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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:46:47 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Kevin's Newest Blog Contest: Inspire a Spore Adventure</title>
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<description>As you probably know, I really like the Spore expansion pack, Galactic Adventures. I am pleased with the adventures I created (check out Perseus' Quest, which I think turned...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:06:06 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Video games are RUINING our children</title>
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<description>The ESRB ratings description site says we have Warner Bros. to blame for this: The Clique: Diss and Make Up  Platform:Nintendo DSRating:Everyone 10+ Content...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:27:24 -0700</pubDate>
<title>E3 2009 Update #3 - Catching up</title>
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<description>Wednesday kept me super busy. I made some time in the evening to do some catching up with my roomie, Sophia Tong. The video shares her experience until then....</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:11:47 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Video Blog: The waning moments of E3 in the GameSpot booth</title>
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<description>[video=I3dlkTL55bIKuz_a]I'm back home from Los Angeles, and before I sleep away the entire the weekend, I wanted to give you guys one last bit of behind-the-scenes access to our E3...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:47:21 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Video Blog: GameSpot Editors on E3 2009</title>
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<description>[video=dXYxk2Cq5bIJsjLd]Couple notes about the video:1. Yeah, I know it's shaky. I learned the hard way that if you plan on shooting with one of those tiny little Flip Cams,...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:26:58 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Pre-E3 Update</title>
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<description>As you already know, E3 has kept us all pretty busy the past few weeks. As we get even closer there's just such little time in the day. I planned...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:04:10 -0700</pubDate>
<title>GameSpot Game Night: Killzone 2 Highlights</title>
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<description>I will have more to share later this week, but in the meanwhile, check out some footage from this week's GameSpot Community Game Night. Chris Watters and I took aim...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:04:37 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Why Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is brilliant</title>
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<description>So in perhaps premature anticipation of a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 re-release announcement, I dusted off the ol' Dreamcast fighter stick and went a few more rounds with the old...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:39:47 -0700</pubDate>
<title>See Tom's disgusting foot!</title>
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<description>Or one artist's interpretation of it, at any rate:That's Tom Mc Shea letting his grotesquely injured ankle ooze all over the desk while I stare on...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:32:33 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Zelda: Spirit Tracks concept art!</title>
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<description>So on this week's episode of The HotSpot, Tom Mc Shea speculated as to what Link was using to fuel his train in the GDC trailer for The...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:19:50 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Making sense of the Modern Warfare 2 trailer.</title>
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<description>Last night, Activision released the first teaser trailer for Modern Warfare 2. My first thought: That's some curious timing. Judging from the number of parties thrown each night over the...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:16:54 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Games as Art: A Shared Critique</title>
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<description>I frequently get emails and private messages from students working on papers or essays to get my take on various issues within gaming. I can't always respond, but I do...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:44:06 -0700</pubDate>
<title>The Adventures of Coraline</title>
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<description>Coraline is an amazing film and a eye-popping visual spectacle. But it was not these aspects that held me rapt in the theater when I watched it. The same emotions...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:28:13 -0800</pubDate>
<title>New tables for Williams Pinball!</title>
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<description>Just got some good news today. I had a few questions for Crave Entertainment yesterday after the company was acquired by Fillpoint. Here's one of the responses that didn't...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:39:17 -0800</pubDate>
<title>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Screens and Video, Killzone 2 Video</title>
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<description>Because of publisher-requested embargo, we won't be posting any new screens or video of F.E.A.R. 2's full single player campaign until Tuesday, along with the review. However, we are able...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:46:27 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Killzone 2 is a-comin'!</title>
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<description>As promised, we are putting together more Killzone 2 stuff than you can shake a stick at. However, we won't have a review until close to the release date. Rather...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:08:51 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Be happy your living room doesn't look like this</title>
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<description>Here in the GameSpot US office, 2009 has brought forth the era of Project Clean. This is basically an effort to spruce up the office, make systems, accessories and cables...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:39:52 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Bringing back video previews: House of the Dead and Godfather</title>
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<description>With the dawning of a new calendar year, we at the GameSpot previews team are trying to expand the sort of coverage we give upcoming games. One way we've been...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:02:13 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Fond Eulogy to Circuit City.</title>
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<description>I have to say a fond farewell to Circuit City. Goodbye and farewell to the creepy older uncle of Best Buy. Somehow you always made...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:37:09 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Start/Select, GSUK Podcast weekly in 2009</title>
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<description>As part of our New Year's Resolutions, we're taking GameSpot UK's video and audio shows weekly in 2009. The GameSpot UK Podcast goes out on Thursdays and Start/Select...</description>
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