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Video Game Tech: 8 Generations of Console Gaming

Video Game Tech: 8 Generations of Console Gaming While the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 still have a lot left in them, the companies behind them are already developing their next generation of video game platforms. After the feats of the current generation of consoles, it’s both difficult and exciting to imagine what’s next for video games. The PS Vita...
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100 Games You Must Play Before You Die – Part 8

100 Games You Must Play Before You Die – Part 8 Christmas is a time for stuffing your face and disregarding such pettiness as diets, moderation and manners, and in that spirit, our 100 Games You Must Play segment is a veritable feast this week. We’ve got some modern  classics fresh off the vine, which are sure to leave a lingering sweetness on the...
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Zelda X Tetris

Zelda X Tetris Upon it’s release, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time consistently amazed, impressed and surprised gamers, earning it a legendary status. Still today after countless ports and releases, the legend lives on and still amazes, impresses and surprises. Around this time last year one of the most...
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Konami Launches Metal Gear Solid Website

Konami Launches Metal Gear Solid Website Konami has launched an official website for the Metal Gear Solid franchise today, unifying the game universe with exclusive interactive features such as a media player to show off all the newest game trailers, gameplay footage and production team updates. Fans can even pre-order the upcoming titles, Metal...
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Soul Calibur Guest Characters: Timeline

Soul Calibur Guest Characters: Timeline With the recent announcement that Ezio Auditore from the Assassin’s Creed franchise is set to appear as a playable character in Soul Calibur V, fighting game fanatics have been ecstatic worldwide. These days having a random playable guest character appear in a fighting game has become somewhat of an...
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Shigeru Miyamoto Accepts Spike VGA 2011 Hall of Fame Award

Shigeru Miyamoto Accepts Spike VGA 2011 Hall of Fame Award Today video gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto accepted the Spike VGA 2011 Hall of fame Award for his work on the classic franchise The Legend of Zelda. Holding the award above his head much like Link when he found the master sword, an emotional Miyamoto thanked the fans on behalf of both himself and Nintendo...
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Why Is Videogame Wildlife So Hostile?

Why Is Videogame Wildlife So Hostile? For as long as videogames have been around, gamers everywhere have been tasked with the eradication of many evils. Some are invaders from space, while others are soldiers from within our realm. Why is it then that the wildlife in many games are all so very vicious? Maybe it’s because, as gamers, we...
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PETA’s Next Game Targets

PETA’s Next Game Targets While they’ve never lifted a finger to stop the slaughter of trillions of virtual humans in games like Battlefield and Call of Duty, PETA have attacked certain games for apparently promoting cruelty to animals. Did you ever stop to think about the awful conditions that virtual turkey you prepare in...
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The Legacy of the Gamecube

The Legacy of the Gamecube It was 10 years ago on this date that Nintendo’s most neglected child was released. The Nintendo Gamecube went on the become Nintendo’s most financially unsuccessful console to date. Many contribute this lack of success to the kiddy image of the console or lack-of-innovation with hardware. Both...
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100 games you must play before you die – Part 6

100 games you must play before you die – Part 6 Another installment in the series, again with a wide array of games for every gamer! We must stress: the games are in no particular order. To see the games 1 – 10, please click here. To see the games 11 – 20, please click here. To see the games 21 – 30, please click here. To see the games...
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2D vs 3D: The Future of Video Games

2D vs 3D: The Future of Video Games 2.5D graphics-it’s like old school with a modern twist. Is this the future? It may be hard to believe but when you think about it, video games are still in a very experimental stage and for the most part are still trying to understand the concept of using 3D graphics. Many of our favorite franchises...
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Looking for a challenge…..

Looking for a challenge….. Here I am reminiscing again and thought I’d make a small list of a few games you might like to try if you are looking for a true challenge. It is PS1 onwards as there are just way too many older NES, SNES, Master System and Megadrive games to count such as Contra, Alienstorm, Zelda II to name but a very...
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100 games you must play before you die – Part Two

100 games you must play before you die – Part Two Continuing on from the first ten games from our list of 100 games you must play before you die, we introduce to you the next installment. These games are a mix of the new and old, and the great and the terrible, but these are ten more games you absolutely must play before you kick the bucket. Just a...
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30 Questions – Jack Joly

