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Flick this! Croke puts Crokinole on the iPhone
<!--CONTENT START-->Crokinole is a beautiful, simple game with a long history. In the tradition of pool and Carrom, Crokinole is a dexterity game that pits two (or four) people against each other around a circular wooden board. Players try to flick little wooden discs towards the center, knocking out opponent's...
Read more »September 3, 2010, 12:30 pm| Read full article | More articles from tuaw.com
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Duke Nukem Forever is back: coming to both consoles and PC
<!--body--> The news of an upcoming announcement at PAX, followed by a tweet that showed the image of a flying pig. These were the hints pointed at a momentous occasion in gaming history: Duke Nukem Forever will see release late this year, or maybe next year, on the Xbox 360,...
Read more »September 3, 2010, 12:02 pm| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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Epic Citadel shows the bright promise of iOS gaming's future
<!--CONTENT START--> Epic Games, creator of the Unreal 3 game engine, has been working on getting Unreal Engine 3 running in iOS for a while now. They showed off some of their efforts with a demo of "Project Sword" at Apple's iPod event, and Mike Capps of Epic Games talked...
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Ivy the Kiwi on the Wii, DS is a wonderful, addictive surprise
<!--body--> Ivy the Kiwi was created by Yuji Naka, the co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic is a character that continues to enjoy a strong following, and the series gives any follow-up work a huge shadow to live under. Don't worry, this game is up to the challenge. Read the...
Read more »September 3, 2010, 6:50 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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TUAW's Daily App: Mirror's Edge
<!--CONTENT START--> Usually, we like to use this space to highlight developers and apps that could use a little more exposure, not call out big-budget titles from developers like Electronic Arts. But this one's worth it -- Mirror's Edge is a pretty terrific, completely original translation of the plaforming game...
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The virtual play-by-play: talking StarCraft 2 with Mike Husky
<!--body--> StarCraft 2 has been doing some serious business: Blizzard has recently announced that the game has sold 3 million copies in the first month of availability. Mike Husky is certainly doing his part to keep the game popular; his YouTube channel has just under 200,000 subscribers, and his videos...
Read more »September 3, 2010, 4:50 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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NES controller pressed into service to Android overlord (video)
Perhaps the worst, and least repairable, shortcoming of touchscreens is their failure to act as viable game controllers. Keyboard-equipped smartphones alleviate that pain a little (particularly if you pair them with a Game Gripper), but ultimately we'd all prefer real controllers for our real games. Such was clearly the thinking...
Read more »September 3, 2010, 12:07 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com
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iFixit tears apart the Nintendo Famicon
Do you remember the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicon? Well, you might not -- it came to earth in 1983 and was Japan's version of the NES. Now, continuing its week of vintage teardowns, iFixit's gotten its hands on one of these colorful gems and done what it does. The...
Read more »September 2, 2010, 11:04 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com
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PSP Go straightens tie, knocks on death's door
<!--body--> Playing games on the PSP Go was one of the most annoying experiences possible in a job that can be full of annoying experiences; if it takes you hours to play a game on a portable system out of the box there is something tragically wrong with your product....
Read more »September 2, 2010, 10:08 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com

