Video Games
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'Quantum Conundrum' blinds with scienceJul 19, 2012 6:00 am - Disc-based video games, the ones that cost $60 and come in a plastic box, may be heading the way of the VHS cassette and the eight-track tape. Many industry pundits beli...
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Max Payne can be your life coach tooJul 15, 2012 6:24 am - The Westridge Trail “single track” in the Santa Monica Mountains traces the spine of the hills, rising about 700 feet in waves of ascent and descent. It’s narrow, with d...
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Video game sales down for 7th straight monthJul 14, 2012 7:50 am - NEW YORK — A new report says U.S. retail sales of videogame hardware, software and accessories fell for a seventh consecutive month. Sales declined 29 percent in June to...
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Books and movies are over, but Potter magic lives onlineJul 14, 2012 7:41 am - NEW YORK — Shortly before the Harry Potter saga came to an end on movie screens a year ago, we were teased with more adventures about the young wizard through a website ...
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'Spider-Man' game loses to 'Lego Batman'Jul 10, 2012 6:00 am - It's been five years since Spider-Man's previous appearance in movie theaters, but Marvel's webslinger has been plenty busy on video-game consoles. Since 2007, he's head...
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Woman behind ‘Centipede’ recalls game icon’s birthJul 04, 2012 6:33 am - NEW YORK — Dona Bailey was working as a computer programmer at General Motors when she heard the Pretenders song “Space Invader” and fell in love with it. The year was 1...
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Killing machines go haywire in 'Spec Ops'Jul 03, 2012 6:00 am - Military video games are generally so gung-ho about combat they might as well be recruiting posters for the armed forces. There isn't much time for rumination when you'r...
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Fall under the spell of 'Gravity Rush'Jun 26, 2012 6:00 am - Sometimes I dream I can fly - but it isn't the majestic soaring of an eagle, Superman or even R. Kelly. It's awkward, like something I've forgotten how to do and have to...
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'Lollipop Chainsaw' a gut-busting blastJun 19, 2012 10:30 am - Blood, guts and pompoms. Immature sex jokes. Profanity and violence. Nonstop laughter. Japanese developer Grasshopper Manufacture and its creative director, Goichi Suda,...
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At E3, a look at the future of gamingJun 09, 2012 7:30 am - Every year, tens of thousands of gaming fans flock to Los Angeles to play the coolest titles at E3, the world’s largest video game event. Hardware-makers, developers and...