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emGuitar Hero: Metallica/em Setlist Released
An anonymous reader writes "Metallica has announced the setlist for their upcoming Guitar Hero game. They have a wide variety of songs from their different albums. There are 28 Metallica songs and 21 from other artists. They have also confirmed the release date of March 29th. The list includes Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, One, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Fans who pre-order the game will have an opportunity to get an extra bass drum pedal to keep up with Lars Ulrich's beats."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/26/0722226amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/26/0722226"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/26/0722226amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/fKgt0AEK-uhVBOvUUTKSwzt74Ck/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/fKgt0AEK-uhVBOvUUTKSwzt74Ck/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/tkVtX36TBVw" height="1" width="1"/
How emQuake Wars/em Met the Ray Tracer
An anonymous reader writes "Intel released the article 'Quake Wars Gets Ray Traced' (PDF) which details the development efforts of the research team that applied a real-time ray tracer to Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. It describes the benefits and challenges of transparency textures with this rendering technology. Further insight is given into what special effects are most costly. Examples of glass and a 3D water implementation are shown. The outlook hints into the area of freely programmable many-core processors, like Intel's upcoming Larrabee, that might be able to handle such a workload." We mentioned the ray-traced Quake Wars last in June; the PDF here delves into the implementation details, rather than just showing a demo, and explains what parts of the game give the most difficulty in going from rasterization to ray-tracing.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/26/0336245amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/26/0336245"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/26/0336245amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/k79OpiAGjRiXXgTdKEO78eqZk78/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/k79OpiAGjRiXXgTdKEO78eqZk78/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/StFHgzq3o4Q" height="1" width="1"/
Second emGTA IV/em Patch Released, Early Look At DLC
IllusionMPN notes that a new patch has been issued for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. It primarily contains bug fixes and optimization changes, though it's created an issue with some input devices. We're also starting to get hands-on previews of the upcoming downloadable "episodic content," The Lost and the Damned. Trailers and an achievement list are available as well. The original game's Niko Bellic won't have much of a role in the new content.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/25/0546230amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/25/0546230"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/25/0546230amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1xcui7P1oGA5EiEupBc8pgFXg_Y/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1xcui7P1oGA5EiEupBc8pgFXg_Y/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/7OFhhhvpzkM" height="1" width="1"/
BotPrize mdash; A Turing Test For Bots
Philip Hingston writes "Computers can't play like people mdash; yet. An unusual kind of computer game bot-programming contest has just been held in Perth, Australia, as part of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games. The contest was not about programming the bot that plays the best. The aim was to see if a bot could convince another player that it was actually a human player. Game Development Studio 2K Australia (creator of BioShock) provided $7,000 cash plus a trip to their studio in Canberra for anyone who could create a bot to pass this 'Turing Test for Bots.' People like to play against opponents who are like themselves mdash; opponents with personality, who can surprise, who sometimes make mistakes, yet don't robotically make the same mistakes over and over. Computers are superbly fast and accurate at playing games, but can they be programmed to be more fun to play mdash; to play like you and me?" Read on for the rest of Philip's thoughts.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/1657219amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/24/1657219"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/1657219amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MwyzkeCQ-93hG1XbfHMU-wkc2wE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MwyzkeCQ-93hG1XbfHMU-wkc2wE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/KlNeAAoPvPo" height="1" width="1"/
Oklahoma Senator Proposes Tax Incentive For Family-Friendly Games
GamePolitics reports on legislation proposed by Senator Anthony Sykes (R-OK) which would make video games eligible for the same tax breaks that apply to TV and film. The catch is that games with a mature rating would not be eligible for those breaks. Quoting: "While games are restricted to projects appropriate for those under 17, the only eligibility requirement placed on film content is that it be neither child pornography nor obscene. By that standard, R-rated films and MA-17 television programs would easily qualify for the tax break. ... '[Sen. Sykes]... would rather not include the ratings restriction. Unfortunately, as he went around to his fellow senators asking for their support, the first question out of their mouths was whether there would be ratings restrictions.'"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/0748206amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/24/0748206"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/0748206amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/WO_peJxW-0Uys90wNdQNysbeO5s/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/WO_peJxW-0Uys90wNdQNysbeO5s/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/Nei4020fit8" height="1" width="1"/
