Underground Gamer

Consoles and handhelds and mobile phones certainly earn their plaudits, but PCs are still the heartbeat of the games industry, and here’s why.
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According to no less than 2,400 completed web-based surveys, females account for 40 percent of the Everquest II gaming community. The surveys also found that female EQ II players display “an unusually high level of bisexuality,” more than five times that of the “general population.”
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NVIDIA and VIA have both made recent announcements in the netbook space, announcements that should have netbook enthusiasts drooling. Want to drive a 1080p display with your netbook? It’s coming next year.
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A quest in the recent WOW expansion pack Wrath of the Lich King poses a big cultural, aesthetic and political question: Should games include torture? To which the answer is simple: Sure they should. In fact, I’ll go further. I think we need more torture in videogames.
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if you find yourself in need digital stimulation on a budget, we suggest turning your eyes to Steam some point over the next two days — this weekend only, Team Fortress 2 is half-price, going for a single crisp Hammy (the shorthand name for Alexander Hamilton, who’s on the ten dollar bill. Try to keep up, people).
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With over 2.8 million copies sold on its first day of availability, Blizzard’s second World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King easily topped the charts. Older releases, such as BioShock and Assassin’s Creed, retook the chart as well due to holiday sales.
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If BF wants to pull an all-nighter to crush some monsters, it’s fine by me. What do I care if my BF gets his kicks from a server? He’s a bonafide dork, I knew that when I met him.
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We’ve been pretty quiet lately, but thankfully, that’s about to end. In the next few days we’ll have an update out that has a couple of new features for the Engineer and Spy, and a variety of other smaller fixes.
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For anyone who started playing WoW with the launch of The Burning Crusade, the game is still relatively fresh and new, but can Wrath of the Lich King bring that feeling back to those of us that have been playing since launch?
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The brand name for BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars MMO may be a familiar one, but EA’s plans for tempting you to part with your hard-earned cash are not. Rather than asking for a monthly subscription fee, ala World of Warcraft, EA boss John Riccitiello has strongly hinted that the game will instead be “microtransaction-based”.
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The brand name for BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars MMO may be a familiar one, but EA’s plans for tempting you to part with your hard-earned cash are not. Rather than asking for a monthly subscription fee, ala World of Warcraft, EA boss John Riccitiello has strongly hinted that the game will instead be “microtransaction-based”.
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In this list of the 12 video games of Christmas, we show you the good, the rad, and the (slightly) ugly.
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Making a list of the best PC games of the year is an impossible task. First, consider that most of the truly top-tier gaming experiences to be had on personal computers this year actually fell into the Multi-Platform awards category, so Fallout 3 and the like weren’t eligible.
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GamePro unearths nearly twenty tips to staying alive (or undead) in the zombie-shooter, Left 4 Dead! In Left 4 Dead, it doesn’t matter if you’re playing as or against the walking dead–leadership is essential to your survival. It’s a good idea if someone takes the lead at the beginning of every round.
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