Video Games
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Game review: Boom BloxMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Give a kid a patch of carpet and a carton of Legos, and he'll spend an hour locking together a perfect plastic fortress. Give a different kid 10 seconds and a Godzilla a...
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Gaming into shape with 'Wii Fit'
May 19, 2008 11:00 pm - If someone had pulled me away from "GoldenEye 007" in the late 1990s to tell me that I'd one day be using my video game system to get in shape, I would have likely drawn...
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You've never had a box of LEGOs like thisMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Fun: Playful, accessible concept; strong variety of game modes; robust physics model destruction accurately; effortless controls; level creator mode; puzzle levels b...
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'Okami' elegant adventureMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Are video games art? Your college professor might hesitate to praise Pac-Man's value as an artful outlet, but hey. The platform-hopping, princess-saving antics of Mario ...
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Game Review: OkamiMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Fun: Fictional Asian folklore is welcome narrative substance; melding of traditional and modern mechanics and gameplay styles; elegant, inspired Japanese watercolor ...
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'Grand Theft Auto' groundbreaking -- againMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - We're not sure when it happens, but somewhere between bricking store windows to bullying owners for protection payment, hijacking a news helicopter for an afternoon joyr...
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How 'Iron Man' was trounced by a scruffy car thief
May 08, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Niko Bellic is richer than Tony Stark. While vying for similar audiences at the same time, "Grand Theft Auto IV" bested "Iron Man" by about $300 million i...
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CTA sued for pulling 'Grand Theft Auto' ads
May 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The publisher of "Grand Theft Auto" says the Chicago Transit Authority interfered with its free-speech rights by allegedly removing ads for the latest version of the hug...
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'Iron Man' video game clunky
May 06, 2008 11:00 pm - "Iron Man" has always had a flight problem in video games. Over the decades, the high-tech, high-flying Marvel superhero has peripherally appeared in several games, but ...
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Wii's 'Battle of the Bands' completely off keyMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - To the tune of "Blitzkrieg Bop" by The Ramones, a gang of hillbillys crosses banjos and whiskey jugs with an undead Mexican trio known as "Scaryachi." Next, an edgy goth...