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Top 5 Reasons the Xbox 360 Sucks

On my last list, I took out my wrath on the sweet little unsuspecting Wii. Now I am setting my sights on bigger prey. Microsoft‘s XBox 360 has been a huge hit this generation, and millions of people...

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Top 5 Reasons The PS3 Sucks

Wow this post is old. Want more recent gaming news? Head here. Sony’s PlayStation 3 has its fair share of fans and detractors. Despite its supposed technological superiority it has appeared to be...

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Top 5 Reasons The Wii, PS3, And 360 Don’t Suck

Maybe I got a little carried away this past month. I shook my fists and my voice bellowed as I angrily stroked the keyboard into a fury of console bashing. But the sun has come out and my outlook has...

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Top 5 Video Games That Shouldn’t Have Been Made

Sometimes game developers need to make a quick buck. Sure they probably don’t want to make “My Little Baby Girl Loves to Ride Ponies and Shop at The Mall 2,” but people have to make money somehow. So...

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Top 5 Sequels of This Generation

The holidays are almost upon us, and the games couldn’t be any bigger.  Sequels are bombarding us around every corner; only time will tell if they can live up to their predecessors.  In the hopes that...

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Top 5 Gaming Halloween Costumes

Halloween is approaching, and that means it is time to play dress-up. With the popularity of gaming today it is a fairly common sight to see people dressed as their favorite video game characters. So...

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Top 5 Reasons I am Excited for Call Of Duty Black Ops

Call of Duty:Black Ops is going to steamroll through your personal life next Tuesday, and millions of gamers couldn’t be happier. Sure, there are some worries when Treyarch is behind the wheel and not...

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Top 5 Games for When You Are Done with Black Ops

Call of Duty:Black Ops is out, and gamers will begin their hibernation period as they endlessly pwnn noobs and destroy the zombie horde. I even wrote an article about it. If, however, you grow...

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Top 5 Games I Haven’t Beaten

I love video games. I love playing them, reading about them, and talking to other people about them. Unfortunately I don’t have time to beat them all. Sometimes I don’t even have time to beat the big...

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Free DLC Coming for Monday Night Combat

Monday Night Combat is one of the greatest titles on Xbox Live Arcade and has earned a sizable following who can’t get enough bacon and juice.  Uber Entertainment is looking to reward loyal fans with...

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Top 5 Mistakes Your Grandma is Going to Make Shopping

The holiday season is just around the bend, and you are sure to get your fair share of bad gifts. Itchy sweaters, fruitcakes, and socks are always a drag, but there might be nothing worse than getting...

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Uncharted 3 Announced

If you enjoyed Uncharted 1 and 2 (and I’m sure you did, lovely reader, seeing as you’re not a Communist), then get ready for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.  Details are sparse, but what we do have...

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Top 5 Reasons You Should Be Playing Undead Nightmare

The VGA’s have come and gone, accompanied by the usual cries of “lame” from millions of gamers who get their hopes up every year.  However, I can’t argue with Red Dead Redemption winning multiple...

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Top 5 Games That Will Get You on the Naughty List

The year in games is coming to an end, and I am sure that many of you have wasted countless hours riding horses, stabbing zombies, and, most of all, killing grunts.  While these games are all great...

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Top 5 Characters Who Need to Calm Down

Gaming characters come in all shapes and sizes and all sorts of temperaments.  Some characters are as cool as they come.  But on the other end of the spectrum, we find some characters who just don’t...

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Top 5 Games of 2011

The new year is upon us, and that means we have a whole year to game before the Mayans return from outer space to harvest us for batteries to power their space dance parties.  And what a year we have...

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Top 5 Reasons I am (Cautiously) Excited for the Uncharted Movie

News about the upcoming Uncharted film has been surfacing as of late, and the interwebs are buzzing with cries of anger over various decisions.  I personally could not be more excited about the...

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Top 5 Failures of 2010

2010 was a wonderful year in gaming. Mass Effect 2 kicked the year off with a bang and the year kept bringing in the hits. Red Dead Redemption took the usually dead summer months by storm and the year...

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Top 5 Love ’em or Hate ’em characters

I have been seeing lots of videos for Bulletstorm and I have been hearing a lot of very different opinions about it.  Some people can’t think of anything greater than a game that gives you points for...

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Top 5 Useless Characters in Gaming

In an effort to draw you more into the world they aim to create, developers fill the world with a cast of characters to interact with the protagonist.  Oftentimes these characters add to the world and...

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Top 5 Romantic Scenes in Video Games

It’s that special time of year where all the couples are busy making goo-goo eyes at each other and everyone who is single is busy saying that they “don’t care” and that it’s “just a corporate holiday...

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Top 5 Characters who should be in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is upon us and button mashing shall ensue, but the usually insanely robust roster is a wee bit smaller than we are used to. Twenty characters smaller, to be exact. So in honor of...

