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Switzerland to Ban Violent Video Games

Ahh, the Swiss…best known for their multifunctional knives, mild cheese that goes great with ham, no-questions-asked bank policies, and not taking sides in any conflict, even when an Austrian with a unique mustache was being a bit of a dick. But they have clearly taken sides with regards to violent video games, in that they will outright ban them, reports Edge.

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Games Help Facebook Edge Out Google

The Times Online reports (via web analytics firm Hitwise) that for the first time Facebook has surpassed Google for a whole week in the U.S. The social networking site has over 400 million regular users throughout the world. About half of them check the site regularly for their updates, chat, post photos, and to play online social games like Farmville and Café World.

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A Slimmed Down Xbox 360?

If a streamlined PS3 is nice, how about a slimmed down 360? Kotaku reports that the images and info it retrieved from a Chinese website could be the workings of an Xbox 360 “slim”.

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Dragon Age: Origins-Awakening, More Screenshots!

Something tells me this is a bad guy.

Yes, I am aware that Karli has already talked about Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, the expansion pack to  Dragon Age: Origins, in his always reliable and entertaining Coming Soon! article. I know it is available now at retailers and via download on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. But as the rest of the RRB staff knows by now I’m a Dragon Age super-nerd and I just had to post these screenshots.

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Coming Soon! 3/15/2010

Publishers may have stayed clear of last week, but this week seems to be fair game. It’s kind of an odd move considering that another Triple-A title is coming out this week. Do they just not know how many bloodthirsty gamers out there have been waiting for this game? It could just be that they were holding out for so long that they just don’t have a choice anymore. So here we are. One week with a fairly hefty number of releases surrounding one big release. I wish them the best of luck.

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Game of the Year 2009

Okay so we’re a little late to the party on this topic. That’s what happens when you’re not a big website like IGN et al. Life kinda gets in the way of things. Anyways, onwards to our Game of the Year.

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A Look Back at the Final Fantasy Series

It’s ironic that a series with so many sequels, spinoffs, and fan obsession is called “Final” Fantasy. But here we are at lucky number 13, and it shows no signs of reaching an actual finality. Final Fantasy has become synonymous with the big budget, blockbuster Japanese RPG.

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Coming Soon! The Reckoning! Part 2 Update!

(Week 2 has been posted.  Click on the link at the bottom of the page)

I have a terrible memory. I couldn’t tell you how old I am unless I know what year it is. Even that gets shaky sometimes, so when people asks me about trends in video game releases, I just spout out whatever general wisdom there is about video game releases. “Oh yeah, there’s too many games in November.” “Yeah I agree. There’s just way too many FPS out there.” “I wish they would spread out their releases throughout the year.” These are just some of the little general knowledge that I have about video games releases, but I never had any hard data to back it up. That is until I realized that I do have the hard data. Hell, I’ve been compiling it weekly for almost an entire year!

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Silent Hill: One Seriously F-ed Up Town

I don’t care much for most horror movies. The majority of them rely too much on gore, shock value, and the sudden appearances of the monster/killer/psycho. But when the horror is psychological-slowly built up from isolation, strange and abandoned surroundings, and enveloping darkness then I’m the first in line for the experience. Since video games are interactive, horror can be incredibly effective in this medium when done correctly.
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