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Report: Want to be a green gamer? Turn off your console
arstechnica.com — The National Resources Defense Council has a released a report revealing that a) your game consoles can greatly increase your annual electricity bill, and b) there are some very simple steps one can take to avoid such costs.More… (Gaming Industry News)
19 High-Scoring Old-School Arcade Games
ew.com — With titles like ''Fallout 3,'' ''Mirror's Edge,'' and ''Gears of War 2'' redefining the cutting edge, we still smile when we remember the simple pleasures of the coin-op games that made us go ape back in the day. Here's a collection of 19 arcade classics to take you on a trip down memory lane.More… (Gaming Industry News)
Trek Fallout 3 Efficiently with Google Maps
arstechnica.com — The world of Fallout 3 is vast and packed full of all kinds of stuff, so it's nothing to be ashamed of if you are feeling lost or a little overwhelmed. There is help, however, as the good folks at Planet Fallout have put together an outline of the future post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C. using Google Maps.More… (Gaming Industry News)
Zero Punctuation: Fallout 3 watch!
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Top 5 Things Videogames Have Taught Me Never to Do
1up.com — On the heels of the infinitely more useful 5 Things I've Learned From Videogames, I thought I'd do a rundown of their five least helpful lessons. If I took these to heart I've never leave the house.More… (Gaming Industry News)
Video Games By National Geographic Coming Soon!!
hollywoodreporter.com — National Geographic Society is set to announce today that it has created National Geographic Games. More… (Gaming Industry News)
The Best Dead Things in Video Games
gamesradar.com — Dead stuff makes a vastly under-rated contribution to the world of videogames. Sure, the heroes are usually a living, breathing, virile lot, with pulses and all that boringly conventional malarky, but dead things bring a much more varied array of coolness to the table...More… (Gaming Industry News)
The Six Most Soul-Sucking Video Games
unrealitymag.com — How many hours did you spend playing Wrath of the Lich King this weekend? 10? 20? More? There have been many tales of chronic video game addiction in the news the past few years, but I thought it was time now for a look back to see what the most soul-sucking video games really are.More… (Gaming Industry News)
The Top 7 Outrageously Camp Bad Guys in Video Games
gamesradar.com — There's nothing like a steamingly camp villain to really set off a game plot with a bang (and a mince and a girly titter). There's just something about a preening effeminate bad guy that instantly undermines a hero, no matter what abilities and attributes said doer of good might have. Evil doesn't HAVE to be serious businessMore… (Gaming Industry News)
The Top 7 Game bad guys you didn't want to kill
gamesradar.com — The gaming murders that left a bad taste in our mouthMore… (Gaming Industry News)
The 10 Most Blood-Soaked Video Game Weapons
spike.com — 9. Shadow of Rome - Curvy Sword -- This game is pretty much the Cesarean wet dream of a sadistic bloodsport enthusiast. So, needless to say, it's pretty devastatingly gory. You use a variety of weapons throughout, but whatever that curvy Greek sword is does the majority of the slaying.More… (Gaming Industry News)
Victory in Vomit: The Sickening Secret of Mirror's Edge
wired.com — I've played plenty of FPSs that required me to navigate ridiculous, zero-G boss lairs that were suspended over improbable heights, and none of those ever made me feel nauseated. Why does this game get its hooks into my brain so effectively? I think it's because Mirror's Edge is the first game to hack your proprioception... I think More… (Gaming Industry News)
The Top 10 Most Annoying Video Game Characters
casualtygamer.com — Remember the first video game character who really got under your skin? For some of you it may have been that dam dog from Duck Hunt. If you’re a younger gamer, maybe you weren’t really irritated by a game until the end of Portal when you learned the truth about the cake.More… (Gaming Industry News)
Top 10 Video Game Cliches
old-wizard.com — Clichés are found in everything from music to movies to anything where creativity finds a home. This is no different with the video game medium which mimics past ideas to no end. Why tamper with a formula for success? Repetition has been the basis of our great civilization, and so it comes as no surprise that there are numerous clichés in the videoMore… (Gaming Industry News)
