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1 in 5 Casual Gamers Have Disability, Survey Says

By Chris Faylor, Jun 11, 2008 8:43am PDT

More than 20% of those that play casual games like Peggle and Bejeweled have some sort of "physical, mental or developmental disability," according...

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"Nice one , thanks for the reply. I'm always trying to see if there's a better solution out ..."

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Bejeweled Used in Marriage Proposal, Developer PopCap Helps with Honeymoon

By Chris Faylor, Apr 15, 2008 3:15pm PDT

While some get annoyed when their significant other is addicted to a video game, New Jersey resident Bernie Peng saw an opportunity to take things...

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"I especially liked that Popcap admitted that ordinarily they would be against people ..."

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PopCap Denies Peggle DS Rumors

By Chris Faylor, Feb 07, 2008 1:10pm PST

Addressing recent reports, casual developer PopCap has denied that a Nintendo DS version of Peggle is currently in development, though it hopes to...

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"Sounds like the job for a good ol' fashioned internet petition!!!"

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Peggle XBLA Confirmed, ESRB Rates Other Unannounced Games (Updated)

By Chris Faylor, Jan 08, 2008 3:00pm PST

Update: Peggle is indeed headed to Xbox Live Arcade and is tentatively slated for a Q2 release, a PopCap representative has confirmed to Shacknews....

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"Popcap should nominate Remo as "Official Peggle Spokesperson." He's just such a huge fan."

- David Craddock see all 20 comments

Apparently, PC Gaming Circa 1998 Returns; Bring it On

By Chris Remo, Dec 24, 2007 1:56am PST

In 1998, PC gamers got Starsiege: Tribes, Might & Magic VI, Grim Fandango, Half-Life, Unreal, StarCraft, Fallout 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Need...

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"I hate people who make these kinds of blog comments, but I'm going to note that Fallout was ..."

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Pain Joins PlayStation Network Thursday

By Chris Faylor, Nov 27, 2007 2:41pm PST

Idol Minds' injury-laden Pain will arrive in the PlayStation 3's online store this Thursday, November 29. Associate producer Jason Coker revealed...

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"Yeah, stair dismount/truck dismount was what I had in mind when I read about the game."

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Buy Orange, Get Team Fortress 2 Beta Sept. 17, Half-Life Peggle; X360 Achievements Revealed

By Carlos Bergfeld and Chris Faylor, Sep 11, 2007 11:00am PDT

Valve has announced that The Orange Box can now be pre-ordered on Steam for $44.95. Pre-ordering will net you access to the Team Fortress 2 beta, which starts September 17.

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"That's the point of marketing...you want to play TF2, but firstly you need to buy other games"

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Apr 03, 2007 8:15pm PDT

GameStop reveals Rock Band pricing? [ps3] [xbox360] With yesterday's announcement of Rock Band (PS3, X360) from Harmonix, many gamers have...

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"if only Microsoft and Sony would allow collaboration between parties Yeah... I really don't ..."

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Feb 08, 2007 8:30pm PST

Key XBLA exec pops off to PopCap; games to be playable on Apple TV? [ps2] [ps3] [xbox360] [wii] [ds] [psp] [gba] Greg Canessa, who recently served...

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"more like gamecubeX2 (to the T, like every number was doubled, mem, cpu, etc.) but it has a ..."

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Nov 06, 2006 8:00pm PST

Video content comes to Xbox Live Marketplace [xbox360] Microsoft today announced that it has partnered with major entertainment content providers,...

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"Yes, I think their codec is equivalent. Maybe they are going for 1080 for that 5 g number?"

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Aug 25, 2006 8:10pm PDT

Whoops, Microsoft. Whoops, Nintendo. Two blunders today. Konami to Microsoft: "Excuse Us?" [ps3] [xbox360] [nintendo] This week, Microsoft...

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"So Fred Garvin, looks like I was right. Sony WILL hand MS it's ass in the long run, we both know ..."

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Steam To Add PopCap Titles

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 22, 2006 12:50pm PDT

For those of you who have somehow managed to miss out on games like Bejeweled, Feeding Frenzy or Zuma so far, Valve sends along a press release...

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"You'd think they'd be beyond needing that kind of blatantly transparent marketing hoodoo at this ..."

- jake2000 see all 21 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Jun 26, 2006 8:00pm PDT

Pretty slow news day. Here you go! Surprise: No 360 Price Drop this Fall [xbox360] Some gamers have been hoping for, or in other cases...

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"As I said, I already understand if you only have a 5 dollar allowance to work with."

- GreenCrescent see all 41 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Jun 02, 2006 8:00pm PDT

Check it out, it's Friday! Iwata on Wii's Virtual Console, WiiConnect24 [nintendo] Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently spoke with...

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"jesus fucking christ even the accessories for the 360 are insanely expensive"

- m4yhem see all 78 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Mar 22, 2006 8:00pm PST

Too bad there wasn't too much real new information at Sony's presentation today. The company is really making a big push to surpass Microsoft in...

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"If I went back and played both of them totally fresh without any perspective, then yeah there's ..."

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