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Between now and Sunday, March 29th, Steam is putting almost every single indie game in its sizable collection on sale. There is, in other words, no longer any excuse for you to have not playedAudiosurforWorld of Goo. Though a sizable amount of the games on sale probably aren’t worth your trouble, some real modern indie classics are available for up to 33% off. If you’ve got $60 lying around, your options are: – Buy a single 360 or PS3 game of variable quality....

Sony would like your input. The ModNation franchise is coming to the PS Vita, but they haven’t picked out a name yet. Help the lazy bastards by sending in titles tothis PlayStation Blog post. They’ll only be pulling from this post, so don’t attempt to get your suggestions higher up on the heap by using Twitter or something like that. The majority of the suggested names so far are lack balls and coolness....

After days (weeks? [months!?]) of painful anticipation,Super Mario Galaxyfinally showed up on my doorstep, thanks to a kindly ol’ FedEx delivery driver who knew not the bounty of wonder that he carried. Nintendo also sent along the pre-order bonus commemorative coin complete with certificate of authenticity, just in case Chester thinks I’m lying about the game and threatens to fire me for being a dirty fibber. Whoa-ho there, boss —certificate of authenticity....

Ah,Lunar. It still stands in my top ten game series of all time. I fell in love with the old Sega CD versions way back in the day, fell in love again with the fantastic PlayStation versions, and now I’m ready to replay one of my favorites on the PSP in its revised form, now calledLunar: Harmony of Silver Star. What we have here is the first ten minutes, intro and all....

Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show trailer forMega Man Universeis focused on level building. Dr. Albert Wily takes you on a tour of some of the stage creation features, which include a variety of terrain, robots and background scenery. I’m not sold. My love forMega Manis legendary but the appeal for me is in traversing well-designed levels. I have no aspirations towards building robot deathtraps myself. I’m sure within weeks of release there will be some fantastic content to play, though....

Vergil and Iron Fist made their debut at Tokyo Game Show this past week inUltimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3. The trailer and screens in the gallery show off the two new fighters and gives you a very basic idea of they can do in battle. As a special bonus, the trailer ends with a look at how the game is shaping up for the PlayStation Vita. It also teases some special surprises for the Vita version....

Telltale’s upcomingPuzzle Agentfeatures the unique and brilliant art style of Graham Annable. Graham has been making comics and cartoons for quite some time now and he’s bringing his brand of demented humor over to the videogame world this June. Here I’ve brought a collection of Graham’s cartoons fromhis YouTube channelto give you a basic idea of what to expect fromPuzzle Agent. Above is his Space Wolf short, my personal favorite of Graham’s work....

A few weeks ago I was both fortunate and unfortunate enough to attend a screening ofThe Human Centipede (First Sequence). You see,Human Centipedeneeds to be seen, but the things you see in it cannot be unseen. It’s a movie about a mad scientist who surgeically attaches three people ass-to-mouth in order to create a human centipede. That’s the trailer above. Yes, the doctor is one of the greatest horror villains ever....

Unlike theprevioustwodeleted scene-style DLC levels forThe Maw, which focused primarily on presenting challenge in the form of puzzles, “Speeder Lane” is all about bringing more action into the scenario. Priced at $1.25 (100 MS Points) and releasing on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Steam, Greenhouse, and Direct2Drive next Wednesday, “Speeder Lane” grants you access to the titular vehicle. Yep, that means you get to temporarily turn off your brain and blow stuff up....

Final Fantasy IV In real life, people age. It’s a basic and inevitable part of life, whether we like it or not. Why, then, do videogame characters not experience this same phenomenon? If the sequel to a game takes place years in the future, why does its main character look the same, unaffected by a virtual Father Time? Admittedly, videogames are an extremely new medium when compared to things like film or even television....

God of War When was the last time you experienced a moment in videogames that really hit you like a shot to the gut? And I’m not talking about somethingemotionallydevastating (such as a main character you have grown to love dying), I mean somethingphysical. A moment sovisceralthat every one of your senses is affected. Sure, videogames can be endlessly engrossing, but only a handful step up to that next level and make the player feel like they are performing every actionwiththe character on screen....

Oh mai gwad!Corgi puppy saved the day!John Romero and Mike Wilson haveboth decided to end the flame warsand make peace with each other … well, right after Romero compared Mike to Britney Spears’ vagina: Anyway, I think we’re both mature enough to end this flame war. I just wanna see the cool games that gamecock is gonna release. After some bitching from random people commenting on Romero’s blog post, Romero had this to say:...

In today’s hiccup-free episode of The Podcastle, we discuss theSix Days in Fallujah“controversy,” why a harmless PETA stunt inWorld of Warcraftcaused undue outrage, and the insane popularity of the DSi. In less videogamey news, we also say some things about Jade Goody (the racist, blowjob-giving candle in the wind) and come up with a unique way of solving, or exacerbating, the Israel/Palestine conflict.