Revisiting Half-Life 2 On Xbox 360
Your buggy, which is really just a loose frame of welded pipes with an engine and wheels strapped to it, reduces the oncoming beach bugs to squishy messes easily. It doesn’t seem like it should at all, especially since those beach bugs (antlions) have a lot of sharp corners that would surely shred your body as they went right through the buggy’s frame. It’s an acceptable trade of believability when you realize how well balanced Valve made this game. Modern gamers know Left 4 Dead and Portal, but those games couldn’t have existed if Half-Life 2, now seven years old, hadn’t changed shooters. I’ve already gushed about it when I said that Half-Life 3 was going to be nearly impossible to back up, but what’s it like to visit City 17 and its violent suburbs after a while? Let’s go on a trip in a buggy…
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Sprint Strategy VP: Windows Phone Not Worth ‘Taking A Risk On’
I was a Sprint customer for nine years before Google convinced me to move over to Verizon. One of the biggest questions I had was why Sprint wasn’t lining up behind Windows Phone more and why it gave the HTC Arrive (which was a decent, not great phone) such little berth to thrive on the carrier. The carrier had never come forward about this question, until now…
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SOPA / PIPA – Who Is Supporting This Crap?
We all know that SOPA and PIPA (The Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act, respectively) are big topics today. Millions of people around the world are watching the situation, waiting to see what is going to happen over the coming months.
A number of groups and companies, large and small, have come out both in support of and against these acts but in many cases it is difficult to know who takes what stance, based on individual affiliations with various groups, such as the ESA, BSA, RIAA, etc.
Fortunately for us, the folks over at RockPaperShotgun have compiled a list of the who’s who in gaming and their individual stances on SOPA / PIPA, so long as those companies have taken a stance.
Read on for more.
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Stephen Colbert for President?
I just got an email from what used to be Stephen Colbert’s super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. And I say what used to be because he just handed over the reins to Jon Stewart and it’s been renamed The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC. Yeah, because Stephen Colbert is probably going to run for president of the United States out of South Carolina, his home state. Read the rest of this article…
Homeland Security Isn’t Monitoring Us…Yet
No one seems to know (or care) why Homeland Security is operating a program to monitor popular social media, bogs and multimedia web sites. However, on Wednesday afternoon, Reuters revealed a list of the monitored sites. And wouldn’t you know it, they completely forgot to put FleshEatingZipper in that list! I don’t know about you but I’m rather hurt not being mentioned! Sure, we aren’t the largest or most official news source but we touch each subject where it hurts the most — the truth. So, how can you help FleshEatingZipper get on the world’s most popular list? Check out after the break!
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Sharing Music On Facebook With Spotify, Rdio Sounds Cool, Isn’t Yet
I thought being able to autonomously ‘tweet’ what song was playing on my computer to Facebook was pretty cool enough, but today Facebook unveiled music sharing. It was a feature they unveiled back at f8 in September, but is just now rolling into homes, much the same way Timeline is. But how awesome is it? Hrm…
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Top Selling Console Of 2011
Bad news for fans of the PS3 and Nintendo Wii…The 360 KICKED YOUR ASSES in all 12 months of 2011, scoring jillions of dollars in revenue for Bill and the boys.
Well, at least according to NPD.
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Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody Trailer, Need I Say More?
I’m a little torn here, part of me is like oh how cool and funny is that a Star Wars porno and the other part of me is like I don’t need a story line while I’m masturbating, just show me the boobs! From Vivid Entertainment and Axel Braun, the same guy who directed other classic porn parodies such as Batman XXX and Spiderman XXX cums Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody (I think that legally has to be in their, lulz). You know I’ll probably still check it out, I mean I’m a professional film critic so… Read the rest of this article…
World Of Warcraft Now #2 In Player Numbers. Has The King Been Dethroned?
Oh yeah, you read it! That JUST happened! WoW doesn’t have a death-grip on the online gaming scene anymore.
I know I’m going to get hit with 3.86 metric shit-tonnes <— blame Canada – of hate and flame for this but the news is the news and sometimes it’s a little more fun to report than others.
Read on!
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Facebook To Pass One Billion Users In 2012. Make Sure Grandma’s On-board!
Can you recall those halcyon days when social networking was just for you and your friends? Back when you’d put up those ultra-zesty pictures of you at parties you’d just been to while sharing embarrassing secrets about things you really shouldn’t have done? While some can get away with it still, it’s the gentle notion that Facebook will approach a billion users this year that reminds us who’s using the service: everyone.
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