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News is important. But it can also be a bit heavy and depressing. Oil spills, riots, cats in bins, politicians. It's all so bloody serious and likely to piss all over your Christmas cheer. So huzzah for our magazine buds at NGamer who, combining their skills of humour, current affairs and gaming have created a highly entertaining and not serious round-up of the year's biggest news stories using the medium of WarioWare D.I.Y. microgames.
When he isn’t busy filling up Tokyo galleries, Yoshitaka Amano, the man who created the characters for many early Final Fantasy games, is directing an upcoming animated film...
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Concerned friends and family of analyst Michael Pachter, one of the internet’s most commonly quoted sources of games industry speculation, spoke to us today to express their unease with his progressing ‘career.’“I was surprised when I discovered he was still doing this,” said a now-estranged friend, who hasn’t spoken to Pachter since 2007. When asked how Pachter got his start, the source explained, “It was just me and him and a few friends, nothing big. We’d talk about games, make little predictions... a bet here, a bet there, and occasionally he'd be right, or at least close.”
What happens if you spend too much of your free time gaming? Well, if you're the son of a dictator, then it might mean you'll be passed over when it comes time to announce a new leader...
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Widespread stress reduction swept across the world's game consumers today after the release of the November 2010 NPD numbers, which have reassured enthusiasts that the state of the games industry can still be represented by a variety of figures, including percentages and dollar amounts...
Unless you've been off your tits on the wrong mushrooms for the last twelve months, you'll know that this year marks Mario's 25th birthday. Personally we''ve always thought he looked at least 35, but the given that the guy's spent the last two and a half decades working his arse off performing the kind of behind-enemy-lines extraction missions that would make the SAS wince, we think I can cut him some slack.
Anyway, as reward for all his years of slavish, selfless sacrifice, GamesMaster magazine are giving him his own issue. Fear not though, for the plumber will not be ousting all other gaming news with his bushy moustache of page-hogging tyranny. No, instead he's getting his own collector's edition special, which kickstarts a brand new 'GamesMaster Presents...' series of franchise-specific retrospectives. The guys from GM sit right next to us in the office, so we know it'll be good.
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Above: Ghost trick begins with your death. Check out the Flash demo and the latest trailer inside
Want to play the demo for Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective? Just follow the link to play a special Flash demo in your browser from Capcom. We’ve also got a ton of new screenshots and a new trailer that explains the game’s paranormal gameplay…
