Penny Arcade founders Mike Krahulik (Gabe) and Jerry Holkins (Tycho) held a Q and A session right after Wil Wheaton’s keynote address at PAX East 2010. You can listen to the entire audio file here, or check out some select questions and answers below. The text of each answer has been summarized somewhat, but the complete audio snippet of …
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PAX East 2010: Wil Wheaton Keynote Video
Wil Wheaton of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Stand By Me fame gives the inaugural keynote address at PAX East 2010. Wheaton discusses his obsession with Dungeons and Dragons, the strong friendships formed around gaming, and how the line between television, movies, and video games as entertainment mediums gets blurrier all the …
First Impressions: Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption Is Pretty Awesome
America, early 1900’s. The era of the cowboy is coming to an end.
When federal agents threaten his family, former outlaw John Marston is sent across the American frontier to help bring the rule of law. Experience intense gun battles, dramatic train robberies, bounty hunting and duels during a time of violent change.
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Friday, Mar. 26, 2010
Today in Techland: With March Madness in the air, we hunkered down and brought you the latest installment of our Monster Madness bracket, and the match-ups were insane. Dr. Horrible vs. King Kong, The Terminator vs. MCP, Colonel Quaritch vs. Darth Vader and finally, my favorite: Queen Jadis, The White Witch vs. …
Just Cause 2 Review: Get Yourself Hooked Up
At first, Just Cause 2 seems like it’s barely evolved beyond its 2006 predecessor, which itself was just another GTA clone. It’s an sandbox-style game with a solo protagonist who uses his martial talents to reset the status quo of the game world. You’ll see a lot of familiar open-world mechanics in Just Cause 2: the attention …
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Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010
Today in Techland: We brought you the results from part one of our Monster Madness Sweet Sixteen match ups. Who owned the gaming/comic world? Click to find out. Meanwhile, we’ve got all things Peter Molyneux, Harry Potter theme park news, and the continuing awesomeness of Blade Runner. Happy Thursday!
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The Techland Interview: Peter Molyneux on Obama, Superhero Fights and Fable III
When I met with Peter Molyneux at GDC this year, he discussed superhero battles that could never happen, tattletale weapons that you’ll be able to sell online and how his upcoming game Fable III will make players feel like President Obama. The respected designer behind the blockbuster Fable franchise likes to talk. That loquaciousness …
One Man’s App-inion: For 99 Cents, The Price Is Right’s Price Is Right
The Price is Right 2010 is an iPhone app that came out about a month ago. You can currently get your hands on it for 99 cents “for a Limited time,” according to the app page. You can tell that’s important because they capitalized “limited” and put not one, but two asterisks on either side of the sentence. Don’t take this news
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Getting a Move On: A Closer Look at the PS3’s Motion Control Games
Sony brought the Playstation Move to New York yesterday and I got a chance to play with the upcoming motion control peripheral some more after my initial gropings at GDC. It wasn’t just me who’d be getting hands-on time. When my cab pulled up to the hotel where the event was happening, there was a line of dozens of people So, at the …
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Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010
Today in Techland: Doug brought the latest gadgets from Sprint and Kobo, Evan wishes the PSP a happy fifth birthday, and Peter and I ponder more about LOST. Only a few weeks left…
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the Web:
Good golly, Felicia Day is adorable: The first issue of the …
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Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010
Today in Techland: What a day. Steve brought us some Toy Story 3 exclusives, I spent my time curled up with the latest zombie book (hint: battle-axe, meet zombie skull), and Evan schools Chris Evans on what he needs to know before being an acceptable Captain America. But just in case you missed
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The Plot Thickens As China Fires Back At Google
After Google began shuttling Chinese users to an uncensored search via a Hong Kong Web site, China’s government officials took quick action to block the site from China’s mainland users.
According The New York Times, Google closed its search in China as a stand against the strong government censorship of the Internet, a move that has …