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Hail to the Duke, Baby
The official Duke Nukem Forever teaser trailer is actually posting tomorrow. The game was originally announced over a decade ago. Winged swine and snowballs in Sheol? Tune in here tomorrow, Wednesday, at 12:00 p.m. CST for helpings of both if…

Great Ebooks and Software Specials

Are 2D Games Harming Girls’ Job Prospects?
I spotted this study which suggests girls prefer 2D games (and boys, 3D games) this morning courtesy games theorist Ian Bogost and thought I’d mention it because the distinction’s been following me around lately when I stop to reflect on…

Count Crackula: Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
It’s only a matter of time before the Nintendo DS unseats Sony’s PlayStation 2 as the bestselling game system in history. Nothing, not even the Nintendo Wii, is as universally salable as Nintendo’s tiny two-screened sales phenomenon. Count my family…

Activision on Rock Band Debacle: It’s Harmonix’s Fault
He said, she said, that’s the latest in what’s become a finger-pointing fracas with music game publishers Activision and Harmonix blaming each other for guitar controller compatibility hiccups. On Wednesday, I reported that Harmonix was blaming Activision for holding up…

I Just Called to Say “No PS3 For You”
Note to EB Games: If you’re planning to put more phonebooks inside PlayStation 3 boxes and, you know, ask me to fork over five-hundred bucks for one, can you also throw in an obviously opened and re-sealed Halo 3 game…

The Year’s 10th Most Offensive Video Game
I couldn’t find a decent screenshot for it because it’s one of these ready-to-roll sealed-in-plastic monochrome handhelds made in China with publisher info MIA. So here’s the “year’s 10th most offensive video game” blog-side, along with the original story by…

2007 - Year of the Wii, 2008 - Wait and See
Media market analyst Screen Digest predicts that in the console wars, Nintendo will win 2007 “convincingly,” with a nod to “the market climate [changing] significantly” in 2008. What changes (or starts to) in approximately 15 days? “Whereas in 2007 Nintendo…

Fishing the Northwest with Rangerrob
Pacific Northwest, Canada fishing. Rangerrob and readers fishing the Northwest Region

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