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Star Wars HoloNet Digest #13: May 8-15, 2013


Suvudu Star Wars contributor Eric Geller brings you a roundup of Star Wars news from May 8-15, 2013.

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Suvudu

‘Plague Inc.’ is Here to Scratch Your Doomsday Itch


worldI’ve got the plague. Okay, not the plague. I actually have several plagues in the palm of my hand thanks to Plague Inc. a great but gruesome iPhone/Android video game that has been out for a little while, but that I just got hip to quite recently. (Thanks, Drew!)

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Suvudu

‘Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’ Brings Eighties Cheese Fun, Like, to the Max


FC3BD_Key_Art_thumb3_thumb1Ubisoft is ratcheting up the eighties-flavored awesome in a new add-on for their critically acclaimed video game Far Cry 3. Called Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, the game dispenses with the tropical island and main character Jason Brody, replacing them with an eighties version of future America where “The Apocalypse had an apocalypse” and a cheesy catchphrase dropping, throwing star chucking action hero protagonist named Sgt. Rex Colt.

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Star Wars

Star Wars HoloNet Digest #9: April 3-10, 2013


Suvudu Star Wars contributor Eric Geller brings you a roundup of Star Wars news from April 3-10, 2013.

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Suvudu

Old Man’s War! 84 Year-Old Grandpa Plays Video Games


Screen Shot 2013-01-28 at 4.19.26 PMI’m turning 40 tomorrow. Am I too old for video games? Apparently not! Check out this Redditor’s 84 year-old grandfather playing Call of Duty and Halo with the kids. He looks like he’s having a blast. Thanks, Reddit!

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Gaming

Aliens: Colonial Marines: Survivor Mode Revealed in New Trailer


AliensColonialMarinesBoxSega just revealed a new video promoting “Survivor”, another game mode for the hotly anticipated Aliens: Colonial Marines. Survivor mode pits five marines against what pretty much looks like an entire alien hive in an all-out battle for survival. While survival modes are old hat for first person shooter games, what is interesting about the trailer is the appearance of what looks like new alien subspecies. There’s one that runs up and rips its face open in order to shower the marines with acid. Another has what appears to be glowing ventricles on its head. I also saw what looks to be a giant alien. It could be indicative of the kinds of things that we’ll see in the campaign. If so, I’m intrigued. While I can be a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to movie monsters, even I recognize the potential boredom of fighting just one kind of alien through an entire game. My hope is up that A:CM will be worth buying, but it’s still too early to tell.

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SF & Fantasy

‘Hitman: Damnation’ and Five Infamous Historical Hitmen


‘Hitman: Damnation’ and Five Infamous Historical Hitmen

With four (and soon to be a fifth) video game, a movie and two books (the most recent: Hitman: Damnation by William Dietz is out now) devoted to him, the enigmatic clone assassin Agent 47 is arguably one of the most well-known assassins in contemporary pop culture. While the cold-blooded 47 is an entirely fictional [...]

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Suvudu

Video Games: Pre-Order or Wait?


250px-Aliens_Colonial_Marines_Xbox_CoverOver the past several years, pre-orders have become a big part of the video game business. Extra eager players who just can’t wait to plunk their money down are encouraged, maybe now more than ever, to do so with special incentives. Where these incentives were once tangible items like t-shirts and figurines, they’re now more likely to take the form of free downloadable content or early access to other games in beta.

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Gaming

50 Page Fridays: Raymond Benson


50 Page Fridays: Raymond Benson

Agent 47 is back after being MIA for more than 6 years. Click Read More and find out where he’s been in the first 50 pages of HITMAN: DAMNATION.

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Suvudu

Playable Female Marines to be Featured in ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’


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Somehow I managed to miss this a few weeks ago – must have been the Labor Day weekend that threw me off. Apparently Gearbox has decided that it will feature playable female characters in its Aliens: Colonial Marines video game. It’s surprising to me that the had not originally planned to do so. Aliens featured two female Colonial Marines, Smart-Gun operator Vasquez and Dropship Pilot Ferro, not to even mention protagonist Ellen Ripley.

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