Gamefly does online video game rentals the right way.  If you aren’t familiar with Netflix, let me briefly explain the renting model.  Netflix is popular for online DVD rentals where you sign up for a monthly subscription fee and select movies on the Netflix website for rental.  Netflix mails you the movies on your list.  [...]

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The Call of Duty 4 variety map pack is now available for download on the Playstation Store. The Variety Map Pack includes four new multiplayer maps featuring a variety of locations. “Creek,” a wide-open village ravaged by combat where concealment is the difference between life and death; “Broadcast,” fight throughout an enemy communications building with [...]

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Thats right, I said Wii-Hab. Nursing homes are beginning to use the Wii gaming console to help stroke patients and other people that need physical therapy. I’m sure, as you all know, the Wii revolves around the motion sensor controller, and most of the time also where you are pointing on the screen. Stoke victims [...]

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Shortly after the above Wii Fit “Hot Girlfriend” video rocketed onto Digg’s front page, Shoemoney dug (no pun intended) into the facts surrounding the video and outed Nintendo’s efforts to push a viral ad onto YouTube. Great idea Nintendo. Next time, get someone other than your ad agency to upload it.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — May 29, 2008 — The Sims, an Electronic Arts Inc. Label, today announced the first details for SimCity Creator, exclusively for the Wii and Nintendo DS.  SimCity Creator is an open-ended, highly creative game with a sense of humor that allows players to utilize the distinctive gameplay aspects of the Wii [...]

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is finally out in stores! And it is the newest addition to the Quake series. It has been available on  PC for Windows for a while now, but it has finally gone through the process of being put into console format, and landed on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The games [...]

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Even after all of the controversy Gears of War caused, Epic Games has decided to come out with yet another hit. Gears of War 2 will still have all of the weapons and tactics that you could use in the first one, but you now have many more options. For starters, you will have [...]

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Halo is going back to its roots in Microsoft’s upcoming title, Halo Wars.  By roots, I mean real time strategy (RTS) roots.  What’s that?  You say, Halo: Combat Evolved was a first person shooter?  Hmmm.  Yes, it was.  However, long before the first Halo saw the daylight of store shelves, it was originally conceived as [...]

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The very long await for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is almost over. It has been nearly 4 years since the Metal Gear Solid 3: Sons of Liberty came out on the PlayStation 2. This will be the last MGS that Solid Snake will star in, and this will be, by far, [...]

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The VERY long awaited Ninja Gaiden II is almost here. This much talked about sequel is set to be released on June 3rd. This game is supposed to bring back all the old features from the original that made the game so great, plus several new ones to keep this game a favorite among [...]

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