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Gaming
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The American Revolution: The Game
Assassin’s Creed III is a thrilling, hyperdetailed journey to the Colonial era. There are also aliens.
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Marines Who Love Space Marines
Why American troops can’t get enough of Warhammer 40,000, a fantasy tabletop game set in the 41st millennium.
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The Case of the Stolen Blanks
The real story behind the cheating scandal at the National Scrabble Championship.
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Max Payne Is My Life Coach
How a monstrously hard video game made me a better person.
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Your Kinect Is Watching You
The amazing, disturbing things your gaming console can learn about you.
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Dark Night (After Night After Night) of the Soul
Is a 100-hour video game ever worthwhile?
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Pixelated Breasts and Fountains of Blood
My strange, brief career as a video-game obscenity watchdog.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the First-Person Shooter
Portal 2, the rare video game that will make you laugh out loud.
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I Don't Want To Be a Superhero
Ditching reality for a game isn't as fun as it sounds.
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Please Stop Talking About Ancient Alien Artifacts
Dead Space 2, a fantastic video game that nearly ruins a franchise.
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I Wanna Rock!
Can Rock Band 3's new, more realistic controller make me a real-life guitar god?
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A Fistful of Controller
Rockstar's fantastic new Western Red Dead Redemption is even better than Grand Theft Auto.
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Real Princes, Real Persians
Iran's video-game developers find inspiration in America's best-selling Prince of Persia franchise.
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BioShock 2
The rare video-game sequel that builds on the original (and not just by adding better guns).
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It Themes Somehow Familiar
How could two crossword constructors come up with puzzles that are almost exactly alike?
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The Slow Video Game Movement
The Path asks gamers to stop shooting and start soaking in their surroundings.
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And You Thought Grand Theft Auto Was Bad
Should the United States ban a Japanese "rape simulator" game?
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I Was Told There Would Be No Math
Will KenKen be the next Sudoku or a passing puzzle fad?
