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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:39:45 -0800</pubDate>
<title>The turning of tables and a new year!</title>
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<description>First of all, Happy New Year! I hope that everyone enjoyed a safe and fun holiday season. I did. From what I can remember anyways.I love the beginning of a...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:10:55 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Any room for more GOTY awards in your holiday stocking?</title>
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<description>Amidst the industry currently trending towards a growing amount of exploitive gimmicks that center around the likes of contrived and overpriced DLC bridging annual sequels, online multiplayer being...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:50:31 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Which Game Site's Reviews Do You Trust?</title>
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<description>There are few things more disappointing than picking up a game that has received stellar reviews only to discover that it simply isn't very good. Or rather, it isn't good...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:45:39 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Tragedy and Gaming</title>
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<description>Warning: Spoilers for Prince of Persia (2008), Heavy Rain (2010), and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) ahead! Prince of Persia has stuck in my mind far longer than...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:03:07 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Okay Gaming - Merry Christmas</title>
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<description>EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY...MAYBEto a human-submagazine cartridge like a typewriter wheelturns out nothing but what we can feelwords so empty and thoughts half for show</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:51:53 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Mass Effect 3: A Gateway Drug?</title>
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<description>Late last week a very buggy and unfinished private beta for Mass  Effect 3 slipped on to the Xbox marketplace (only to those in the Xbox  dashboard preview)....</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:28:34 -0800</pubDate>
<title>Waking Giant</title>
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<description>Used to having the handheld gaming market right under their thumb, it is no massive offense to conclude the leading heads at Nintendo got a little bit too arrogant with...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:31:51 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Spookiest Villain Blog Activity</title>
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<description>Based on the Halloween Spookiest Villain Blog Activity. He's my list of the top 10 (in order) spookiest video game villains.The entry may contain minor spoilers10....</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:27:51 -0700</pubDate>
<title>&quot;Rest assured, it's nothing of what you've feared.&quot;</title>
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<description>"Rest assured, it's nothing of what you've feared."-Casey HudsonApparently, Casey, it is EXACTLY what many of us feared.Excuse  me for a moment while I...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:51:05 -0700</pubDate>
<title>If You Love Gaming, Stand Up &amp; Take Responsibility</title>
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<description>If you are reading this then I assume you have some meddling interest in video games. Some of you may have been around since it started, while others...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:22:22 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Passing Judgment: Why Blocking Key Features Via Online Pass is Admitting Failure</title>
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<description>Every gaming year that passes, certain types of things happen that end up being themes that define the time at large. Last year, the main themes were "Will anything be...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:17:58 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Dead Island: Know Thyself</title>
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<description>(Dead Island's visuals rely more on st*yle than on technical...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:46:28 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Secret Diary of a Girl Gamer</title>
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<description>Imagine the horrors I went through in high school: not only was I a girl, but I had red hair!Now I love breasts and sex...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:49:31 -0700</pubDate>
<title>JRPG Thingamajig</title>
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<description>Name:If Only I had a Hand to Lend You, I Would Rip My Arm Off to Do So: The Prologue of Kings (IOIHAHTLYIWRMAOTDS: TPOK)Story:IOIHAHTLYIWRMAOTDS: TPOK stars Earl Smith, a man...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:34:05 -0700</pubDate>
<title>My JRPG</title>
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<description>Name:  Moonlight Story: Darkness settled over the Empire of Ladonia, after a thousand years of peace and tranquility. The moon, main source of power for the magic using inhabitants...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:15:59 -0700</pubDate>
<title>The Concept Art Conundrum</title>
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<description>It probably doesn't surprise anyone that I like looking at  concept art. As a creative person and game enthusiast I like taking a  look behind the curtain to...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:02:28 -0700</pubDate>
<title>This Is The End Beautiful Friend</title>
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<description>The history of the gaming industry can be divided in many before and after segments. For visuals, there is before 3-D and after 3-D; for shooters, there is before Goldeneye...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:14:10 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Sticking With It Part 2: Progress and Pace</title>
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<description>The other week I talked about why it's getting harder to complete games.  You can read the last post if you want, but the basic idea is that...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:50:51 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Why is the Nintendo 3DS failing?</title>
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<description>To be complete honest I'm not surprised about the current sales of the Nintendo 3DS and the sudden price cut. To be honest I still thought the sales were rather...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:44:53 -0700</pubDate>
<title>Stick With It: Why It's Getting Harder to Complete Games</title>
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<description>I came across an interesting NeoGaf thread the other day  about game length. Well, to be accurate it was a quote from a developer  about gamers not finishing...</description>
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