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Urban Behavior Wants You To "Love Your Guts" For The Kids!

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Urban Behavior is a LA-based fashion outlet definitely deserving a lot of props for supporting a number of key social issues such as the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Paws for a Cause through its UB FREE and UB Kind tote bag projects. UB's newest tote bag aims to raise awareness and support the battle against children's diabetes. As you can see (look left… then right, please), they've got an awesome new bag out that's not only got a nifty design on both sides, it's for a very worthy cause.

The best thing is (other than the bag being a SUPER high quality product, as I can gladly attest to upon holding one in my hot little hands last week), it's only a mere $20, ALL of which goes to the Children's Diabetes Foundation. Boogie on over to UB's web site by clicking HERE (or below the photo packed with extra info about the bag below the jump) if you're interested in supporting CDF or any of the other causes UB is working with.

Oh, if you DO indeed snag a bag, be sure to SHARE where you got it from – that's called word of mouth, folks!Read more »

Help Evil Controllers Save the Planet… By Playing Games!

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Aha. So Evil Controllers isn't so 'Evil” after all (I knew they had a soft side!). Anyway, the company is teaming up with Chicago's Whitney M. Young HS' Gamers Go Green team for a rather cool and power-saving event that's a good way for families to get together for an hour of quality gaming time… even if there's NOT a video game in the house!

Details below the jump. Go, Evil!Read more »

Nippon Ichi’s Japan Aid Program Offers Up Prinnies Galore!

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I’m liking all the excellent 1:1 donation projects whipped up by game companies (I bid on a few of Sega’s awesome items and didn’t win any, but I’m sure happy to have participated) and Nippon Ichi Software America has come up with a great way to support Japan relief a dollar (or more) at a time. Just click on over to the NISA online store HERE (or on that Prinny above) and donate a dollar (or more if you wish), which not only goes to the Red Cross, it nets you a huge honkin’ file of amazing Prinny art that includes banners, wallpapers and plenty of avatar icons you can use to spread the good word. Jump on board if you haven’t done so, spend a buck to help out and enjoy the Prinny goodness direct from NISA!

Gallery: Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon Bestiary

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Want to know what sort of over-sized opposition you'll be facing off against this July 5th? Well, here you go – a look at some of the enemy types from D3Publisher of America's upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 bug-blasting action game. Hmmm… Fireworks on the 4th and more fireworks on the 5th? Sounds like a plan…Read more »

To Patch, Or Not To Patch (Or Maybe Get It Right So It Doesn’t Require a Patch)…

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Bleh. I think I’ve mini-ranted about console games requiring one or more patches to run properly previously (and a few times at that) but it’s gotten to the point where some otherwise decent games are hard to review properly because they’re a patch or two away from being more enjoyable experiences. Some of these games (which have issues right out of the package that should have been caught by QA instead of too many gamers and jaded critics) won’t even get to that point thanks to reviews that grind them to a pulp for issues other (and more popular) titles get an automatic pass on, which is unfortunate.

Granted, not much could have saved Mindjack (unless that patch had a new script in addition to the bug fixes) and a few other games I’ve played parts of that have baffled me. On the other hand, a few quirky recent games with not bad at all stories or other unique elements NEED some elements tweaked just so some areas of those games aren’t so blasted annoying to replay time and time again (you’ll see the results of that wish not being granted in a review or two coming soon)…

Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon Hands-On

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D3Publisher of America brought along bullet hell, beast hell and bug hell to their recent NYC press event and fans of insanely deep dungeon crawlers, trippy arcade shooters and giant bug blasting will all be well-served soon enough with a few key releases. I'm working on a separate hands-on for Dream Trigger, Bangai-o and Gods Eater Burst – from this point onward… this article is all about Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon and how much it simply rocks.

I've been waiting patiently for D3Publisher of America to drop into NYC with a build of Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon and after playing a bit of the very solid, very fun three-player online co-op and a bit of the intense Survival Mode, I can very safely say that the game's going to be a keeper for EDF fans old and new. The missions are lengthy and challenging even on the easiest setting with bugs appearing in differently sized packs that come from multiple directions, often mixing in different types of pests that end up being more than enough to keep you on your toes. I'm getting ahead of myself here, so I'll break it down from the beginning. Read more »

Evil Controllers Reveals Million Dollar Controller (It’s A One Day Sale, Hint, Hint)…

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Yikes. They call it the Evil Bling… I call it the Ultimate Evil (now where’s my check for those naming rights?)… Yes, it’s April 1st, folks, so take this news as you will. Although I hear The Donald has ordered a dozen already just to show he’s not just spending all that money he supposedly has on a hair stylist (and failed chances at a presidential nomination)…

SOE Cuts 200+ Jobs, Kills The Agency -THQ Drops Staff At Kaos, Volition Studios

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It's been a capital “L” Lousy week for the industry in a pretty rocky few years that have seen quite a few layoffs, studio closures and newer, smaller studios formed after such shakeups. But the cost is certainly getting higher. Sony Online Entertainment has let go 205 employees and shot down the PS3/PC massively multiplayer online shooter/action game, The Agency, which had been in development for a few years. This news in particular irks me because I remember seeing and playing a very early demo build about two or three years back and thinking the team was onto something really unique. I recall asking if the team planned to do the game as single player with straight co-op modes and no MMO functionality in case things went south during the rest of long dev cycle, but everyone seemed to believe the game would find an audience based on the spy theme and solid Unreal 3-powered visuals… Now we'll never know.Read more »

Sega Auctioning Off Rare Game Goods To Benefit Japan Relief

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Sega is doing its part for Japan relief in a big way with an auction of some pretty cool (and rare) game-related goodies with ALL the proceeds going to the Red Cross. Read below the jump and if you're a collector with a fat wallet in this economy, Go do the right thing and BID!Read more »

Catherine Announcement Trailer (Late, But Still "Fun" to Watch)

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Speaking of Atlus – I’d forgotten to run this nicely disturbing Catherine trailer from a few weeks back, so here you go – enjoy! I really can’t wait for this one, but now that it’s US-bound, I don’t need to spend too much money on the import version and bugging a few folks to assist in translating things. Awesome.