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Call of Duty: Black Ops Review

January 12, 2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops Review

Same guns, different faces
Those of you waiting with bated breath for Activision’s fragile, sequelitis-ridden empire to come crumbling down, know this: It won’t be happening this year. Call of Duty: Black Ops is another solid entry in the publisher…

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TV, Videogames Hurt the Heart

January 12, 2011
TV, Videogames Hurt the Heart

Our parents told us if we sat too close to the television, we’d go blind. Some researchers say cell phone radiation could cause brain damage or cancer. Videogames apparently turn us into blood thirst miscreants hellbent on hurting people, or so we’ve h…

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Ubisoft Backpedals on Draconian DRM Scheme

January 3, 2011
Ubisoft Backpedals on Draconian DRM Scheme

Ubisoft’s New Year’s resolution must be to stop pissing people off with with crappy DRM checks, because as our sister site PCGamer.com reports, the developer has decided to ditch its controversial DRM system.
Prior to the update, you needed a persisten…

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Insurance Agent Busted for Selling Counterfeit Games

December 31, 2010
Insurance Agent Busted for Selling Counterfeit Games

According to the TV jingle, ‘Nationwide is on your side,’ but at least one employee will spend 2.5 years behind bars for being on the wrong side of the law. His name is Qiang “Michael” Bi, and he was found guilty of selling more than 35,000 counterfeit…

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The 30 Must-Play PC Games of The Decade

December 29, 2010
The 30 Must-Play PC Games of The Decade

You know that stereotype of the total loser from high school – busted glasses, craggy acne canyon of a face, every spoken word followed by a refreshing mist of saliva – who goes on to become rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams? Well, tha…

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Pirates Pillage CoD: Black Ops More than Any Other Game

December 29, 2010
Pirates Pillage CoD: Black Ops More than Any Other Game

Activision’s uber popular Call of Duty: Black Ops game has the dubious distinction of being the most pirated PC game in all of 2010, TorrentFreak reports.
You can add that tidbit to the list or records already nothced in the title’s belt, including mos…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Rakes in One BILLION Dollars

December 22, 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops Rakes in One BILLION Dollars

Everyone knows the Call of Duty franchise is a cash cow, but even Activision Blizzard has to be a little surprised at just how successful the latest incarnation has been. Black Ops has netted $1 billion since its release on November 9, the game develop…

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Study: Sleep Deprived College Students Addicted to Online RPGs

December 17, 2010
Study: Sleep Deprived College Students Addicted to Online RPGs

New research suggests that Internet addiction on college campuses may be a bigger problem than many are willing to admit.
“Virtual gaming, where participants take an identity, has exploded in the past 10 years, particularly among 18 to 30 year olds,”…

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