The original Starcade TV show debuted in 1982 during the early days of cable station TBS, and gained a modern day following in the current century through it’s official website and reruns which aired on G4tv during it’s debut years. KRON-TV in San Francisco, CA was recently inducted into the Registry of Historic Gaming Locations for it’s hosting of the 1981 pilot episode tapings.
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The 11 Most FRUSTRATING Video Games Ever!
You know those video games that you love to play, but also make you throw your controller, shout words you wouldn’t want your mother to hear and make you throw such a huge fit you are kicked out of the arcade?
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Guild Wars 2 @ PAX East: Videos and Commentary
At PAX East 2011, Kayhynn got her first look at Guild Wars 2, complete with live gameplay, at the AlienWare Arena and at the NCSoft Meet and Greet Friday night.
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Turn Your Gaming Skills Into Cold Hard Cash
Playing online games for cash is a relatively new genre but it’s been growing dramatically in recent years, with sites such as Worldwinner letting players compete at games like Bejeweled, Jeopardy!, and Scrabble. Players deposit cash into their account and can play a variety of games at different buy-ins, with each entry giving them a crack at their game of choice; once each player has completed their game the scores are totaled up and the prize money is awarded to top finishers.
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Ask Kayhynn: Week 2, A Bit Late, But Not Short
Seeing as World of Warcraft: Cataclysm was released Dec. 7 and most readers and question submitters know I’m a WoW player, I received a number of WoW: Cataclysm related questions which I decided to put together for this week’s Q&A. Questions answered include what were major changes to the game, what do I love/hate about the game, new character experience and more.
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The NEW Field to Battle On
Finally! The cure to all your gamebattle headaches has arrived. No more confusion while setting up matches, no more recording your own matches, no more submitting scores or dispute tickets only to wait days to finalize a win, no whining and annoying kids, and no more harassing, trash talking, opponents. If you are going to play, you may as well not only play for bragging rights, but get something out of it! Win straight cash, as well as a variety of gaming prizes. Put not only your skills to the test, but make let them literally payoff.
Gamer Profiles
Wes Paugh: Fusion Reactions
Everything about Perfect Dark felt streamlined and polished, with enough to do to keep me satisfied no matter what experience I craved. Throw in a phenomenal multiplayer and it’s a formula that has kept me coming back for a decade, especially with its recent XBLA rebirth.
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Ask Kayhynn, Week 1
Once a week Kayhynn will answer up to five questions that have been submitted, either through e-mail or through various forums she visits and have a topic talking about this article on it. All questions will be gaming related and can be about her personal gaming history, her take on games, why she plays the games she does
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CyberNations
Ever wanted to run a country? With CyberNations, a massively multiplayer online geopolitical simulator, you can. Your country interacts with other players’ countries in the general setting of a facsimile planet Earth. The real game, however, is on a larger-scale groups of these countries form alliances, which are the real nations. Politics happen, treaties are signed, wars are waged and reparations are paid.
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Game Casa Impressions: The Shattering
Jersey Josh gives his impressions on the latest change to World of Warcraft: The Shattering for the upcoming Cataclysm expansion
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Fly south this winter: Discover Bahamarama at Farmerama
* Tropical new challenges await Farmerama players * Bigpoint launches biggest update in Farmerama history Hamburg, November 24, 2010 – Just in time… more »
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Russian Trains Travel The World
Wild West Trains, a social game developed by Russian studio Evolution Games, continues winning the audience of social networks all over the world.… more »
Indie Games
Indie Game Battle Dex Hosts $100,000 Pro-Circuit
The unique strategy-oriented gameplay employs an arsenal of collectible cards that allows players to modify their units during battle. The units are commanded across a hex-based game board in a game that plays like Nintendo’s Advance Wars but with a card mechanic similar to Magic: The Gathering. The game is also easily taken to by Starcraft players who enjoy the ability to build and command units across large maps with varied terrain in a game that rewards strategic thinking.
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