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American Presidents Get Their Game On

By on March 14th, 2012 • Video games, Life

While the stuffier people in our society turn up their noses at video games, there’s one group of elites that welcomes them publicly over all else: American presidents. That’s right, Commander-in-Chief’s have appeared in more video games than Rob Schneider’s appeared in crappy movies.

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Are We Overworked? 80 Is The New 65 For Retirement

By on January 9th, 2012 • Retirement, Survey, Video games, Life

So the other day I sat down at home, after a long day's work at brass, to spend some time in Skyrim, the fictional land in the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video game. I was off doing some random adventure--a little exploring here, a little swashbuckling there--when finally I decided to craft some new armor.

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Is Gaming Taking Over? A Look At 21st Century Consumer Entertainment

By on December 2nd, 2011 • Books, Entertainment, movies, Video games, Life

The face of entertainment is changing. 2011's fall sales highlights paint the picture clearer than ever before.

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Mario, Saddle Up Yoshi! E3 Gaming Convention Is Here

By on June 6th, 2011 • E3, Video games

Last year, gaming industry sales were down 6% overall from the year before--of course, this still amounted to $18.6 billion worldwide--but as recent reports show, things are looking up for 2011.

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Take It From Beyoncé: Be Sure A Raise Is Appropriate

By on May 4th, 2011 • Lawsuits, Promotion, Raise, Video games, Life

The motion controlled gaming craze has brought about a slew of terrible video games, namely ones promising to bring the club scene to players' living rooms. In nearly all cases, they've failed--I'm looking at you Michael Jackson: The Experience. Luckily for us, the curse of the dance video game has been lifted, at least for now. Thanks Beyoncé!

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The Game Guru's Top Plays For Cheap

By on February 9th, 2011 • Discounts, Video games, Life

If you didn't know, I'm a gamer. In fact, "gamer" doesn't quite do justice to the level of video game fanaticism that I operate on. For all of you to achieve such status as I, there's a list of games you must play.

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Price PWNAGE: 10 solutions to cheaper gaming

By brass Staff on February 1st, 2011 • gamers, Video games, Life

Try these 10 cheap avenues to keep your gaming budget from dying before getting to the first boss.

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Minecraft

By on October 8th, 2010 • Entrepreneur, Minecraft, Video games, Life

Impossibly large maps and blocky graphics may be what it's best known for, but the video game that's sweeping across the vast Internets can be defined by one word: fun.

When I think of a good video game, I think of that "pull" that hits you after you turn it off--you just want to keep playing. And Minecraft pulls so hard it rips your eyebrows out.

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Mario May Need To Pawn Off Yoshi

By on July 14th, 2010 • gamers, industry, Recession, Video games

It's a sad time in the world today, quite possibly the beginning of a new Depression.

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