30 Questions – Jack Joly Following on from Michael Irving’s set of 30 answers to these testing questions, here are my thoughts with regard to the 30 gaming questions: Q1 – Your first video game Pokemon Red on Game Boy Q2 – Your favourite character. The President “Shacho” – Pikmin 2 Q3 – A...
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100 games you must play before you die – Part One

100 games you must play before you die – Part One With so many games out there, sometimes it’s hard to know which to play first. Luckily for you, though, the crew here at Capsule have played our fair share of games and are here to help you. For the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out the list of 100 games you must play before you die. Whether...
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Gamecube Titles on the Wii U Virtual Console

Gamecube Titles on the Wii U Virtual Console Amber McCollom from Nintendo of America, recently spoke out about the possibility of Gamecube games being available on the Wii U. Whilst denying Gamecube discs will be readable, she however confirmed that Gamecube titles will be available through the Wii U version of the Virtual Console. This is a huge news...
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What are we playing this week?

What are we playing this week? Editor-in-Chief: MasterAbbott Well, well, welll…back to reality. I’m back from the Land of the Rising Sun. I bought myself a Japanese (NTSC) Nintendo 3DS with Japanese versions of Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time, Resident Evil Mercs, One Piece Ultimate Cruise Special and a number of other DS games which...
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Through the years: Harry Potter

Through the years: Harry Potter With the eagerly anticipated eighth and final instalment of the series hitting cinema screens the world over this July, so too will the tie-in game hit our games consoles. Now that it’s only a short time before both the series of films and the series of games reach their conclusions, join me for a look...
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Wii U REVEALED!!

Wii U REVEALED!! UPDATED!! Nintendo, in what was easily the greatest press conference in all of E3, revealed their latest console! This console is creatively titled the ‘Wii U’ and appears to be such an amazing device. Imagine this: You’re playing Super Smash Bros. on your TV and suddenly some douche...
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Marvelous Entertainment and AQ Interactive enter merger

Marvelous Entertainment and AQ Interactive enter merger In an interesting move, Marvelous Entertainment who is the developer of the personally beloved Harvest Moon series and the Japanese publisher of titles such as No More Heroes, Deadly Premonition and Muramasa has entered a merger with AQ Interactive according to Andriasang. AQ Interactive is the publisher of...
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Sony – The Piracy Battle

Sony – The Piracy Battle The main reason I decided to write this was not to start a debate over piracy so please keep any comments void of your opinions unless they are going to be constructive and informative. Any others I shall probably delete as I’m not planning to start an argument. It’s a very subjective topic and if you...
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My 5 top games with a twist

My 5 top games with a twist If you began your gaming in the mid to late 80′s you will have seen firsthand the enormous leaps and bounds that developers have made from Greenhouse on Nintendo’s Game & Watch through to the realistic FPS an sports simulators of today’s generation. Strangely and sadly (for today’s gamers)...
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Beyond Good & Evil HD brings Jade back March 2nd

Beyond Good & Evil HD brings Jade back March 2nd You didn’t think that we would let the remake of such a great game of Beyond Good & Evil slip under the radar here now would you? Neither did Microsoft as they have included it in the Xbox Live Arcade House Party and boy is it a game to save near the end of the party. Ubisoft didn’t forget...
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Capsule Computers 2010 Game Awards

Capsule Computers 2010 Game Awards *Voice over*  WELCOME Ladies and Gentlement to the first ever CAPSULE COMPUTERS Game Awards for 2010 !!  Here is your host Philip “MasterAbbott” Federico !!  *Crowd goes wild* *MasterAbbott steps out from behind the curtain and approaches the mic…* “Greetings everyone”  Let...
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New idea – request stream

New idea – request stream SO, I’ve been thinking.  I’m a big fan of “community” events, interacting with other people (in this case, you, the viewer).  Having previously been a moderator for Capcom’s website, Capcom-Unity.com, I picked up the interest.  I’m also a big fan of streaming games,...
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Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem – GCN Review

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem – GCN Review Game Name: Eternal Darkness Platform: Nintendo GameCube Publisher(s): Nintendo Developer(s): Silicon Knights Genre(s): Survival Horror Release dates: June 23, 2002 ESRB Rating: M (Mature) Blood and Gore, Violence Price: Currently around $10 Yes, this is an older game.  Released for the GameCube back in...
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