Articles By: Chelsea Thompson

STOP THE PRESSES! Prince of Persia Music Will Have Heavy Eastern Influence

Tweet Prince of Persia games have a history of being an all-around awesome gaming experience (unless you happen to be playing on PSP). So it’s not surprising that the music also excels in quality. A mix of traditional eastern instruments with a dash of the all-time American favorite electric guitar and some orchestral flair gives [...]

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Are Collector’s Editions Worth the Extra Cash?

Tweet Collector’s Editions of games are becoming more and more popular as video games slowly gain ground in today’s pop culture. Some embrace the higher prices and extra swag, while others are not so happy with some of the ridiculous price hikes. For example: the original Gears of War Collector’s Edition only jacked the price [...]

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Mushroom Men: Spore Wars Bosses Take More Than Just Three Jumps on the Head

Tweet Mushroom Men: Spore Wars is one of the few Wii games on the horizon that caught my eye when I was at PAX. In my hands-on time with the game it seemed like a pretty solid platformer with a good sense of humor. What I have for you readers today is a closer look [...]

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New Velvet Assassin Levels Revealed

Tweet As any FPS fan can tell you, the game market these days is oversaturated with World War II games. With Call Of Duty: World at War on the horizon, it seems like it’s a trend that shows no sign of stopping any time soon. However, there’s one WWII-themed game coming out that will bring [...]

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Finally, a Good Reason to Drink Starbucks

Tweet If you were anything like me, your favorite movie growing up was (is?) the original Star Wars Trilogy. In fact, even if you aren’t anything like me at all you probably love the original Star Wars movies. As a result, you get a lot of crazy fan art like homemade storm trooper outfits and, [...]

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Shaun White Snowboarding: Hands-on Preview

Tweet With all of the first-person shooters flooding the market this coming holiday season, Shaun White Snowboarding offers a different sort of entertainment. With help from Olympic Gold Medalist and eight-time X Games Gold Medalist Shaun White, will this game be one that satisfies both hardcore gamers and snowboarding enthusiasts? Hit the jump for my [...]

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Mysterious Street Fighter Club Event: October 24th in Brooklyn NY

Tweet Do you live in the NYC area? Do you love beating the shit out of other people in videogames? Do you also like getting exclusive free stuff? Then you should check out the Capcom Street Fighter Club event happening in Brooklyn next weekend.

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SingSterling Charity Is Now Live!

Tweet Chelsea here, posting a bit of news for John, who currently has his hands full with SingSterling. What is SingSterling? Why, it is Destructoid editor Jim Sterling’s 24-hour SingStar sing-a-thon for charity of course! Right now Jim has only raised about half of the amount he’s aiming for, so he’ll only be singing for [...]

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CliffyB Promotes Gears of War 2 By Being Too Sexy For His Shirt

Tweet In a previous interview with DasGamer.com, Cliff Bleszinski mentioned in passing that he thought the Dom and Maria act along with pace of gameplay was what might attract a female audience for the Gears games. He said his “gut feeling” was that women love Gears, judging this of course by the number of friend [...]

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Fallout 3 Falls Victim to Piracy

Tweet Eat lead, you dirty pirates! Fallout 3, one of the most highly anticipated titles for Xbox 360 and PS3, is already available for illegal download. It seems that PC games are not the only ones to fall prey to the digital cutlasses of piracy. With only three weeks until the game’s official release (Oct. [...]

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Cliff Bleszinski: Comparing Gears of War 2 to Resistance 2 is “Largely Apples to Oranges”

Tweet In a recent interview, Cliff Bleszinski talked a bit about his opinion on Resistance 2, and how it might affect the sales of GoW2. Since the two games will be shipping in the same week there might be a bit of competition in sales, despite the sci-fi shooters being released exclusively on different consoles. [...]

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Want To Bribe Your Girlfriend Into Wearing A Sexy Peach Costume?

Tweet Then tell her it’s for a good cause (and you won’t be lying). costumestudio.com, launched by Seattle-based outfitter GoodSociety, is planning on donating 100% of the profits from their costumes sales to help children in Uganda. Buying the “Pretty Pink Princess” costume above would set you back about $60, but one third of that [...]

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Rock Band 2 Merch Store Helps You Fool Your Friends Into Thinking You’re in a Real Band

Tweet Hey look up there! It’s me; I’m so famous! I’m in this band called Your Favorite Constellation, you’ve probably heard of us. No? Probably because we’re not a real band, just a Rock Band…band. But if I chose, I could make myself into an collectible figure, which obviously means I’m famous. Now you can [...]

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