Microsoft Lays Off Entire emFlight Sim/em Team
Dutch Gun writes "Microsoft has just laid off the entire Flight Simulator development team. This continues a long-running trend of terminating or severing relationships with game development studios, such as the Bungie split, FASA, or the closure of Ensemble Studios. While one would presume that core Xbox development is not currently in jeopardy after Microsoft spent up to a billion dollars to pay for Xbox 360 repairs and salvage its reputation with gamers, does this signal a reversal from Microsoft's recent focus on internal game development? And what are its plans for Flight Simulator, a twenty-seven-year product with an extremely loyal user-base and a multitude of externally developed add-ons?"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/0753226amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/24/0753226"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/0753226amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/QI9wPgWi3K2mMBmNRXzMeOA7QZM/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/QI9wPgWi3K2mMBmNRXzMeOA7QZM/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/pLORxkU0cEE" height="1" width="1"/
Ubisoft Expecting New Consoles By 2012
GamesIndustry is running a brief story about comments from Ubisoft's CEO indicating that the company is gearing up for a new generation of consoles within two to three years. "The French publisher is increasing headcount to work on future technology, with mergers also on the cards to increase development and technology resources. 'We want to take advantage of a company that could bring more technology to us, or new brands,' said CEO Yves Guillemot. 'So we have now enough to help us to grow the company for not only next year but to get ready for the coming of the next generation consoles that are probably going to happen 2011, 2012.'" Guillemot also provided some details about the release plans for some of their upcoming games.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/23/1126200amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/23/1126200"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/23/1126200amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Q2vS0tRo-2eVlNAMb8Z88nfakpg/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Q2vS0tRo-2eVlNAMb8Z88nfakpg/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/5ZXBMBoxiuA" height="1" width="1"/
Independent Games Festival Announces Student Showcase Winners
The Independent Games Festival has made this year's picks for the ten best student games. More detailed descriptions of each of the games are available at the IGF's website. These are games (and developers) to watch because, as Gamasutra points out, "Notable previous IGF honorees include many of today's breakthrough independent games, from Number None's Braid through 2D Boy's World Of Goo and Invisible Handlebar's Audiosurf. Previous Student Showcase winners have included Narbacular Drop mdash; subsequently evolved into Game Developers Choice Game Of The Year winner Portal mdash; and Cloud, from the student team who then created downloadable titles Flow and Flower."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/23/101258amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/23/101258"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/23/101258amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/eXCvnnczLbeZBqQPvhhreI7Uq_k/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/eXCvnnczLbeZBqQPvhhreI7Uq_k/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/GDs1JTrzX7M" height="1" width="1"/
emSpore/em Games For Wii and DS, PC Expansions Due In 2009
Supa writes "EA UK has confirmed new Spore games for the Wii, DS and PC, as well as four more Spore expansion packs. From the article: 'Spore fans are finally getting that Wii version of Spore in Spore: Hero. Another new game tie-in will be Spore: Hero Arena for DS, a standalone Spore: Creature Keeper (PC), and four more Spore expansion packs with the first of them titled Spore: Galactic Adventures.' All of them will be arriving in 2009." Kotaku has a more in-depth look at the details of the first expansion, saying, "As with most of what comes from developer Maxis, there's a lot of stuff to soak up whenever they make something new. Adventures is way more than just slapped-on content or a single new feature; you really have to play it to even get a feel of just how much is going on."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/23/0544243amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/23/0544243"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/23/0544243amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MRHsSMj3OBabkVrUH3bINlra0tY/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MRHsSMj3OBabkVrUH3bINlra0tY/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/JhgBSoC87Zo" height="1" width="1"/
The State of Video Game Regulation
Gamasutra is running an in-depth look at the regulation of video games in the US and other countries. They discuss the reasons for such legislation, such as child protection and intellectual property restrictions, as well as what gamers can expect to see in the coming years. "Fairfield also points out combinations of laws, which, when put together make for strange outcomes. The biggest of these, for video games, is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In short, gaining unauthorized access to someone's computer and doing $500 in damages opens you up for criminal charges. It's good for prosecuting hackers, but it makes for a strange fit with social networking websites and user-generated content. That fit was especially strange when prosecutors weren't quite sure how to approach the widely publicized case of Megan Meier. The 13-year-old Meier committed suicide after being deceived and bullied by another girl and her mother, Lori Drew. Unable to find a good way to approach the issue, prosecutors charged Drew under MySpace's End User License Agreement, effectively giving MySpace the power to dictate criminal law."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/22/097223amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/22/097223"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/22/097223amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/jcZ0-EMnHPt0MT4w_n-PjkomeIQ/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/jcZ0-EMnHPt0MT4w_n-PjkomeIQ/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/nIsAu2xndyc" height="1" width="1"/
