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Gamespotting: Salt
After using her panties to evade the CIA, Angelina Jolie makes a rocket launcher out of a fire extinguisher and cleaning products. But the movie takes an unrealistic turn when she has escaped onto a ledge with her dog and sees through a window a little girl listening to music on a PSP.... »
Mystery solved! Researcher determines what women gamers want
A Belgian student working on her masters thesis surveyed 983 videogames to determine just what women want in a videogame. Her findings, according to the Ghent University announcement : Women are strongly motivated to game when there is a possibility to choose their own assignments and to explore freely. Women like to hang... »
Life-sized Elite from Halo is taller than it looks on television
Pete Mander is a special effects artist in Ontario who knows how to get his name out there on the internet. Appeal to fans of Halo ! So he's put together a life-sized costume of an Elite. »
Mario Marathon enters its fourth day, gets punch drunk
Three men in Indiana are in the final stretch (?) of their annual marathon to play Mario games for charity, soliciting donations from folks watching them. »
Lost Planet 2 downloadable content misses the point
Capcom announced the next round of Lost Planet 2 downloadable content. The good news is that it's not just more multiplayer maps that you'll never get to play because they only appear if everyone in your queue happens to have bought them. »
The most expensive Atari console system never made!
How much would you pay for a prototype Atari 2600 that has the joysticks attached to the actual console system? Atari abandoned this design because they knew the joysticks were the parts most prone to breaking, and it would really suck to have to chuck your entire Atari just because your one of... »
Gamespotting: The A-Team
It's not too surprising that the supposed best-selling videogame franchise of all time is mentioned in a summer action movie (the more surprising thing is when it's mentioned in an art-house movie ). But what I really like about Call of Duty's brief appearance in The A-Team is how it references the often... »
Post-It Mario breaks out of videogame, rampages through school
The above student project, created entirely from Post-It notes, is a cautionary tale about what might happen if Mario ever gets loose. »
The next Motorstorm game rides the apocalypse
One of the "unannounced" Sony games at E3 is no longer unannounced. The next entry in the Motorstorm series will be Motorstorm: Apocalypse , which takes place in a ruined city that's still suffering the occasional cataclysmic spasm. »
Video Games Live to be broadcast but ironically not live
All of the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra, combined with the energy and excitement of a rock concert, mixed together with all the cutting edge visuals and technology and interactivity and fun that videogames provide. That's how host Tommy Tallarico describes Video Games Live , an orchestral presentation of videogame soundtracks,... »