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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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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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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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Thirteen Years Later and Ocarina of Time is Still Worth Talking About

With the recent release of Ocarina of Time 3D, Mr. Iwata conducted an interview with the five directors that lead the original landmark game.  There is much reminiscing about production of the thirteen-year-old game as they discuss all of the

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Thirteen Years Later and Ocarina of Time is Still Worth Talking About

With the recent release of Ocarina of Time 3D, Mr. Iwata conducted an interview with the five directors that lead the original landmark game.  There is much reminiscing about production of the thirteen-year-old game as they discuss all of the

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Excessive Online Gaming Shown to Shrink Brain

According to the Scientific American, a study following internet addicts that spent more than ten hours daily playing online games showed that excessive gaming may shrink brains up to 10 to 20% in excessive cases. The study identified addicts by

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Excessive Online Gaming Shown to Shrink Brain

According to the Scientific American, a study following internet addicts that spent more than ten hours daily playing online games showed that excessive gaming may shrink brains up to 10 to 20% in excessive cases. The study identified addicts by

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New 'Hardcore' Mode for Terraria Detailed, Stats

Two big announcements from the folks over at Terraria today. First, some numbers. As of today–the 16th of June: Copies/4Packs Sold Total – 350,000+ (Copies Owned – 432,000+) Days/Top Ten Sales List on Steam – 32 days Days/Top Ten Played

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New 'Hardcore' Mode for Terraria Detailed, Stats

Two big announcements from the folks over at Terraria today. First, some numbers. As of today–the 16th of June: Copies/4Packs Sold Total – 350,000+ (Copies Owned – 432,000+) Days/Top Ten Sales List on Steam – 32 days Days/Top Ten Played

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Dreaming in Pixels: On 'Level Up', The Comic by Gene Luen Yang

To provide that boy with the life he has, I’ve had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same. How will a video game teach him to eat bitterness? Meet Dennis Ouyang’s parents. If you’re a first

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Dreaming in Pixels: On 'Level Up', The Comic by Gene Luen Yang

To provide that boy with the life he has, I’ve had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same. How will a video game teach him to eat bitterness? Meet Dennis Ouyang’s parents. If you’re a first

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Interview With Zack Finfrock of Fallout: Nuka Break

A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the minds behind the fan film Fallout: Nuka Break, Zack Finfrock. Nuka Break is a love letter to the Fallout series, a definite labor of

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Interview With Zack Finfrock of Fallout: Nuka Break

A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the minds behind the fan film Fallout: Nuka Break, Zack Finfrock. Nuka Break is a love letter to the Fallout series, a definite labor of

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Timesplitters 4 Reportedly in Development for Microsoft's Next Console

According to a high-ranking industry source at Crytek, Microsoft is going to reveal the new console within 12 months, possibly at E3 2012. The console’s hardware specifications hasn’t been finalized, but Crytek seems to be basing next-gen development on DirectX

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Timesplitters 4 Reportedly in Development for Microsoft's Next Console

According to a high-ranking industry source at Crytek, Microsoft is going to reveal the new console within 12 months, possibly at E3 2012. The console’s hardware specifications hasn’t been finalized, but Crytek seems to be basing next-gen development on DirectX

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