• 8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games

    8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games

    Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems ...

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  • How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot

    How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot

    Welcome to the wonderful world of location-based games! I see you’ve just downloaded a copy of Traveler’s Quest, or Dokobots, or CodeRunner, or perhaps you’ve got yourself on foursquare for the first time. That’s great! You’re about to discover what geotagging and GPS-enabled mobile devices can add to gaming and ...

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  • Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile

    Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile

    CrowdStar, developer of popular Facebook games like Happy Aquarium and the "Girl" series (Modern Girl, Social Girl, Top Girl and It Girl), announced today that they will stop developing games for Facebook, according to an interview with All Things Digital.  Peter Relan predicts that 90% of Crowdstar’s revenue will come ...

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  • Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires

    Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires

    Pay-What-You-Like.  You’ve sometimes seen it called Pay-What-You-Want.  You’ve seen it while leaving your local museum or hippy café as a big box that says “Donations.”  You’ve also seen it for Radiohead’s In Rainbows or with Humble Bundle, the collection of indie games offered for however much you’d like to pay ...

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  • Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey

    Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey

    Meet Zooey O'Leary. Zooey is sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik's Attache Phenom glasses, and looking good doing it. If you've been following our Dogs Wearing GUNNARS series, you may notice something a bit off this week. Zooey is a frisky first - special edition feline! You can call her a "domestic ...

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  • Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell

    Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell

    The SNES was a young kid's dream (in the early 90's). Every game felt brand-spanking new, because it was. When video games first came along, "copycats" were neither a logical thing to consider, nor an option. Video games were casual. They were made for mainstream audiences. And back then, even the ...

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  • 5 Apps to Make You Smile

    5 Apps to Make You Smile

    These are a few of my favorite digital things... This list is hardly comprehensive, nor is it in any particular order. Enjoy! 1. Timehop - This gets top billing because too few people know about it (and more should - it's neat). Basically, Timehop answers one question, every day, via email. "What did ...

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  • The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later

    The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later

    Last year, when my mind was busy with summer vacation, I came home to an unsettling sight. Roxy's tumor had grown exponentially. Her arm was swelling up to a point where she couldn't even lift it. All attempts to remove the tumor would only make it grow back with a ...

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Skyrim + Adele = Lady Game Lyric

23. March 2012

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Skyrim + Adele = Lady Game Lyric

She’s back — and she’s got something to say. Or, sing, actually. Lady Game Lyric gets semi-political this week, and takes a good look at what it means to be the 99% when you live in Skyrim. Have a good long listen to her latest YouTube composition: “Age of Recession!” Age of Recession, by LadyGameLyric [...]

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Mass Effect + Usher = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

8. March 2012

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Mass Effect + Usher = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

It’s true. Mass Effect 3 has Lady Game Lyric all up in arms this week (in a songfully perfect way, as usual). Set down your controller a minute and check out her latest YouTube release: “50,000 years are up! Reapers trying to blow us all up again…” Reapers Trying to Blow Us All Up, by [...]

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Majora’s Mask + Ke$ha = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

1. March 2012

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Majora’s Mask + Ke$ha = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

New week, new Lady Game Lyric video. Did someone say more Zelda? Majora’s Mask themed nerdcore awaits! “Link doesn’t have much time before the ominous moon destroys the world, and Saria can’t ignore that her song makes a cameo at the end of the game.” Tik Tok on the Clock Town, by LadyGameLyric Parody of “Tik [...]

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Sonic and Amy + Adele = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

24. February 2012

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Sonic the Hedgehog: awesome. Adele: also awesome. Another week, another Lady Game Lyric gem, for the geese! This time, “Sonic and Amy grapple with their feelings or lack thereof for each other.” Someone Like Sonic and Amy, by LadyGameLyric Parody of “Someone Like You” by Adele I heard that your new game is “wow” That [...]

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Zelda + Death Cab for Cutie = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

16. February 2012

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Zelda + Death Cab for Cutie = Lady Game Lyric [VIDEO]

If I told you that Zelda and Death Cab for Cutie were available in one neat little musical package, you would say… ? As if you didn’t already have enough internet distraction to deal with, the ‘goose has uncovered a pseudo internet celebrity in the making. Wait, what? Yes that’s right. Lady Game Lyric is [...]

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Rock Band 3 DS Track List Revealed, New Trailer Released

8. September 2010

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Rock Band 3 DS Track List Revealed, New Trailer Released

MTV Games and Harmonix are bringing Rock Band 3 to all major consoles, as well as the Nintendo DS next month. In anticipation of the game’s launch, they have released the official and final track list for the Nintendo DS version of the game, which contains 25 songs ranging from tracks from the 1960′s all [...]

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Party in the XBLA: The Power and Beauty of Video Game Music

29. August 2010

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Most of us non-Miley Cyrus fans are tired of hearing the song “Party in the USA.” From the clichéd opening rift to the seemingly simple lyrics, I hope that it is a fad that will soon die out. But still, people young and old scream at the sound of those opening notes and belt the [...]

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Livio Car Internet Radio iPhone App Contest – Win Premium Version for Free

11. August 2010

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Livio Car Internet Radio iPhone App Contest – Win Premium Version for Free

Gamers jam too! Livio Car Internet Radio (a TriplePoint client) has teamed up with the ‘Goose to giveaway 2 premium app download codes (regularly $4.99 each) FREE to 2 lucky readers! Livio Radio is perfect for mega music fans and mobile gamers, and the premium version serves up over 40,000 stations of iPhone radio bliss. [...]

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Microsoft Discounts Music Tracks in ‘LIVE-a-palooza’

4. July 2010

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Microsoft Discounts Music Tracks in ‘LIVE-a-palooza’

Is your home full of plastic music game accessories? Got too many Guitar Hero guitars, more than one Rock Band drum set? Or maybe you’re just a sucker for a good sale. Good news! Starting on the 6th of July, Microsoft is launching ‘LIVE-a-palooza’, an enormous sale on over 200 music tracks, albums and track [...]

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E3 2010: A Look at Just Dance 2 (Wii)

24. June 2010

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E3 2010: A Look at Just Dance 2 (Wii)

At the Nintendo press conference at this year’s E3, we were shown a title many casual gamers had been waiting on for some time – Just Dance 2. while the game won’t come out until the Fall of 2010, we have some new details about the game that should tide you over until the game [...]

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Ubisoft Brings Showtunes To The Wii With Dance On Broadway

14. June 2010

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Ubisoft Brings Showtunes To The Wii With Dance On Broadway

Ubisoft’s Just Dance was a surprise hit, attracting millions of players, so it was expected when the French game publisher announced Just Dance 2. This week will see the addition of another Ubisoft dancing game on the Wii, but this time players will be dancing to Broadway showtunes. Dance on Broadway will hit shelves in [...]

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E3 2010: Dance Central Coming to Microsoft Kinect This Holiday

14. June 2010

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E3 2010: Dance Central Coming to Microsoft Kinect This Holiday

At the Xbox 360 E3 Media Briefing, Harmonix showed off Dance Central, a Microsoft Kinect game that will be released this holiday exclusively on the Xbox 360. The game can be most easily compared to Ubisoft’s Just Dance, a Wii game, although you aren’t tethered to a controller in Dance Central. Dance moves are shown [...]

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