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L.A. Noire: the Best Damn Cop Show on TV

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 3, 2011
2 min

Serialized cop dramas being all the rage these days, I can easily flip through some cable channels and find a plethora of shows featuring officers of the law out beating the streets. Although, the best cop drama on TV right now can’t be found on cable. It can only be found on a game console.

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New Zealand Political Parties Use Games to Campaign

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 1, 2011
1 min

As the New Zealand 2011 General Election approaches, members from both the Labour Party and Green Party have incorporated computer games into their campaigns...

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Rockstar Reveals L.A. Noire DLC Plans, Rockstar Pass

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 31, 2011
1 min

Today Rockstar Games announced its plans for upcoming L.A. Noire downloadable content. The press release from Take Two also revealed the Rockstar Pass, which gives gamers...

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On film, games, and writing

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 31, 2011
4 min

The stars of Hollywood would have you believe that every set they've ever been on is made of the best crew, and that every...

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Gives President Obama The Witcher 2

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 29, 2011
1 min

President Obama concluded his four-nation European trip Saturday in Poland by meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to discuss, among other things, the...

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Huckabee, Space Marines, and Kids

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 14, 2011
2 min

Republican Mike Huckabee’s new company, “Learn Our History: Take Pride in America’s Past” might be facing allegations of copyright infringement. Early this May, his new education company released a series of preview videos for the DVD on Youtube.

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The role of meta-humor in Portal 2 and Sword & Sworcery EP

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 12, 2011
13 min

Good humor, as most of us have come to realize, is a rare commodity in games, and with good reason. It’s an incredibly difficult...

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 2

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 4, 2011
7 min

Hello again people and thank you for reading my second installment of the Minecraft Mandala Project! I know this post is a little late, but I had a bout of illness and had to do a few administrative things on my SMP server over the weekend.