Getting into the console business is an expensive, volatile proposition. The costs are exorbitant, the customer base is fickle and often hostile to newcomers, and putting together a cutting-edge machine means either slapping on a prohibitive price tag or losing hundreds of dollars on every sale. With that in mind, it's no surprise that the history of videogames is littered with forgotten systems that never even had a chance to ...

See if you can guess what game we’re talking about: in the war-torn near future, a supersolider - outfitted in skin-tight armor - wages battle against legions of aliens/other supersoldiers. To protect his scar-ridden face, he dons a nondescript, yet sleek helmet, thereby rendering him mute and indistinguishable from everything else on sale. Give up? It’s a trick question.

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The bright colors and delirious sounds of cutesy games often gloss over ultraviolent gameplay. The sadistic deaths visited upon characters in these kiddie games are always hidden behind candy and rainbows. But violence without gore is like a cheeseburger without cheese. Sanitizing violence to make it “kid-friendly” hurts society more than it helps, and teaches unrealistic life lessons. We want to set things right, so we’ve ...

Sleep is essential for survival. When you’re sleep deprived, you’re far more likely to be fragged. Yet many gamers keep strange hours, staying up late to continue playing when it’s not only detrimental to their health, but even to their ability to play. We understand the urge to keep playing, but we also wonder exactly how your gaming - and your health - deteriorates the longer you keep your eyes open. That’s why ...

Atlantis. The Holy Grail. That episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard dresses in drag and does the macarena. They are things lost forever to the cruel winds of time, and yet they continue to capture the imaginations of successive generations. Gaming has its own graveyard of historical curios: half-born ideas and ill-fated projects that fell to the red pen of a corporate accountant. They’re called vaporware, and it looks like the Wii is on the cusp of its first two vaporware titles. ...

Games have given life to countless imaginary people. But which could have leapt from the pages of a far-fetched George Eliot novel, and who was the creation of a lonely coder sitting in the dark with a half-concealed erection? As we count down the 10 best and worst characters in gaming the only rule is we’re only allowed one character from each game (or else Half-Life 2 would take over, and this article would become a complete Valve ...

Welcome to the Game-shunary, GamesRadar's truly epic gaming dictionary. The goal of the Game-shunary is not to tell you a bunch of crap you already know (gee, what’s a joystick?). You’re smarter than that. The Game-shunary is a portal into the bloody, juicy heart of gaming culture. The Game-shunary is knowledge. The Game-shunary is power. The Game-shunary ate a dragon for breakfast and washed it down with lighter fluid. ...

We try to be roundly educated gamers. We claim broad interests and experience. But the truth is that we all have our fears and foibles; those bogey-games we’ll gladly feign Legionnaire’s Disease to avoid. But real men face their fears. We knew we had to grit our teeth and install these detested titles or forever have our parentage questioned. ...

Still searching for the skulls in Halo 3? How about Intelligence Items from Call of Duty 4? Maybe you're more of a Nintendo gamer and have finally gotten around to playing Metroid Prime 3 and Phantom Hourglass. Whatever your poison, puzzle or problem, we've got a guide for you.

Simply gaze below for complete guides on everything from BioShock's plasmids to shiny Pokemon.

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