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Waiting periods on purchasing…anything
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Best of E3 2009
This year saw E3 return to its roots and try to be the spectacle of games we all know it should be. It brought with it some incredible looking games, but also some neat little surprises. But when it was all said and done, what was the best of show? Read on. DS Game of the Sh...
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Moviegoers Bill of Rights
We all know that going to the theater to see a movie can be a pain these days. From crowded shopping complexes, high ticket prices, and limited parking, one can feel like it’s not even worth it before they get inside. But the true horror, for many, begins once they do venture into...
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Eight modern films that ruined movies
To say that a film ruined movies is a bold statement, so before anyone has a heart attack, hear me out. These are not necessarily bad films (though some aren’t great). Instead, these are influential films that changed how Hollywood made movies, or what we as audiences expected of ...
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Lost has one destination next season–Armageddon
Just to start out, if you have not yet watched the season finale of Lost please stop reading and do so now. This entire post is one big spoiler that should be avoided by those who haven’t seen every last minute of the series. Good, watched it? Okay, now we can continue. So,...
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A swiftly tilting medi...
For years the promise of one console to unify all games has been little more than a pipe dream for gamers.Â
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Star Wars at the House...
Star Wars has had a spotty record as of late. The Clone Wars animated film bombed at the box office
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Creating a new Scream ...
Of course, there is rarely a real need for any new installment in a horror franchise. However, in t
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Getting adaptations of...
There’s a growing problem in media and that is of the nostalgia adaptation. It’s the
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Why Ebert is right and...
In the push back from gamers against Roger Ebert, something seems to be missing—an argument. Sure
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Microsoft is killing i...
From a business perspective Microsoft has done a great many things wrong with the Xbox 360. It ignored t
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A swiftly tilting medi...
For years the promise of one console to unify all games has been little more than a pipe dream for gamers.Â
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Zelda steps into third...
Just how confusing is the headline to this post? This of it this way—if this headline were th
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