New center offers network gaming in Cary

If there's one thing cooler than gaming at home with an ultrapowerful console and home theater setup, it's gaming away from home with an even more powerful console and home theater setup.
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In the late 1960s, budding über movie star Robert Redford was just starting to accumulate his Hollywood clout.
Modified: 11/18/09 05:38:43 PM

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It seems like something that should be an afterthought in the current generation of game consoles, but dribbling in modern soccer games hadn't been done before "FIFA Soccer 10" (Xbox 360, PS3; Rated E).
Modified: 11/20/09 11:38:06 AM

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By the time 2009 ends, seven variations on the "Guitar Hero"/"Rock Band" theme will have been released in this calendar year alone, all of which involve the four instruments that have pushed the music game genre into the mainstream: guitar, drums, bass, and vocals.
Modified: 11/13/09 12:19:43 PM

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Pixar, progressive politics and the end of the world
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If the decorations at the local CVS are any indication, holiday shopping season has evidently arrived. This is the busy season for games, of course, and if you're looking for a new title - for yourself or as a gift - there's a lot to choose from.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:06:19 PM

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Trying to find the right simile for the experience of watching " The Taking of Pelham 123," the NYC subway hostage drama starring John Travolta and Denzel Washington, I decided on this: It's like slightly upgraded fast food - familiar, bland, but with a little touch of upscale zestiness.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:05:33 PM

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The NBA season kicks off this week, and with it comes a new round of pro hoops video games. When sports games appear on a new generation of consoles, the first year's tends to be pretty rough around the edges.
Modified: 10/30/09 05:40:19 AM

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At first glance, "Fallen Earth" looks like a simple mashup of things you may have played before. The post-apocalyptic look, feel and setting is a combination of "Fallout," "Star Wars Galaxies" and any number of first-person shooters.
Modified: 10/23/09 08:06:32 AM

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If you pay attention only to theatrically released U.S. movies, you might get the impression that only a handful of decent horror DVDs come out in any given year. Not so.
Modified: 10/23/09 08:08:08 AM

A world to conquer

Not many people know this, but tucked away in a quiet corner of Research Triangle Park is a blasted, dystopian wasteland where refugees fight for scraps, mutant cannibals run wild and civilization is just a dim memory.
Modified: 10/21/09 04:42:28 PM

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'Need for Speed: Shift" is such a massive turnaround from the previous entry in the "Need for Speed" series that it's a tacit acknowledgement of the mistake that "Need for Speed: Undercover" was.
Modified: 10/16/09 08:26:25 AM

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Viva la short people!
Modified: 10/09/09 11:52:48 AM

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Much to my wife's dismay, it appears we are raising a little family of gamers over here. My 6-year-old boy can now regularly and legitimately defeat me in most Wii and PS3 racing games, and we're about evenly matched in the various "Star Wars" titles.
Modified: 10/09/09 08:26:34 AM