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So here’s the thing: the wise and good people at Namco Bandai decided to put a few Star Wars characters in their Soulcaliber fighting game series. BUT they put Darth Vader in the PS3 version and Yoda in the XBox 360 version, and so never the twain shall meet.
Enter the guy above, Starkiller, Vader’s Sith [...]

What is Qore? It’s a bit like a gamers’ magazine, a bit like a podcast, a bit like a website.
It’s basically exclusive content that Sony wants its PS3 owners to subscribe to via the online Sony Playstation Network and will feature galleries, trailers, interactive stuff, and even ads, in addition to “a few other surprises”.
Episodes [...]

Sandra Day O’Connor, 78, USA’s first female Supreme Court Justice, wants kids to stop playing video games and start learning about their Judiciary system.
How? By playing video games, of course.
In particular, she’d like kids to start playing Our Courts, the video game she’s helping to create, which is aimed specifically to help kids learn about [...]

USA Major Soccer League team Seattle Sounders FC has revealed its official team jersey, bearing the name “XBox 360 Live”, displayed prominently across its breast.
Though both sides are playing hush-hush, it’s been reported that the deal was worth about $20M, and will include playing surface sponsorship (”The XBox Pitch at Qwest Field”) and, naturally, official [...]

Don’t click on the image above! The link to the actual video is at the end of this post.
This Youtube vid-slash-flash-lecture is by a certain Daniel Floyd, who works at the Savannah College of Art and Design. In it he explores the oft-discussed relationship between video games and sex.
You can watch the clip by clicking [...]

Today I have for you a couple of interesting virtual career paths. Either one, or both, if you so choose, can be explored via two online games you can play for free.
Career path one: economist. Manipulate markets, tweak around with the laws of supply and demand and find yourself enjoying this simple yet fun casual [...]

I don’t play very many fighting games anymore, but if it’s Street Fighter-related I’m all ears. Or in this case eyes.
It’s Street Fighter 4! It isn’t really the fourth installment, but what the heck?
And what with all the hubbub about that other megafranchise that sports the number four (GTA4, for the hopelessly underinformed), perhaps some [...]