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Best Xbox 360 Downloadable Game: Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
2 min

I’ll never play paper Magic again, and the money-trap element keeps me away from Magic Online, but I spent several weeks tapping islands and swinging with drakes into early summer mornings nonetheless thanks to Stainless Games’ Duels of the Planeswalkers.

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Geek Squad or the Devil!

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
2 min

First, I would like to state, that I love my Android. Its the best phone I have ever owned! Its pretty much a little computer for my pocket that can dial out, do radar detecting, police scanner radio, and brew me a fresh hot cup of coffee every morning! Before my Droid, I was a Palm user.

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What Problem With Games Journalism? Part 1

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
6 min

Criticism is very easy. There's a self-righteous power to phrases like the "state of games journalism these days" followed by simple indictments, but it's...

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What the Success of Kevin Butler Means for Actual Industry Leaders

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
2 min

Editor's note: I love Kevin Butler's PlayStation ads, but I never stopped to think about what he might mean for the games industry's actual...

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The Geekbox — Episode 75

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
1 min

The Geekbox — Episode 75 (2010-07-20) Wherein we discuss Burn Notice, Mad Men, The Simpsons (and why it might or might not suck), EW’s...

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Shockwave catches the virtual goods wave with newest games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 21, 2010
1 min

Joining in on an industry gold rush, Viacom’s Shockwave.com entertainment web site is launching virtual currency for use in the games on its web...

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Heyzap Arcade delivers "games portal in a box"

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 21, 2010
1 min

Heyzap is launching a way to simplify that non-game companies can add games to their web sites with Heyzap Arcade. The San Francisco company,...

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Downloaded PC game sales catching up with retail sales

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 21, 2010
2 min

PC games downloaded via the Web are almost equal to the number of games sold at retail stores in the U.S., according to market...

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Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva: First Impressions of the First Layton Movie

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 21, 2010
3 min

The Layton Movie is just the way I would’ve liked it—a believably unbelievable story (although this one leans much more towards unbelievable), and a...

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Hi5 exec Alex St. John wrestles sumo stand-in for Facebook (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 21, 2010
2 min

Facebook is expected to announce Wednesday that it has crossed the 500-million user mark. Rival social network Hi5, with just 40 million users of...