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Gaming art for your Twitter header (Part 6: Retro arcade)

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 6, 2012
1 min

Jazz up your Twitter profile with video game-themed headers of classic arcade games like Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Space Invaders.

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Final Fantasy and the tradition of evil empires

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 6, 2012
7 min

I recently completed the mobile game Final Fantasy Dimensions, which brought back the series’ tradition of using an evil empire as the villain. This...

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Startup puts gamers to work raising money for charity

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 5, 2012
1 min

Game It Forward has developed a model that will allow players to donate to their favorite charities just by playing a game.

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The top 10 games of ‘Pitch us in one Tweet’ (#1: Sixty Second Shooter)

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 5, 2012
2 min

Our final entry in our "pitch us in one Tweet" series of indie games takes us back one of the purest forms of gameplay: shooters.

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U.N. channels tech startup know-how with launch of its first educational game

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 5, 2012
2 min

In Silicon Valley, we understand how to market a new iPhone app or game to millions of people in a matter of weeks. What if we applied these principles to support a good cause?

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Is Hitman’s stripper nuns trailer less offensive with claymation cats? (video)

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 5, 2012
1 min

Back in May, Hitman Absolution developer IO Interactive (Kane & Lynch) came under fire for a CG trailer featuring stripper nuns being brutally murdered. YouTube commenters have now classified anyone speaking out against the trailer as “feminists,” but I disliked the trailer because it was pointless.