You know the type: spiky hair, sad eyes, too many belt buckles in his ensemble to count. You might meet one or two of these guys in fighting games, or starring in a Prince of Persia sequel; more often than not, you’ll see them wangsting their hearts out in a sprawling Japanese RPG epic. ...

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29 Aug 2008

TalkRadar 16

360 Feature | Tales of Vesperia

Say hello to our brand-new TalkRadar template! Now each and every podcast has its own page, making it searchable and comment-able for our everlovin’ fanbase. This week we welcome Scott Butterworth from PlayStation: The Official Magazine, discuss dudes who look like chicks and answer more questions from the listeners. ...

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6 May 2009

Guns that don’t shoot bullets

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

“Guns don’t kill people, bullets do.” But do they have to? Not at all, and in fact, this is all the destructive power you’re going to get out of shooting bullets. ...

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25 Mar 2009

100 reasons fanboys hate shooters

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

Cue the banjo! It wouldn’t be the Week of Hate without our trademark “100 Reasons” videos. In case you missed it, last year we targeted game platforms. So this year we thought we’d change it up and go after a few popular genres. Up first, the ubiquitous shooter. ...

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16 Oct 2008

Gaming's Most Evil Pranks

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

You’re not supposed to like griefers. You’re supposed to look down on their childish pranks designed to frustrate and humiliate. You’re supposed to frown at the way they ruin it for everyone else. But we don’t care as long as it’s funny. That’s why we’ve collected some of our favorite game-related pranks of all time. ...

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3 Jul 2008

The Most Gratuitous Headshots Video Ever

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

Two minutes. One video. Fifty-five perforated skulls. ...
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10 Mar 2008

The best griefing videos ever

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

Deliberately trying to ruin someone else's game online is something we can't approve of. But if you do it well enough, it's something we can definitely laugh at. ...
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9 Oct 2007

Team Fortress 2 primer

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

Oct 9, 2007 The Orange Box goes live at 12:00 am Pacific Time on Oct 10, and 8:00 am in the UK. If you're on the beta now, prepare to own some noobs when the great unwashed come flooding in. And if you haven't preordered, you're going to need a headstart. Either way, it's time to brush up on a few of the lesser-known factors in the TF2 ...
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18 May 2007

Valve's industrial revolution

360 Feature | Team Fortress 2

Back in 1996, two Microsoft executives quit their spectacularly high-paid jobs, formed a games company and made the best game ever. Twice. They didnt like the way retailers were throttling the industrys creativity, so they cut them out. They did what a lot of mod teams were doing, they hired them. They published any game they liked through their digital distribution network, however commercially risky, and saved several independent developers in the process. Their revolution was so successful ...
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12 Nov 2009

UK Tekken 6 tournament in video

360 Feature | Tekken 6

*Promotional feature*

What will you fight for? That was the question Namco Bandai asked the UK when it invited the nation down to Namco Station in London for its prestigious tournament. Travelling from as far afield as Liverpool and Manchester, Tekken players from far and wide responded to the challenge as they all wanted to prove they were the best. Well, that and the small matter walking away with the grand prize of a 42” ...

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