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The main E3 conference press events from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, and UbiSoft

The big main press conferences are up on game trailers, there is also the IGN verison that look like the same feed but they are on youtube, so which ever version suits you. Youtube versions are listed last Microsoft E3 … Continue reading

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collection of videos from street fighter, zelda and mario at e3

Saved a group of the decent street fighter x tekken gameplay, as well as some demos of the wii u controller, and nice zelda 25th anniversary creators commentry featurette and skyward sword gameplay, finishing off with some ok mario street … Continue reading

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videos galore from game trailers, 10 minutes of bioshock gameplay, batman, skyrim, final fantasy and more

you know the drill there’s a lot of content here, watch what you please, i recommend the bioshock infinate gameplay, catherine, batman arkham city etc bioshock solid 10 minute game footage http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ten-minute-demo-bioshock-infinite/704932 boishock infinate ( Ken Levine Interview ) http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-bioshock-infinite/715509 … Continue reading

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This short tech demo of zelda deserves its own post

Although its not a playable game demo, it is apparently rendered in real time, basically it isn’t a CGI movie that’s been pre rendered in studio max and made into a movie on the wii u. it looks really nice … Continue reading

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E3 videos just keep on coming, swimming against the tide trying to keep up

anyhoo, here’s another list of some interesting vids, some not so interesting but worth keeping a note of i thought, atleast here there’s no pagination within the page to lose track of where i got too. bastion for xbla slated … Continue reading

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lartens favorite e3 bits so far, in short, shoulda really done some revision, eeeek

Well well well, what do we have here, minecraft on the xbox? apparently using kinect, that seems like it might be a bit of a slow game, there was pretty much nothing on the details, just that it was happening, … Continue reading

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Everyone else blogged about the portable dreamcast, why can’t we

Hands up if you’re the last gaming blogging platform to mention the portable Dreamcast being hand made by some peeps over in the orient. ME ME ME! That’s right, the last ever Sega Beast machine with the orange swirl (unless … Continue reading

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Minecraft 1.6 is out, with maps and tall grass, check out the vid

Mincraft as seen a small increment in build number, mostly fixing some bugs and then fixing some more, now at 1.6.4 in the same day. The biggest funcional additions are the map which shows general layout of the surrounding area … Continue reading

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Kickstarter Chip Maestro looks gooooooood. 8-bit yo

Over at kickstarter.com, Jarek Lupinski has opened up a project he is working on to use a NES cartridge in a NES console with a midi in connector, the project is titled “Chip Maestro – An NES MIDI Synthesizer Cartridge” … Continue reading

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Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Art of Video Games

You may remember that a few months ago the smithsonian was holding a poll for popular video games throughout the ages to represent at its history museum between March 16, 2012 – September 30, 2012 on the 3rd floor north. … Continue reading

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