anyone. Honestly, in these days, almost anything can be deemed “offensive,” but does that mean it really is?” -Skylark95 Of-fen-s…

Where it all started. Ebert's blog. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html IGN's rebuttal. Excellent read. http://pc.ign.com/articles/108/1084661p2.html

http://www.fanboyscouts.com/collections/merit-badges Pretty cool. My brother, Absinth, sent this to me. It's kind of nerdy, but I'd want the Kobyashi Maru merit badge. LoL

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/13998-starcraft-ii-mod-features-final-fantasy-style-battles/ Amazing. It's absolutely incredible some of the stuff that people can do with the Map Editor/World Creation tools. Here are some more great mods: http://kotaku.com/5608437/starcraft-iis-zombie-horde-mode-mod--ac130k-+-ruins http://kotaku.com/5592523/games-within-games-making-asteroids-final-fantasy-and-metal-slug-in-starcraft-ii/gallery/

Found this on Gizmodo. I find it highly amusing how some people banter back and forth and edit Wiki pages in a nonstop barrage of point/counterpoint. Some of them are stupid, like spellings of things like Sulfur/Sulphur, Aluminum/Aluminium, etc. Some of them are strange, asking questings like "Should a picture of an Anus be included on the source page? Male or Female? Hairless or "moderately hairy". I can't believe that over ten thousand edits have been made over Ann Coulter's birthday. Wow... LoL Enjoy!.

These days it seems like companies will do anything to squeeze a buck out of gamer’s already tight pockets. With limited edition console themed versions of video games releasing to answer every fanboys undying pleasure, it appears that video game themed consoles bundles are beginning to take the place of limited and special edition versions of video games. Are these overpriced bundled consoles swaying the gamer’s opinions to buy not only the game, but the console or more importantly are gamers even taking notice? “i stray away from them. after the novelty wore off, you’d be wanting for a classic look.” -MajorWhiteBoy Microsoft is one of those companies that tend to put…

Is it just me or is the forum acting up for everyone? I couldn't log on a few times..it said fatal error. Now all of the text is dark blue and instead of what the title for a thread, it has been replaced by numbers.

So I was going through some gaming forums and found numerous threads pointing out that they found the game offensive. The main complaint was the death sequences of the main character, which appears to be a small boy. There are also images of what appear to be other children hung by their necks. Now, I don't agree that the game is offensive, per se, but I could see where some could be offended by the imagery. I want to get your thoughts. What do you think, offensive or no? {This should go without saying, but don't start any arguments or I'll kill the thread. Be nice!!}

.. well it's not that bad. I've been easing up on the internet lately since I really should be more productive in my life, but after my birthday-anniversary-Canada Day experience my memory of those 3 weeks is cloudy at best and I'm pretty sure my liver and kidneys aren't too happy with all the overtime they've had to do. So what do I do once I start feeling better .. we completely tear apart and rearrange all the furniture in our apartment of course. I started this on Tuesday and am only have done. Tam and I are planning on adopting two kittins at the begining of August and I wanted to make our place more cat friendly (and safer for them) by opening more window for them …

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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It’s contest time here at Gamercide, and you know what that means? Put on your thinking hats because it’s Caption Contest Time! Laaaaaaadies and Gentlemen! Prepare to be amazed! Prepare to be astounded. Prepare to laugh immensely at the ridiculousness of AwkwardStockPhotos.com! Gamercide’s August contest is as follows: - Head to link above, or click here if you’re LAZY, and find a picture. Any picture. There are pages and pages of options to choose from. - Pick your favorite and paste it into this thread at our forums, along with a caption (just text is fine underneath your post). Not a member? It takes only seconds to register for one of the best gaming websites o…

http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77&Lang=en Pretty interesting. They say that 1 out of 255 women, and 1 out of 12 men, have some sort of color deficiency in being able to determine colors. The test is simple. You are presented with a few lines of color blocks. You must arrange those color blocks in order so they fade and blend seamlessly into one another. Once you are finished, click the Score button to see how you did. A PERFECT score is 0, and the score will increase depending on how poorly you do. Considering the person who linked to this on MentalFloss.com, who claimed to be a "former Art student", scored a 38 on their first try I think I did pret…

I see that this title doesn't have the Live logo on the cover. I was really looking forward to running this on my quad core. So what's the story on why this isn't going to be released for Games Windows Live when the first one was. Looks like Kane and Lynch 2 will be burning up my optical drive in my 360 S instead...

Dark VoidDeveloped by: Airtight Games Published by: Capcom Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Players: 1 Rated T for Teen by the ESRB The BreakdownJetpacks are awesome, it’s a well known fact. But does Capcom let you burn out your fuse up there with a fun game, or is it gonna be a long, long time till jetpack enthusiasts forgive them for this atrocity? Find out when touchdown brings you ’round again in the rest of this review! The Important StuffA pilot in the mid 1930s crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle with his ex-girlfriend and discovers hostile alien robots. No that is not the plot of a B movie, that’s actually what the game is about. Yes, the …