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Leipzig: The real-life Half-Life 2 [PICS] (1,137 diggs) There's something strangely familiar about the city of Leipzig. Gravity guns at the ready...

Games Demystified: Portal (805 diggs) Game mechanics are usually abstractions based on real-world physics. In the previous Games Demystified column, we covered gravity as it was applied in Super Mario Galaxy, a force that is mostly unexplainable and yet tremendously fun with the proper application in gameplay.Teleport mechanics in video games are nothing new.

Rappers Bow Wow and The Game Wager $100k on Madden Game (990 diggs) Bow wow challenged The Game who claimed he was the greatest Madden player in the world. Bow Wow says, "I've seen you do your thing in Madden. But I wanna let you know I will bust your ass in that Madden. We can get it poppin, on $100,000 dollars. The winner can take the money and donate it to charity. Live on YouTube." The Game accepted!

The 10 Worst Video Consoles of All Time (PICS) (2,135 diggs)

New 'Star Wars' Videogame Unleashes the Force in You (871 diggs) On September 16, LucasArts will release Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the latest addition to George Lucas' science fiction universe. Set between the events of episodes III and IV, the videogame promises to fill the gaps between the two film trilogies, a time period that saw the Empire cement its hold over the galaxy...

Why your gaming degree may be a waste of time (1,126 diggs) This is an issue that's particularly close to my heart, as I have been very close to the game development scene here in Canada.

Top 7 "That’s a Dude!?" Video Game Characters (1,272 diggs) “Damn, that girl is smokin... oh... that ’s a guy?” Surely, we’ve all fallen victim to such a scenario. Not you, you say! You’re a hardcore gamer with 20/20 vision and a keen eye? Fine! Many of us aren’t as perceptive, so we’ve decided to highlight those brave folks who might not have gotten their sex the first time around.

Joker’s Gag Gun Fatality Ends with a BANG! (3,246 diggs) So when I saw the Joker ’s Fatality (and yes, it appears that DC Villains will be able to perform Fatalities) I almost shit my pants. If you are one of the many gamers out there who vowed they would never buy a Teen Rated Mortal Kombat game, you may want to check this clip out before you utter another word.

Moore warns against suing file-sharers (1,439 diggs) EA Sports boss Peter Moore has said he doesn't support the move to sue consumers for illegal downloading - warning, "It didn't work for the music industry."

Inside the World of Blizzard (898 diggs) Its recent merger with Activision created the biggest player in video games. But Blizzard is much more than its mega-hit World of Warcraft

Denis Dyack Learns He Is Banned From Just About Everything (858 diggs) Denis Dyack is not having a good week. His magnum opus Too Human hits shelves today and reviews have been embarrassing. Worse yet, he was just banned from popular video game forum NeoGaf after publicly insulting them. Nice job! Sadly, though, that was just the beginning of his epic quest of fail.

The 8 Scariest Video Games this Fall (1,143 diggs) With Halloween around the corner, a handful of horrifying games are being prepped to leave their pants-wetting- induced mark on your couch this fall. We ’re here to set you straight on the ways of the fright. Which game is the creepiest? Which has the most zombies? And most importantly: who you gonna call?

The 10 Videogames Which Should Be Porn (1,186 diggs) The day Ron Jeremy played Hornio in the 1993 Nintendo porn spoof Super Hornio Bros. was the day video games got a little bit sexier and a whole lot more weird. Since then, there have been a number of games adaptations turned into pornos, including Whorelore ’s Whorecraft and Rage of Bonan.

Your Influence on Game Developers (591 diggs) To hardcore players, this question may sound ridiculous, but do game developers have too much fan feeback? Obviously, there are many that don ’t, and won’t, take any of it seriously. For others, it’s their main source of feedback.

Take Two Interactive To Sign Agreement With EA (622 diggs) Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today confirmed that it expects to sign a confidentiality agreement with Electronic Arts allowing EA to enter into Take-Two's formal process to evaluate strategic alternatives. Take-Two also affirmed that it is continuing its discussions as part of this process to maximize value for stockholders.

How to Game Your Way into the Star Wars Expanded Universe (643 diggs) A lot of Star Wars fans first discovered the expanded Star Wars universe via the Knights of the Old Republic video games. Now you too can create your own characters and experience the rich, exciting era that took place thousands of years before the saga of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

The Top 7 Girl Gamer Stereotypes (1,492 diggs) For Norris ’ sake, we all know that girls play games. They play “hardcore” games, "casual" games, strategy games, adventure games, fighting games, mind games, games games games all the time every day. Can we stop with the “girl gamer” nonsense? Of course not, at least, not until we overanalyze every last stereotype you're subjected to.

Incredible Lifelike Animation: A New Era for Computer Games (2,307 diggs) Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology. Emily - the woman in this embedded video - was produced using a new modelling technology. She is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier of perception.

The Force Unleashed Demo Coming Thursday to XBLM and PSN (1,023 diggs) If the recent cavalcade of video previews for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was enough to whet your appetite for some midichlorian-infused carnage, then we've got great news: LucasArts recently confirmed that they will be following through with their promise to bring a demo for the title to the XBLM and PSN this month.

Nearly 150 Screenshots of Fallout 3 Leaked (1,063 diggs) Although I probably should leave anything in Japanese to Bash, pictures speak any language, and there are nearly 150 of them of Fallout 3 that have hit the Internet following the Zenimax Asia expo (Zenimax owns Fallout developer Bethesda.) Tipster Brother None, the forum admin over at No Mutants Allowed, writes: "Apparently the people viewing Fallo

A crumbling tower: Sony lays siege to the 360's weak spots (1,249 diggs) Microsoft is feeling Sony's heat when it comes to hardware sales in the US, and the 360 continues to falter worldwide. How to fix these things is a complicated question, but Ars is ready to point out Microsoft's main weaknesses, things that need to be shored up yesterday.

Indie Dev Asks 'Why?' and Pirates Reply (933 diggs) Independent developer Cliff Harris, of Positech Games, asked pirates why they choose to pirate his games, promising them immunity and anonymity in exchange for their honest rationales, which he would aggregate and post on his blog. They reciprocated, and of about six reasons, a righteous indignation at DRM seemed to lead the list. Harris is actuall

Parents Let Kid Drop Out Of School To Focus On Guitar Hero (3,417 diggs) Let's try to keep the bad parenting bait to a minimum for this one, folks, but holy crow, I can't not show you this story. A 16-year-old in Raleigh, N.C., whose parents have let him drop out of school so that he can focus on a professional gaming career via Guitar Hero

Top 25 Enemies of All Time (770 diggs) Look at that badass off in the distance, just waiting to slice the hell out of you with his teeth. You may only deal with him once in Out of this World, but the encounter is one of the most memorable in gaming.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Gameplay Footage (1,079 diggs) This latest, in-depth video showcases the innovative fighting mechanics found in Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, including Klose Kombat, an up-close brutal fighting mechanic that shows progressive damage on each fighter and Freefall Kombat, giving players the ability to engage in kombat as they fall from one arena down to the next.