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Sisters bring a mediator into every home

For those in need of resolving a conflict with someone, there’s now some help for that.Mediator in a Box is designed for two people who want to talk through an issue that has been bothering them.

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Game Dork: ‘Walking Dead’ turns the zombie genre on its head by going all...

When the zombie apocalypse breaks out, you portray a guy named Lee, a convicted murderer (and University of Georgia professor). He is in a cop car, being transported to prison.Fortunately for Lee, a...

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Game Dork: ‘Journey’ is a spectacular artwork painted on a humble canvas of...

I am walking across the desert in a red robe. Beneath my feet, sand sparkles and ripples, as if it were lovely waves of windswept sea. I don’t have the slightest idea what waits ahead.Occasionally, I...

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Game Dork: ‘Devil May Cry’ is a cinematic feast that demonizes the Hell of...

The people at Fox News are not going to like this new “DmC: Devil May Cry” game. In it, Hell is a corporate conglomerate. And Hell’s mouthpiece is a Fox News-esque channel that smears human rights...

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Game Dork: Memories of mom

My heart hurts. My mom died.This may seem like a funny place to eulogize my mom — a video game column — but I wouldn’t exist here on this page without her.

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Game Dork: ‘Anarchy Reigns’ wants you to beat up people with your bionic arms

A conservative sent me a nasty email, because I pointed out in a previous column that “DMC: Devil May Cry” attacks corporate culture and Fox News.Hey, political people: I don’t create these video...

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Game Dork: ‘Dead Space 3’ is a cinematic creep feast with serious action

“Dead Space 3” is a truly creepy horror adventure, featuring more dead things in outer space than ever.The game’s monsters are one thing. The monster zombies are another thing. And then there are all...

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Game Dork: ‘Sly’ Arguments: So you think video games lead to violence?

This year, political opportunists have tried to turn video games into the scapegoat culprit for humankind’s violent tendencies.To those of us gamers who value a healthy prefrontal cortex, that seems...

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Game Dork: The Terrorists Lose: Here’s a game where you decapitate hordes of...

In the new game (hilariously subtitled) “Metal Gear Revengeance,” you kill a lot of evil people in amazingly bloody, vivisection ways. To justify this bloodlust, the game has created terrorists so evil...

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Game Dork: The new ‘Tomb Raider’ is what a masterpiece looks like

Hey, listen, I didn’t want to play a new “Tomb Raider” game. I know you got sick of the series years ago. I did too. But this new “Tomb Raider” reboot is a breathless masterpiece.It is one of the best...

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Game Dork: ‘MLB 13: The Show’ is as sweet as baseball gets

If I was the marketing person for “MLB 13: The Show,” this is how I would advertise it: “You can text-message your friends while you bat, because this game moves so slow, you will have all the time in...

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Game Dork: I get it, ‘God of War,’ you’re hard and I’m stupid!

“God of War: Ascension” is a pretentious title for a video game, so I’m going to call it “God of War: Movin’ On Up!”“God of War: Movin’ On Up!” is a confusing epic of seemingly impossible obstacles.

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Game Dork: The new ‘Gears’ is short on adventure, long on multiplayer

I can’t believe how short the new “Gears of War: Judgment” is. I finished this humans-versus-aliens war in five hours — including coffee breaks.But “Gears of War” games aren’t about their solo...

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Game Dork: 2013 has gotten off to a stellar start

Guess who’s annoyed. Yeah, that’s right, it’s me.I was planning to review the new “BioShock: Infinite” today, but it looks as if 2K Games decided to let IGN.com review the game the week before release...

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Game Dork: I just can’t quit ‘Tiger Woods’

I bet you didn’t even know there is a new “Tiger Woods” golf game on the market. “Tiger” used to arrive with a roar every year. Now its arrival seems as quiet as a golf gallery.But “Tiger Woods PGA...

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Game Dork: Save the Sugarplums

We have a lot of ground to cover today in a short amount of time, so here are more thoughts on holiday gift-buying.

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8 best technologies of 2012

PALO ALTO, Calif. — 2012 wasn't a breakthrough year for tech. We didn't get an innovative new category-bursting device — the Apple TV remains a pipe dream and Microsoft's Surface was, for me, a dud....

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Best games of 2012 were violent ventures to save humans from tyranny

People often ask how I choose my favorite games of the year.

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Game Dork: Was ‘Max Payne 3’ the most horrible disappointment of 2012?

I hate to be Captain Buzzkill, but it's time for us to talk about the most disappointing games of 2012. Some were outright bad. But most just didn't live up to their potential.

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Discovering if game development is the right choice

A lecture at Iowa State University on Tuesday will help attendees determine if they are ready and able to make it in the video game development industry.

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