Customization Is King
Most gamers I know don’t play fighting games. If they do, they stick to Mortal Kombat or Soul Caliber, play them intensely for a few days, and then leave off of them for a year or two until the new versions come out. My husband, however, is a big Street Fighter fan. So I get to hear about all the fun accessories that will make his playing for hours on end that much more fun, such as the new Mad Catz Official Street Fighter™ IV FightStick™ coming out this year: As you can see, Mad Catz (who has a reputation for making those really cheap, crappy accessories you find at GameStop) has...
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This is pretty entertaining: “Star Wars,” as retold by someone who has never seen the original trilogy. It’s hard to believe sometimes that these stories, which permeate our culture so deeply, can slip by certain people. But then, I knew someone in college who had never seen Star Wars…and I also knew someone who had never eaten an orange before. Go figure. Anyway, you can see how even to someone who has never seen it, iconic stories can still leave an impression. In this version, all the basic elements are there – they’re just…scrambled…a bit....
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Twitter has only been around for about a year and a half, and yet it has already fundamentally changed the way we communicate. Whether we like it or not, Twitter is – and will continue to become – a standard form of communication…as standard as IM and text messages. One way in which Twitter is changing the world is in how it’s redefining our definition of celebrity (ok, “twelebrity” might be silly…but regardless, it’s appropriate). It used to be that celebrities – writers, actors, politicians, etc. – were these untouchable, unreal...
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