New Content Coming To emVanguard/em
Allakhazam spoke with Salim Grant, lead designer for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, about a variety of new content coming to the fantasy MMO. Grant says that the update will be free, and it will include two new dungeons, a revamp of the buff system, and balance changes. "Both of these dungeons are going to have a group component and a raid component that you unlock. As we get closer to releasing these dungeons we will be releasing new features like AA, item enhancement, and increasing our level cap. ... We will also be merging as many buffs as we can into a single buff with one icon to help make going through your buffs a little easier. These buffs will be upgrades to their previous buffs as well. Some classes like Dread Knight will be getting something kind of different that plays off of their DC ability and we have a cool ability planned for rogues. Necros and druids will see upgrades to their pets as well. We are also using this chance to hopefully fix some of the power issues we have with our game. The way some of our formulas work is not very expansive and we are looking to fix some of these things while making some of our stat mods a little more valuable."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/22/0848230amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/22/0848230"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/22/0848230amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/LI6REWsexfp-2fxF7mAz3eThIFk/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/LI6REWsexfp-2fxF7mAz3eThIFk/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/Ew8IjHJcsvc" height="1" width="1"/
Researcher Finds No Link Between Violent Games and School Shootings
GamePolitics writes "A researcher at Texas Aamp;M International University has found no link between playing violent video games and school shootings. Prof. Christopher Ferguson cites 'moral panic' and criticizes politicians, the news media and some social scientists for playing up what he believes is a false connection between video games and school shooting incidents. Quoting: 'Actual causes of violent crime, such as family environment, genetics, poverty, and inequality, are oftentimes difficult, controversial, and intractable problems. By contrast, video games present something of a "straw man" by which politicians can create an appearance of taking action against crime.'"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/22/0619234amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/22/0619234"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/22/0619234amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mvIblPwsqlKD8oZQkbbOGtvVN9g/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mvIblPwsqlKD8oZQkbbOGtvVN9g/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/SWvjGOm42FE" height="1" width="1"/
Sugar-Coated Drug-Dealing Game Approved For iPhone
Pocket Gamer writes "Of course, Apple wouldn't allow such a salacious games as Dope Wars on the hallowed corridors of the App Store. What Catamount's done is sugarcoat its game (quite literally) and turned it into Prohibition 3: Candy Wars mdash; a reskinned version of the exact same game."pa href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/1949215amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/21/1949215"/a/ppa href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/1949215amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CxXVG5d3byY3-shu9gzVsSGc_m0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CxXVG5d3byY3-shu9gzVsSGc_m0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/Siz1Nt6H82k" height="1" width="1"/
Valve Discusses emTeam Fortress 2's/em Future
The Escapist chatted with Valve's Robin Walker about how the Team Fortress 2 team has been listening to feedback and continually updating the game to fix problems and add to the gameplay experience. Walker mentions that ideas for new classes are "floating around," and that a new mode of play will be introduced soon. "'Players have driven our entire approach to designing achievements, the way we tie unlockables to those achievements and the design of those new weapons themselves. The choices we made within the Medic and Heavy updates were very much the result of the ways that players have used that combination of classes within the game. The addition of the payload game mode came from players requesting an old Team Fortress Classic map called Hunted, and describing what they did and didn't like in that map.' ... The Scout is the next class slated for the special treatment, and Walker expects the update will be available early this year. Additionally, the team is juggling a number of side projects at the moment, including finally bringing a year's worth of the downloadable content and upgrades to the Xbox 360 version of the game. A new Payload map is in the works, more community maps are on the way and the team will soon unveil a very different new game mode."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/0848215amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/21/0848215"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/0848215amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/368bQJ6FQQ-_uBUHaWSCeUCAIyY/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/368bQJ6FQQ-_uBUHaWSCeUCAIyY/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/IFce7lsCvm0" height="1" width="1"/
