Video Games
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Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games
Sep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection ...
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'Arkham Asylum' is Batman at his best, for what that's worth
Aug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The video-game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: All rendered lifeless by forces more focus...
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'Shadow Complex' a triumph of classic game design
Aug 25, 2009 11:00 pm - What's a gamer to do in the summer, when so few high-profile retail titles are released? I look for new challenges to download - and most of those are going onto my Xbox...
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Review: 'Madden NFL 10' is franchise's best yet
Aug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Football fans have grown accustomed to spending their Sundays in front of gigantic high-def TVs, and they can't just drop their visual expectations when the game goes vi...
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Gurnee Days celebration features rides, contests and moreAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Gurnee Days The annual Gurnee Days celebration features carnival rides, the Gurnee Idol contest, a bike rodeo, "Movie in the Park Friday," a golf tourn...
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'Devil Survivor' takes you to tormented Tokyo
Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - The "Shin Megami Tensei" series may be the epitome of cult video-game franchises, barely known by most players but beloved by a small but devoted core of fans. The name ...
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Barrington teen's summer job ends up an Internet gaming sensationAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - When Judy Gerber of Barrington told her teenage son Alex to get a job, she never imagined he'd create a Web site that now boasts more than 70,000 users. When she learned...
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Nintendo doubles the fun in 'Wii Sports Resort'
Jul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - How do you create a sequel to a product that changed the way people think about video games? In November 2006, "Wii Sports" - the software that's packaged with Nintendo'...
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Countersuit filed over 'Brutal Legend'
Jul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The maker of an upcoming video game starring Jack Black has accused gaming giant Activision in a lawsuit of trying to kill the project to preserv...
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'Devil Survivor' takes you to demon-haunted Tokyo
Jul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The "Shin Megami Tensei" series may be the epitome of cult video-game franchises, barely known by most players but beloved by a small but devoted core of fans. The name ...