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Daily Scoop: January 11, 2011 – Pop a Cap in it

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Today’s Daily Scoop brings you Amazon’s Deal of the Day: Bejeweled 3 by PopCap Games for the PC. It’s just $12.99 today down from $19.99. Amazon also wants you to know about “Get Fit, Have Fun, Save,” another one of their sneaky attempts to get you to exercise. Dude. Amazon. We’re geeks. Get over it already.

No t-shirt deals today…that is, unless you want to check out the massive clearance sale over at Thinkgeek. That Aperture Laboratories Work Shirt is on sale (up to 16% off) and so is the Science To Do Portal Babydoll (up to 26% off). I’ll even share a secret with you – but only if you like coupons. That is all I have to teach you today. Go forth into the world. And if you live where I do, be sure to wear your snow boots, because it’s on.

State and local statutory regulations prohibit us from revealing the entire nature of the experiment you are participating in today, but be informed that it may involve physics, psychology, thermodynamics, pharmacology, and non-Euclidean geometry. And cake. For the party. At the end. When you’re done. Sometimes cake is my favorite part of science. When asking your children if they would like to attend the Aperture Science Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, remind them that science = cake.

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Bungie copyrights possible titles for their New Universe

Posted on January 11, 2011 by John Scalzo

The anonymous Internet detective that ran superannuation may have left his website in the past, but several recent Twitter updates prove his sleuthing skills are still top notch.

He has discovered that Bungie has registered several new copyrights with the US Copyright Office and several domain names to go with them. These copyrights are likely connected to their New Universe and most of them relate to religious mythology in some way. The possible titles/related words include:

Dead Orbit

New Monarchy

Osiris

  • No related URL registered.

Seven Seraphs

Bungie signed a ten-year agreement with Activision last year to publish games set in their New Universe. Here’s hoping we learn more about Dead Orbit/Seven Seraphs/New Monarchy/Osiris or whatever it might be called soon.

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Lost In Shadow Review: Not As Solid As I’d Hoped

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Lost In Shadow was released last week by Hudson Entertainment to a lousy critical reception. My initial reaction was surprise – I’d played a few hours of the game and so far, I really loved it. But as I continued on, I started to see many of the problems mentioned by other reviewers, and even found a few reasons of my own to be frustrated by the unnecessarily prolonged experience that is Lost In Shadow. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: January 10, 2011 – Exercise and Fruit

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Who says video games aren’t healthy? Today’s Daily Scoop highlights Amazon’s latest gaming-related Deal of the Day and today’s shirt.w00t!

Amazon’s video games Deal of the Day is EA Sports Active 2 for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It’s on sale today for $48.99 (from an original price of $99.95), which is more than 50% off. They’ve also got EA Sports Active: NFL Training Camp for the Wii – same deal, $48.99 from an original price of $99.95. Not bad!

Even better is today’s shirt.w00t.com shirt – it’s called “Regius Fructus,” and asks the question: what if Princess Peach was literally a fruit? Fruit sex jokes abound in the description.

“Wait, you told me the princess was so thankful that you, y’know, consummated.

Oh god. Oh god, what have you two done? That Whole Foods is never going to let us shop there again!”

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Goro, Jade added to Mortal Kombat roster

Posted on January 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Game Informer’s February 2011 issue keeps the hits coming as the magazine has konfirmed (via Mortal Kombat Online) that Goro and Jade will be appearing in this April’s Mortal Kombat reboot.

Goro is the four-armed giant you see to your left. He also served as the sub-boss of the original Mortal Kombat arcade game and has become a fan favorite over the years thanks to his rivalry with Johnny Cage. According to Mortal Kombat kreator Ed Book, Goro’s role in the upcoming game will once again be as a boss. And as of right now, it doesn’t sound like he’ll be a playable character.

On the other hand, we have Jade (the green counterpart to Kitana and Mileena), who was also revealed by Game Informer. The magazine depicts her wielding her boomerang weapon and looking awesome doing it in a costume that looks like a mashup of her Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat: Deception threads.

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Silent Hill: Downpour washes away SH8 working title

Posted on January 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Silent Hill 8 is no more! Don’t worry, it wasn’t canceled, but the Vatra Games-developed PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 title finally has an official title: Silent Hill: Downpour.

The February 2011 issue of Game Informer will have more information, but they promise that water will be everywhere in Downpour: “It’s falling from the sky! It’s running from the ceiling! It’s in puddles on the ground!”

Game Informer’s February issue should be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes now.

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The Secret World MMO to be co-published by Funcom and EA

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

EA has teamed up with independent developer Funcom to release their new MMO, The Secret World. This upcoming MMO on the PC is set in the modern days, and allows players to become members of one of three secret societies – the Illuminati, the Dragon, and the Templar. The struggle for power will cross many locations, including Egypt, London, Seoul, and New York, and will include monster battles. Sounds like National Treasure meets World of Warcraft, if you ask me.

Funcom has previously developed more than 20 games, including MMOs Anarchy Online and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. There’s no release date yet on The Secret World, but the community currently has hundreds of thousands of beta players, according to a new press release. Seems like a smart move for all parties involved.

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Weekly Warp-Up: Launch Edition

Posted on January 9, 2011 by John Scalzo

No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…

Get Warp Zoned!
It’s been a week of firsts for Warp Zoned. Our readers got a chance to duck down the green pipe into the minds of our staff eight days ago. And in this inaugural edition of the Weekly Warp-Up we highlight another first, the premiere episode of our podcast, the creatively named Warp Zoned Podcast, which was uploaded yesterday.

We also took a look at brain training games this week. Where they’ve been, if they really make you smarter, and where they’re going in the future in X-Raying the Brain Training Trend.

Reviewed!

It’s a Secret to Everybody

Get New Games!

Just Plain Awesome

  • NetherRealm asks its developers, “What would you do on a night out with Mileena” in a new Mortal Kombat trailer.

Announced!

The Download

And Finally…

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