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Dragon spotted in Magic: Tactics teaser trailer

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 05:20:00 AM. © Destructoid

Wizards of the Coast and SOE are partnering to take the classic paper game Magic: The Gathering in an unexpected videogame direction -- 3D strategy. We’re sure the cards will still have a role in Magic: The Gathering Tactics, but the above teaser suggests that this is the full-blown 3D realization that dorks have been thinking about since they purchased their first Goat card or collected that full set of foiled Lands.

The PC and PS3-bound title was announced yesterday afternoon, but we missed a spot in our coverage. Above is a teaser for the game, revealing a hair or two less than the announcement did. Still, there’s a dragon in it, as well as epic music, making it worth your time if you're a fan.

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Top 6 PC Games to Buy in November 2009

post from Unigamesity on 03 November 2009 05:10:09 AM. © Unigamesity

If you saved money the whole year to purchase some really great games it is this month you’re going to spend most of them as we’ll have some really hot and amazing releases with many contenders for the game of the year award! So count your[...]

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Will lightning strike twice at Apple

post from Bruce On Games on 03 November 2009 05:08:11 AM. © Bruce On Games

I opened one of the first computer stores, Microdigital in Liverpool, in 1978. So I was in a good[...]

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Microsoft man mocks the idea of Facebook on a
game system

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 05:00:00 AM. © Destructoid

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Eric Neustadter, Xbox Live operations manager, thinks that Facebook connectivity on the DSi is silly. He finds it a pointless idea, considering we have other, better alternatives for staying connected to social networks. Oh those silly games system and their pointless synergy. When will they learn?

"I find the in-game uses, okay, may be interesting, the out-of-game, hey, it's a camera, use it to connect to Facebook or whatever -- I don't find that at all interesting," says Neustadter, while criticizing the DSi. "Don't we all have phones that do that? Why do we need our gaming device to do that?"

Yeah, that's a really good point. Why do we need a gaming device to do that? Like the whole Xbox 360/Facebook thing for example. Why would anybody want that? What kind of idiotic company would come up with such a pointless and stupid thing? Good job Neustadter's company would never do such a thing ... oh ... oh wait.

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Japanese Final Fantasy Tactics concert will have
61 songs

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 04:40:00 AM. © Destructoid

Japanese Final Fantasy Tactics concert will have 61 songs screenshot

Remember the first time you booted up Square's PlayStation strategy RPG Final Fantasy Tactics? If you're like me, one of the most memorable things was the opening song. Hell, all the music was fantastic, wasn't it? If you ask me, THE Final Fantasy Tactics games have some of the best music in the business.

I'd kill to see this upcoming Japanese concert, kicking off on November 22nd. It's not an official Square Enix event, but that does not mean that it won't be good. What it lacks in officialness it makes up for in music. It features just about all of the game's soundtrack, leaving nothing to the imagination with its 61 songs. Luckily, they'll be in medley form. If not, that would be one long concert.

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Britain gets its first game addiction clinic

Britain gets its first game addiction clinic screenshot

Where there is a trendy new affliction, there is an expert with the answer. Thus it is that Britain is now host to its very first "game addiction" clinic in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

Broadway Lodge treats about four hundred patients every year for drug abuse, alcoholism and gambling problems, but has recently extended its reach to videogames, adopting the Minnesota Method Twelve-Step program to ween youngsters off those crazy videogames.

"... I would stick my neck out and say between five and ten per cent of parents or partners would say they know of someone addicted to an online game," says chief executive Brian Dudley. "However, you can't simply say to a 23-year-old male 'you should never use the Internet again'. It's just not practical. So we go through all the issues surrounding gaming use and ensure there are triggers through which an addict recognizes their usage has become a problem.

''Behavioural shifts include users becoming agressive, with chaotic lifestyles that result in irregular eating and sleeping patterns as well as social exclusion. I don't know anybody else who is treating such cases in this country. There's no helpline.''

If you live in Britain and can't stop playing Evony Online, then you can breathe a sigh of relief because help has finally arrived. Thank Christ.

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