Archive for September, 2009

Here, have every word that’s in Scribblenauts

Tweet This text file is, put simply, a list of every word that is in the fantastic DS game Scribblenauts. It’s potentially the biggest spoiler you can read for the game, although those with no creativity can get something out of seeing the results of some of the words. The greatest joy of this game [...]

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Just Cause 2 has vertical gameplay, here is some of it

Tweet Above you will find a great video showcasing the “vertical gameplay” evident in Just Cause 2. The game looks stunning, and being able to base jump from such heights looks exciting enough on it’s own. The fact that one can combine the parachute and the grapple to create new paths for oneself looks great [...]

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Pac-Man World Record broken, again

Tweet Kotaku reports that the world record for playing Pac-Man has once again been broken. The last record was set by getting every pill, every possible ghost, every piece of fruit and playing until level 256, where the game crashes. The previous record for this was done in 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 4 seconds. [...]

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Pokémon Heart Gold/ Soul Silver released in Japan, cheating begins after 5 minutes

Tweet The DS remakes of the best Pokémon games in the series, Gold and Silver, were released in Japan today. The games are, unsurprisingly, selling well. In fact, some stores are sold out already. The games come with a pedometer that gives you in-game rewards for walking, named the “Pokéwalker”. Obviously gamers don’t like to [...]

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Cooking Mama 3: Cook Hard With A Vengeance Has You Shoppin’ & Choppin’

Tweet Before you get all excited over Cooking Mama’s new M-rated murderous approach, I’ll have to tell you that the “Chop” in its title has nothing to do with killing, as it would suggest. However, if you’re willing to substitute limbs for vegetables, you can enjoy Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop just as much. [...]

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LucasArts To Announce A New, Original Game on GametrailersTV

Tweet In an age where social networking and word economy reign supreme, it’s hard to find a rumor that didn’t originate or spread through Twitter. Geoff Keighley, host of Spike’s GameTrailers TV, knows this, and recently took to his Twitter to stir the rumor mill regarding a brand new LucasArts IP to be announced on [...]

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Anyone want to play Need For Speed Shift tomorrow?

Tweet If you’re at all interested in attending a Need For Speed press event in Chicago tomorrow, let us know! Email editors@ripten.com, tell us why we should pick you, and we’ll chose 4 lucky readers to go (though you have to get to Chicago on your own).  Good luck!

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HD Oh My! Volo Pro Gaming Cables Contest

Tweet I recently got a chance to test out the Volo Pro V Gamer 100 and 200 series HDMI cables, and at first I didn’t know what the difference was. After inquiring, I was told the 200 is a thicker gauge of cable and has a metal housing at the end, therefore offering more protection. [...]

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Shut Yer Mouth – WoW Getting Too Easy

Tweet I’m not much of a news guy, so I don’t do news.  I can’t keep track of what is going on in my own life, let alone what other people are doing.  Sometimes, however, things come to my attention that just irritate me or people will need to be put in their place.  Since [...]

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A Tribute to the Videogame Handcannon

Tweet The Desert Eagle and the Magnum have been staples of first-person shooters for a long time now, and I thought I’d create a tribute video to celebrate these glorious weapons. Actually, this serves more as a test of my own video creation skills than anything else, and as such I’d like to ask anyone [...]

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New Modern Warfare 2 clip, shows off knife throwing and host migration

Tweet Oooowww!!! Another new clip of Modern Warfare 2 showing off some bad-ass new features, including knife throwing and host migration among other new additions. Towards the end of the clip it shows a player being disconnected, but instead of being kicked back to the lobby, a new host migration feature quickly finds another host [...]

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