The History of the emGhostbusters/em Game
Ars Technica takes a look at the development of the Ghostbusters game due out later this year. They go through the promising early demonstrations, the subsequent relegation to developmental limbo, and the project's eventual resurrection. Quoting: "Everyone involved with the game was extremely enthusiastic about its progress, as evidenced both by Sierra's heavy promotion of the title, as well as by how genuinely excited a number of the company's PR team were about it. Now, it isn't all that uncommon to talk with PR folk and be fed a line about how great whatever product they're promoting is, but even after several hours of drinking copious amounts of alcohol, the enthusiasm never waned; this definitely wasn't the case when we discussed some of the other titles that had been on display during the day's event. Even the members of the press corps, as we huddled together and compared notes, generally agreed that Ghostbusters had been the most impressive thing we'd gotten to see at the event. All in all, it looked like Sierra was going to deliver a game that finally gave the Ghostbusters franchise the respect it deserved, and none of us could wait to get our hands on it."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/0831238amp;from=rss"img src="http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/21/0831238"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/0831238amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-F7EW1RSnWwJ3PiPpiEX7FhhNJI/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-F7EW1RSnWwJ3PiPpiEX7FhhNJI/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~4/zRvM1eTYyTo" height="1" width="1"/
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Portal: Do Not Think About How It Works, Just Do It (PIC)
The sensation sweeping Denny's restaurants around the country. Never wait those extra five seconds for a refill again.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/phggJ-Tvb8U" height="1" width="1"/
The 3 biggest fears about Starcraft 2 and why not to worry
The original masterpiece that is Starcraft is still played 10 years later to this day among tens of thousands of players, and with that, comes skepticism that Starcraft 2 won't be able to match the greatness. Innovation, price, and multiple-building selection top the list of worries, but here are reasons why you should keep the faith in Blizzard.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/wHnFf0Gfcpo" height="1" width="1"/
Zoey has startled the witch [PIC]
and she startled me as wellimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/12Q0minVGyY" height="1" width="1"/
The ASHPD. AKA: The Portal Gun.
Yup. Somebody actually made it.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/_gC3gq0bYCw" height="1" width="1"/
Zero Punctuation: Far Cry 2
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Left 4 Dead [PIC]
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Where the Hell is Matt? - Team Fortress 2 Style
Where in the Hell is DAT--the Dynamic Action Team?img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/rTBqPK712Qg" height="1" width="1"/
Valve: Pirates Are Just Underserved Customers
At the Game Business Law summit at SMU's law school today, Valve's Jason Holtman addressed the business models behind the company's popular Steam service. Valve talked about Steam, digital distribution and the PC market. Interestingly, Valve sees pirates as "tons of undiscovered customers."img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/MMdfvs6P3hA" height="1" width="1"/
What MMO Players Want In 2009
If 2008 was the year of the MMO Crash then 2009 is the year of MMO Doubt. It seems improbable, if not impossible, for most developers to put out a good MMO. And that is to say nothing of the finer points of game design such as balanced combat, stable economy and, you know, making the game fun to play.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/MMnaRuG_XAo" height="1" width="1"/
How WOW Changed My Life
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Doom 4 to be penned by British fantasy writer Graham Joyce
British Fantasy award winning author Graham Joyce, writer of such novels as "How to Make Friends with Demons" and "The Tooth Fairy: A Novel", has signed on for the next game in the Doom franchise. Nothing is known about where the series will go next, though it's presumed that Doom 4 will continue where Doom 3 left off.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/B0NpsG-FST4" height="1" width="1"/
Tomb Raider: Underworld
This week Zero Punctuation gives the old girl another chance and reviews Tomb Raider: Underworld.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/LTDKzCKN1xM" height="1" width="1"/
Video: A Guitar Hero-ic Game for Real Guitar
This year's Consumer Electronics Show saw the unveiling of the first ready-for-primetime music game that involves real instruments, rather than plastic ones. We captured some footage so you can see how the game is played.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/Nnf0MvGe5h0" height="1" width="1"/
Would video games get you to join the Army?
The U.S. Army is using a video game center to inform people about Army life. But would video games be enough to get you to join the Armed Forces?img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/kFVqi7HHNEc" height="1" width="1"/
An Online Escort In The Virtual World of Second Life
"Palela Alderson" is a 26-year-old Italian who works in communications. She likes sports, skiing, shopping...and selling herself as an online escort in the virtual world of Second Life.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/topic/pc_games/popular/~4/3_1WsoqfDSw" height="1" width="1"/
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