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Silent Hill is one of those series that either sucks you in or spits you out. If it didn’t get you within the first 30 minutes, it probably won’t regardless of what it throws at you. It’s possible that it never will.

If it did get you, chances are you’re familiar with a few of the previous five games and are wondering whether or not Silent Hill Homecoming is worth the money. With the number of things wrong versus right with this game being about equal, it comes down to personal taste.

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Recently Windows 7 beta went live for anyone to test for free. One of the questions that pops up is whether or not the upcoming Windows release would support a gamer’s needs better than Vista did. The new OS, even though a bit glitchy since it is still a beta program, will be revamping gaming possibilities for the PC like the Games Explorer program, among other things.

One of the things that’s changed with the basic interface…

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In October 2008, a Honolulu bus driver was suspended from duty for gaming on the job. On Wednesday Honolulu’s City Council passed a bill by a margin of 7-1 to ban texting and gaming while people are driving.

It’s a pretty good idea, though it did take some heat from local prosecutors and police officer who had argued that the ban would be nearly impossible to enforce. According to KHON-TV, Councilman Rod Tam, the one naysayer regarding the bill, said, “It’s a bad bill. It’s unenforceable.”

Charles Djou, the bill’s author, who had also spoken with police departments in cities where similar bans have been put in place, disagrees…

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Lately I’ve heard a debate of which is a better game. Is Fallout 3 better than Far Cry 2 or vice versa?  Simply stated, Fallout 3 is the better, more solid game…

The game is a great and worth the money. Sure, it does have its rough spots. However, this is a shining example of what a “next-gen” RPG and FPS should be…

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Title: Far Cry 2
Price: $59.99 from most retail outlets
System(s): *Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Release Date: October, 21, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Ubisoft
ESRB Rating: “Mature” for blood, drug references, intense violence, sexual themes and strong language
Pros: High replayability, great story, beautiful and realistic graphics, intuitive controls, buddy system is new and it works beautifully.
Cons: Environment is too big, enemies are localized in certain areas and don’t leave unless they chase you, search for diamonds is not fun nor is it necessary. Glitches occasionally hinder playability.
Overall Score: Two thumbs sideways, 70, C-, * * out of five.

Far Cry was one of the games that made way for large open-world shooters Crysis. Critics met it with skepticism but, in the end, accepted Far Cry as a great game. In some ways Far Cry 2 is very impressive. In every other ways, Far Cry 2 is painfully average at best…

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Capcom recently released information about the six upcoming games for the first half of 2009 and it looks it will be a strong year.

Thew first release on the list of games is FLOCK! for the Xbox 360. FLOCK! puts you in charge of a UFO herding animals to your mothership. The game, since it will be an arcade game like Luxor and Feeding Frenzy, will feature controls that even the most casual gamer would be able to just pick up and play the game right off the bat. This is promising since quite a few games lately tend to have pretty awkward and confusing control schemes.

Click through to find out about the other five game’s on Capcom’s list…

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If you’re friends or family of a gamer who is big on PC gaming, you’re probably wondering what to get them for Christmas or their next birthday if it’s coming up. For those with the Steam client, there are always different sales, new releases and package deals that would help out your gamer’s repertoire.

Here are some ideas for the last minute shopper who doesn’t want to contend with the crowds in stores…

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Recently, in an interview Yahoo! Games, film director and part of the development team for Boom Blox Steven Spielberg let the public know about the different problems he’s had with game cinematics.

In the interview he made it brutally obvious that he has been a long-time gamer bring up some of his past with gaming going all the way back to Pong. One of the ways he brought it up was toward the end of the interview where he is quoted as saying, “I thought Pong was the Woodstock of videogaming.” Being that it was one of the first big games of its time, that analogy is pretty accurate.

Spielberg also noted the failing of game cinematics and brought up that a lot of cut scenes try to tell a story. However, due to the obvious switch between gameplay and cut scenes, some gamers take a…

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Let’s face it, gaming is expensive. With the economy currently in its poor state, gamers have quite a bit to worry about.

There are, however, are some ways to appease the habit and get more bang for your buck. You can take everything that you’ll read to heart as advice from a fellow poor gamer along with some of the advice given to us by MSNBC. These tips should help ease some of your monetary burdens when it comes to gaming…

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Title: The Horus Heresy: Mechanicum
Author: Graham McNeill
Publisher: The Black Library
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Price: $7.99
Rating: One thumb up and one thumb sideways, 80/100, B-, *** out of five.
Pros: It’s an entirely new presentation to The Horus Heresy series and focuses on a group other than the Space Marines. The development of characters and events is beautiful.
Cons: Presentation will be hard to read for some and different enough that it might turn off people who loved the following of the Space Marines through the first parts of Heresy series.
Overall: This book is an acquired taste that some people will either love or hate.

Mechanicum is a bit of a puzzle in itself. It’s a good book that, much like most of the really good sci-fi or fantasy, is entirely an acquired taste. The book is the first in the series that puts a group, other than the Space Marines, into focus…

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