Video Games
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As IPO looms, Zynga adding more ways to play gamesOct 15, 2011 5:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Zynga is adding more ways for people to play its Web games as it grooms its business for an initial public offering of stock that is aiming to raise $1 b...
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'NBA 2K12' thrives with new Greatest modeOct 11, 2011 11:00 pm - The National Basketball Association has canceled the first two weeks of its season, and there's no sign the lockout is going to end anytime soon. That's no reason for h...
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'Rage' brings fireworks, but story fizzlesOct 11, 2011 2:30 pm - "Wolfenstein." "Doom." "Quake." They're all landmark titles in the history of video games, and they defined an entire genre: the first-person shooter. The studio that c...
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EA's 'NHL 12' more realistic than everOct 03, 2011 2:30 pm - EA Sports' National Hockey League franchise froze out the competition a few years ago, winning fan devotion with its stunning graphics and true-to-life gameplay. Maybe t...
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'Gears 3' firepower overcomes bland storySep 27, 2011 6:00 am - There's an old military adage that describes war as long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Video-game war is different, because no one would pay...
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'Resistance 3' just average in otherwise standout seriesSep 20, 2011 5:45 am - The saga of battle-weary fighters and their campaign against an invading, parasitic alien army continues with "Resistance 3," a first-person shooter that covers all of t...
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Glitches bog down otherwise intriguing 'Dead Island'Sep 13, 2011 5:45 am - What's more relentless than zombies? Video games about zombies. They've been good ("Resident Evil") and bad ("Rock of the Dead"). There are serious games like "Left 4 D...
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Solid 'Madden NFL 12' a minor step forwardSep 01, 2011 5:45 am - Last year's "Madden NFL 11" was a great football game, packing enough new features and improvements for fans of earlier EA Sports versions to justify shelling out more c...
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Man meets machine in thrilling 'Deus Ex'Aug 30, 2011 6:00 am - If you could replace any part of your body with a more powerful mechanical substitute, where would you start? Do you get new legs that let you jump higher and run faster...
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Suburban man describes video-game addictionAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - SARASOTA, Fla. — At the height of what he calls his addiction, Ryan Van Cleave would stand in the grocery store checkout line with his milk and bread and baby food for h...