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Top 5 Aspects Dragon Age 2 Looks to Improve

Dragon Age 2’s demo has dropped and, as with anything involving Bioware, it’s kind of a big deal.  The first game appealed to gamers by playing to more traditional role-playing elements.  The game won...

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[PAX East 2011] The Gang’s All Here

This is Bob posting under Rett’s wordpress account because Bob is an idiot and forgot his password AFK. ANYway, we’re all here in Boston; after some glorious air travel (ask Rachel about Vomit...

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[PAX East 2011] – 30 Minutes of L.A. Noire

Rockstar Games is nothing if not bold.  With L.A. Noire, Rockstar is making another bold choice, creating a game that forces gamers to pay meticulous attention to detail to solve crimes instead of...

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[PAX East 2011] – Trenched

Double Fine was on the floor showing off its newest game, Trenched, which is set to be released on Xbox Arcade. The game focuses around an up-to-4-player co-op that pits you and your teammates against...

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[PAX East 2011] – Lord of the Rings Online

While at the WB booth I was able to check out some of Lord of The Rings Online.  The game went free-to-play last year, and has since tripled the company’s revenue.  The people working on Lord of the...

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[PAX East 2011] Official Attendance

Hey everybody! I just got an email with the official number for this years PAX East and wanted to fill you all in. The first ever PAX East last year had an official attendance of 52,290 people. That’s...

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Top 5 Reasons I’m Excited About L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire is developer Rockstar Games latest attempt to break new ground in the video game medium. Set in Los Angeles in the year 1947 it explores one of the most violent eras of the cities history. I...

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Top 5 Nintendo Fails

Nintendo has been ahead of the game this generation, with both the Wii and the Nintendo DS being huge successes. Now the 3DS is already looking like it is going to be another massive seller and, though...

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Top 5 Games to get you through the Summer

Spring is here and a last bevy of games is on its way to get you through the historically dry summer months. Though most of the biggest names release in the fall and winter some big titles, including...

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Top 5 Wrestlers Who Should Have Been in WWE All-Stars

WWE All-Stars is an absolute blast to play. Turning childhood heroes into action figure versions of themselves and allowing you to bend the rules of physics, jumping up twenty feet or throwing guys...

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Top 5 Mortal Kombat Characters

The latest Mortal Kombat arrives next Tuesday, and WB Games hopes to usher many fans with a “throwback” style that returns everything gamers love about the bloody fighter. Mortal Kombat has never been...

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Tomb Raider Trilogy [Review]

If you have been busy salivating over the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, Crystal Dynamics has released the Tomb Raider Trilogy for the PlayStation 3 to tide you over in the mean time. So is this a case...

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The List: Sony Edition

I want to do something a little different with this week’s list.  I am sure by now you have heard of the breach at Sony.  Unless you have been hiding under that proverbial rock, you have seen it...

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Top 5 Reasons I Don’t Care About Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem Forever is right around the corner. As for all the jokes about doomsday coming before we see it, well, they might be right. Many gamers are excited about the return of “the king” and are...

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Top 5 Games I’m excited to hear more about at E3 2011

E3 is almost upon us and gamers everywhere will soon be basking in the glow of all the E3 coverage they can handle. E3 is as big as it gets and all of the biggest games will be making an appearance at...

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The Friday Fix June 17th

Hello lovely readers!  How is your summer going?  Had any chances to go outside and get sunburned until you question why anyone would ever leave the nice safe air-conditioned indoors? Well, E3 was last...

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The Extreme Portfolio Can Survive A Sixty Foot Drop (Bet You Can’t Do That)

Ever wanted to drop your iPad from sixty feet up? Me neither. But just in case you are doing some cherry picking with your iPad, G-Form has you covered. The makers of the Extreme Sleeve have now...

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The Friday Fix July 21

Howdy everybody! I know it has been a bit since the last Friday Fix but hopefully I will once again be able to administer your weekly dose of all the most newstastic news the site has to offer. The dry...

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Top 5 Games of 2011 so far

With huge AAA titles like Elder Scrolls 5, Uncharted 3, and Modern Warfare 3 all arriving sometime in the fall, it seems like many gamers spend much of the year looking forward to the big titles of the...

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The Friday Fix August 26

Howdy beautiful readers! It’s Friday and that means I reckon it is time for another helping of never nutritious, yet always delicious, Friday Fix.  The summer is almost over, and kids everywhere are...

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Top 5 Moments in Halo

With not one, but two Halo games slated for release this year I have had Halo on the brain lately. For many gamers of my age group Halo was the game that introduced us to the FPS experience and will...

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Top 5 Reasons to Not Overlook Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

With The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim still spinning in most RPG enthusiasts’ systems it would be easy to overlook Big Huge Game and 38 Studio’s soon to be released Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. However,...

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