Video Games
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'Xenoblade' pierces Wii role-playing voidApr 17, 2012 6:00 am - In most game-playing households, Nintendo's Wii is the console that gets powered up when the whole family wants to play, whether engaging in the lighthearted antics of "...
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Swing tracking on 'Tiger 13' almost thereApr 10, 2012 6:00 am - With Tiger Woods coming off his first victory in more than two years at the Arnold Palmer Invitational a few weeks ago, "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13" couldn't arrive at a mo...
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'Ninja Gaiden 3' a letdown for fansApr 03, 2012 6:00 am - If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced ...
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'Kid Icarus' spreads wings too farMar 27, 2012 6:00 am - After years of heaping attention on Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Samus Aran and even that fat blob Kirby, Nintendo is finally turning the spotlight back on Pit, the spunky ...
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Zynga buys game maker behind 'Draw Something'Mar 24, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Online game maker Zynga has bought New York-based OMGPop, maker of the popular mobile game “Draw Something.” Zynga Inc. did not disclose the deal's financial...
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'The Show' still swinging for the fencesMar 20, 2012 6:00 am - No video game can duplicate the drama of the end of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. You remember: The historic collapse of the Red Sox. The Rays' late-inning reco...
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'Mass Effect 3' a stellar finish to rewarding trilogyMar 13, 2012 6:00 am - Science-fiction fans love their galactic empires. From the novels of Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert to the multimedia epics created by George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry,...
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'Heavy Rain' game creator debuts high-tech 'Kara'Mar 09, 2012 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - The future of performance-capture technology is right around the corner, and its name just might be "Kara." David Cage of video game developer Quantic D...
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White Sox catchers bond over ‘Call of Duty’Feb 29, 2012 11:00 pm - GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox catchers A.J. Pierzynski and Tyler Flowers spent time in the offseason getting to know each other. Not by chatting over a burger and ...
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Sony's 'Twisted Metal' stuck in gridlockFeb 28, 2012 5:00 am - I work in Washington, D.C., which has some of the worst traffic in the United States. So I spend a lot of time in gridlock, wondering how much faster I could get to work...