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Roundup of Unusual Size: Harmony, harmony, oh love!

Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Harmony, harmony, oh love!

Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and

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Google Will Be Developing Social Games

Yes, you read that right: Google, our eternal digital overlords, are about to try their hand at social games. It seems they are looking for people to help them develop these social games, as there is a listing on Google’s

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Google Will Be Developing Social Games

Yes, you read that right: Google, our eternal digital overlords, are about to try their hand at social games. It seems they are looking for people to help them develop these social games, as there is a listing on Google’s

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Get mad!

Nightmare Mode republishes Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and there

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Get mad!

Nightmare Mode republishes Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and there

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Vatican Wars Reveals Borgias-Like Behavior From Players

Gamepolitics introduced us to ‘Vatican Wars,’ a Facebook game that allows players to become Catholic priests and, well, perform priest duties. As you can imagine, some of the duties call upon controversial subjects like abortion, and players are expected to

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Vatican Wars Reveals Borgias-Like Behavior From Players

Gamepolitics introduced us to ‘Vatican Wars,’ a Facebook game that allows players to become Catholic priests and, well, perform priest duties. As you can imagine, some of the duties call upon controversial subjects like abortion, and players are expected to

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Christina Norman, Lead Gameplay Designer of Mass Effect 2 and 3, Leaves Bioware

Talk about out of the blue–while browsing the Bioware forums today, I came across a shocking piece of information: Christina Norman, the lead gameplay designer on Mass Effect 2 and most of Mass Effect 3, has left Bioware. In a

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Christina Norman, Lead Gameplay Designer of Mass Effect 2 and 3, Leaves Bioware

Talk about out of the blue–while browsing the Bioware forums today, I came across a shocking piece of information: Christina Norman, the lead gameplay designer on Mass Effect 2 and most of Mass Effect 3, has left Bioware. In a

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Kotaku is classy as the night is long.

Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Kotaku is classy as the night is long.

Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and

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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnik Sees Possibility of $20-40 Tablet Games, Doesn't Believe in Interactive Movies

In a provocative interview with Forbes, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnik divulged his thoughts on everything from Duke Nukem to Rockstar. One particularly interesting tidbit was on the price point of tablet games. When asked if he could see higher price

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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnik Sees Possibility of $20-40 Tablet Games, Doesn't Believe in Interactive Movies

In a provocative interview with Forbes, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnik divulged his thoughts on everything from Duke Nukem to Rockstar. One particularly interesting tidbit was on the price point of tablet games. When asked if he could see higher price

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There Is No Such Thing as Honor or Cheapness: Artificial Rules in Multiplayer Gaming

I am not a good person. Or, so I’m told, anyway. Be it XBL, PSN or Steam, I’m constantly inundated by cries and BAAAW’ings about how cheap I am, how I make the game less fun, how I shouldn’t be

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There Is No Such Thing as Honor or Cheapness: Artificial Rules in Multiplayer Gaming

I am not a good person. Or, so I’m told, anyway. Be it XBL, PSN or Steam, I’m constantly inundated by cries and BAAAW’ings about how cheap I am, how I make the game less fun, how I shouldn’t be

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theRednerGroup Speaks to the Duke Nukem Forever Tweet Fiasco

Every story has two sides to it, and Jim Redner of the theRednerGroup has recently gone on record in regards to what happened with his DNF tweet. For those of you that missed it, the infamous tweet read as follows:

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theRednerGroup Speaks to the Duke Nukem Forever Tweet Fiasco

Every story has two sides to it, and Jim Redner of the theRednerGroup has recently gone on record in regards to what happened with his DNF tweet. For those of you that missed it, the infamous tweet read as follows:

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Your Homosexual Lover is a red herring but I forgive you.

Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Your Homosexual Lover is a red herring but I forgive you.

Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and

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