Video Games
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'Blood Dragon' a blast of pure '80s mayhemMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - Video games came of age in the 1980s, a decade that was also the heyday of cheesy Hollywood action movies. Thirty years later, you don't have to look hard to see the inf...
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'Star Trek' game sets phasers on dumbMay 07, 2013 6:00 am - “Arena,” a 1967 episode of “Star Trek,” features the original series' most laughable fight scene, an epic duel between Capt. James T. Kirk and a rubbery lizard-man of th...
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Same old problems in new 'Dead Island' gameApr 30, 2013 6:00 am - Zombie stories never have happy endings. So when the heroes of 2011's “Dead Island” made it out alive, you knew there had to be a catch. The catch is that any video game...
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'Defiance' merges video game with TV dramaApr 15, 2013 2:00 pm - What if you could take up swords against the Lannister family on “Game of Thrones”? Or solve mysteries with the “NCIS” crew? Or pitch an ad campaign to Don Draper on “Ma...
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'BioShock Infinite' embraces history, philosophyApr 13, 2013 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Video games are called revolutionary so frequently it's easy to forget what the word means. Irrational Games, founded and led by Ken Levine, has become one o...
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Indie sensibilities embraced at gaming conferenceMar 30, 2013 8:32 am - LOS ANGELES — It’s a time of transition for the video game industry. With last year’s launch of the Wii U, the impending arrival of the PlayStation 4 and the likelihood...
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Brilliant 'BioShock Infinite' takes flightMar 26, 2013 11:00 am - No one in video games likes taking on big political ideas more than Ken Levine. In 2007's “BioShock,” Levine and his team at Irrational Games tackled objectivism, buildi...
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'Gears' spins weak story, frantic gunplayMar 26, 2013 6:00 am - Blockbuster game franchises like Epic Games' “Gears of War” don't just fade away — even if the primary antagonist, the voracious Locust Horde, was obliterated at the end...
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'BioShock' sidekick more than a damsel in distressMar 22, 2013 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Locked in a tower lingering above a fantastical floating city, past electrical barricades and steel doors, is a curious young brunette woman in a long blue...
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Kratos is exhausted in latest 'God of War'Mar 20, 2013 6:00 am - Kratos is angry. That's all you need to know about the motivation of the durable protagonist of Sony's “God of War” series. Yes, the Spartan warrior got tricked into mur...