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Marvel Comics has long been a revered name in nerdom as it encompasses such a far-reaching variety of beloved characters and universes, many of which have also starred in popular television shows and blockbuster Hollywood movies. While the original X-Men and Spider-Man movies produced by Fox and Sony, respectively, were fun first forays into the …
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Introducing an NOTR original mini-series: Infirmos Mortem, a new breed of episodic short fiction in which the readers help to shape the narrative as it progresses. Set during the peak of the Roman Empire, Infirmos Mortem is a suspenseful tale about a young soldier named Tullius returning home from his first triumphant campaign. When …
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Electronic Arts has barraged quite a marketing push for BioWare’s trilogy-concluding epic, Mass Effect 3. Among the usual stable of ads, space-travelling copies of the game, an art book (with DLC), action figures (with DLC), and two other iOS apps, Mass Effect: Infiltrator (released the same day as its console sibling) has one thing to say …
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“A Tale of Swords and Souls Eternally Retold.” So goes the mantra for the weapon-based fighting series SoulCalibur, for which publisher Namco and in-house dev team Project Soul recently released a fifth numbered installment. SoulCalibur V aims to modernize the formula with its version of Street Fighter IV‘s “Supers” while also making changes to the …
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Update: It seems The Journey is not the only Fable leak outed by the Xbox Live Marketplace today, as an apparent XBLA board game titled Fable Heroes is also featured in the web portal [this one comes via Joystiq]. Original Story: Looks like the GDC cat’s out of the bag early again! Just after Microsoft reportedly …
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Ever wonder what would happen if someone mashed together this generation’s breakout puzzle-platformer Portal with the original Super Mario Bros.? No? Well, the folks at Stabyourself have answered that question anyway. The well-traveled plumber has taken a break from kart racing, tennis, and party-throwing to power up with the latest technology from Aperture Science. The game …
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DID YOU SAY STEAM BOX? This weekend a particularly bizarre rumor broke out over the interwebz. Tech outlet The Verge broke the story that esteemed game developer and digital distribution prognosticator Valve is purportedly working on a “Steam Box” and is preparing an official announcement sometime between next week’s Game Developers Conference and June’s …
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Supernatural mystery writer Alan Wake returns less than 2 years after he infamously spent more than 5 years getting ready for his and developer Remedy Entertainment’s Xbox 360 debut. Instead of a full-priced retail title like the original, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare comes in the skin of a $15 downloadable title for the Xbox Live Arcade. …
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Ahh yes, Assassin’s Creed, one of this generation’s darling new blockbuster franchises and quite likely the preeminent historical fiction video game series. We’ve already played as Altair, an assassin from the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. We’ve also played as Ezio during the approximate period of the Italian Rennaissance, though his console adventures have …
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The ruthless ex-hitman Shank is back on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC for another round of hyper-violent 2D brawling This time the entry fee comes at a slightly more affordable price, launching at $10 or 800MSP (the original Shank launched at $15 and was only recently reduced to $10). Shank 2 might be the …
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