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Piki Geek Top 10 of 2011 #1 – Portal 2

Piki Geek Top 10 of 2011 #1 – Portal 2

This is it. After a top 10 countdown that included dead babies, sheep men, narration, titillation, self-flagellation, superhumans, transhuma...

6 Gaming Conventions That Got Old Really Fast

6 Gaming Conventions That Got Old Really Fast

If there’s one thing an entertainment executive loves to do, it’s beat a dead horse. Those who run the show in the gaming indust...

Editorial: Why Game Reviews Have Become Increasingly Irrelevant

Editorial: Why Game Reviews Have Become Increasingly Irrelevant

There exists a growing disparity of thought between critic and consumer, one that’s increasingly making the game review an obsolete practi...

Tamriel Times: The Skyrim Diaries Part 5 – Meeting The Drug Kingpin

Tamriel Times: The Skyrim Diaries Part 5 – Meeting The Drug Kingpin

Welcome to Part 5 of Tamriel Times: The Skyrim Diaries, our ongoing look at life in Tamriel (If you missed them, check out Part 1, Part 2, P...

Editorial: What SOPA Means for Gamers

Editorial: What SOPA Means for Gamers

The nature of the Stop Online Piracy Act – a proposed bill designed to let the US government block access to sites that promote piracy –...

10 Games That Will Make or Break the 3DS in 2012

10 Games That Will Make or Break the 3DS in 2012

Mario Kart 7 arrived in Japan yesterday and hits stateside on Sunday. With it marks the beginning of a new era for the Nintendo 3DS. In a li...

6 Video Game Ghost Stories That Are Actually True

6 Video Game Ghost Stories That Are Actually True

After running articles about terrifying games, urban legends, and the horrifying reality of Pokémon that simmers beneath its saccharine sur...

Top 10 Skyrim Easter Eggs

Top 10 Skyrim Easter Eggs

Walk into your nearest game store and grab the first half dozen titles off the shelf, and we’ll bet that Skyrim has more content then ...

Wallets at the Ready: Steam Kicks off Five-Day Autumn Sale

Wallets at the Ready: Steam Kicks off Five-Day Autumn Sale

Well, this is awful. In the last month we’ve seen Skyrim, Skyward Sword, Uncharted 3, Assassin’s Creed, Battlefield, Call of Duty, S...

British MP Tries to Ban “Call of Duty 3”

British MP Tries to Ban “Call of Duty 3”

Earlier today in the House of Commons, a British MP by the name of Keith Vaz stood up and demanded that the country ban the despicable Call ...

I Am Alive Not Coming to PC Over Piracy Concerns

I Am Alive Not Coming to PC Over Piracy Concerns

One time AAA release I Am Alive – since downgraded to a single A and online only release – has been all but canceled for PC, leaving XBL...

Blizzard Stock Downgraded as Analysts Predict SWTOR Exodus

Blizzard Stock Downgraded as Analysts Predict SWTOR Exodus

Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Blizzard Entertainment’s stock from good to neutral in the wake of a survey of WoW players that ...