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GAME INFO publisher: Vivendi Games developer: Computer Artworks genre: Shooters MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS n/a	ESRB rating: M homepage: www.thethinggames.com/ release date: Aug 20, 02 (released)

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»	Sep 07, 2009 Mornin '09 My vacation is still on. Spending a lot of time with the wife and kid and it feels great. It's truly remarkable when you see some of the things you miss out on while going to work every day. » MORE

»	Aug 27, 2009 Mornin '09 It's in our nature to complain about everything. I wonder: can we ever be truly content? Probably not. The struggle for perfection is ever-present and yet we never get there. » MORE

Aug 05, 2009

Mornin '09
Humor is a very delicate process. It's a matter of individual taste, but for me, I have to say I never regretted growing up with some of the shows, actors, books and fictional characters, all of which influenced not just the way I regard humor but how I look on the world in general.

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»	Jul 28, 2009 The Darkness 2 Happening Without Starbreeze More news from Comic Con emerges. The Darkness, Starbreeze's action adventure, is officially getting a sequel. The thing is, Starbreeze Studios won't be involved in the project, Starbreeze CEO Johan Kristiansson confirmed. » MORE

Jun 24, 2009

Bethesda Owner Buys id Sofrtware
This just in, folks. Bethesda Softworks parent company ZeniMax Media announced its acquisition of game development studio id Software. "id Software will continue to operate as a studio under the direction of its founder, John Carmack," vowed ZeniMax.

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»	May 14, 2009 Kojima Productions' Teaser Site Launches The teaser from Kojima Productions has begun over at the development studio's official web site. Hm, the flash image looks very, well, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-ish. » MORE

»	May 08, 2009 BioShock 2 Multiplayer Goes to Digital Extremes 2K Games signed an agreement with Digital Extremes to bring the BioShock 2 multiplayer to life. Of course, Digital Extremes are cooperating with the devs at 2K Marin. » MORE

»	Mar 17, 2009 Bill Roper Doesn't Like Diablo III Bill Roper recently explained his views on the upcoming action RPG, Diablo III. He makes some interesting points, even though we are already aware of most of them. » MORE

»	Dec 11, 2008 Mornin '08 Here's the thing. Mature gamers (myself included) are starting to bitch about how games are getting easier with each release. It's no secret that most titles are now designed with both experienced and casual gamers in mind. » MORE

»	Oct 18, 2008 EA Preparing New Syndicate Game? As much as I enjoy the very idea of a new Syndicate game (was a huge fan of the original), it appears that the project may not be in the right hands; at least from where I'm standing. » MORE

Oct 15, 2008

Blizzard: Diablo III Arriving After StarCraft II
While Blizzard didn't hesitate to let us know about the brand new Wizard character class character class in its upcoming action RPG, Diablo III, they remain secretive about the game's release date - as they've done with pretty much most of their previous projects.

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»	Oct 13, 2008 Mornin '08 Like any other human being on this poor planet of ours, I too have a lengthy and rather rich history of dumps. You know - taking a shit, dropping the kids off at the pool, dry-docking the fudge barge, squeezing out a chocolate hot dog, dropping a bomb, etc. » MORE

»	Sep 11, 2008 Mornin '08 Here's the thing, people. We're currently fixing some issues we're having with our servers. As a result most of our downloads (including patches, movies, tools) may not work. » MORE

»	Aug 13, 2008 Mornin '08 I've finished every GTA game, except GTA IV. For some odd reason, I don't want to finish it, as much as I wanted to play through Vice City and San Andreas. » MORE

Jul 22, 2008

Kojima: Next Level of Gaming Not Possible Yet
Hideo Kojima, creator and director of the Metal Gear series, expressed his attitude towards current gaming technology quite a few times. While working on his recent project Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Hideo complained about the capacity of PS3's Blu-ray technology and how he wasn't able to create a project he originally envisioned.

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»	Jul 02, 2008 Diablo III - Colorful is Okay, Says Blizzard Yesterday, a bunch of Diablo fans expressed their discontent with Blizzard's Diablo III and the colorful approach the team took with the art and overall design this time around. » MORE

»	Jun 02, 2008 Crysis Patch Crisis The Crysis Monthly Update #1 explains that the people over at development studio Crytek are not going to release a new patch for Crysis - the long-awaited v1. » MORE

Mar 12, 2008

Playstation 3 - Dark Side, X360 Light Side
Definitely an interesting choice of cover art for Namco's upcoming beat-em-up sequel, Soul Calibur IV. As you may have heard already, the company has, in partnership with Lucas Arts, decided to include Star Wars icons, Master Yoda and Darth Vader, as playable characters in the game.

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Feb 29, 2008

Ken Levine Calls Casual Games 'Gateway Drug'
Ken Levine, the man behind the critically-acclaimed shooter, BioShock, made some comments regarding casual games. Now the thing which sticks from his statement, is not what he thinks on the casual games, but the way he phrases his statement, using the term "gateway drug" repeatedly.

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»	Feb 06, 2008 Mornin' 08 This whole energy crisis in the world has got me to thinking. Maybe alternative fuels are not the answer. We need to find a way to make cars run on stupid. » MORE

»	Nov 09, 2007 Soldier of Fortune: Payback Gold (It's Value to Full Retail Alchemy) Hm, Soldier of Fortune: Payback... As you probably know already, this was once a "value game," but has recently been turned into a full-fledged mainstream release by Activision. » MORE

»	Nov 02, 2007 Mythic Talks on Warhammer Online Delay Understandably disappointed and pretty cheesed off, 2lions reported yesterday that Mythic's MMOG, Warhammer Online, has been pushed back from Q1 2008 to Q2 2008. » MORE

»	Oct 22, 2007 BioWare Making Star Wars MMORPG? God how I wish this was true. I don't even care about the EA acquisition, I don't care about all the things I've said. I don't care about the comics I've made. » MORE

»	Sep 29, 2007 TF2 Pyros Get Buffed A new update for the Team Fortress 2 beta is now available through Steam. The Pyros get some loving; more accurate flame throwers that are more powerful at close range. » MORE

»	Sep 26, 2007 Mornin' I'm gonna tell you a little story about the history of man. Eons ago, when man was born (through mistake, God, or an accounting error -- it's yet to be determined), he (and she) decided that they should have seconds, hours, days and weeks. » MORE

»	Aug 27, 2007 Mornin' So, we're back from Leipzig. I was greeted this morning to a 3-hour power outage as I got to work. Things back to normal pretty much. We had to switch two ICE (Inter-City Express) high-speed trains on our way from Leipzig to Munich. » MORE

»	Aug 21, 2007 Mornin' Each day, a new day starts at the very instance the old one ends. But that's just the thing. Is there a nanosecond in between two days, a tiniest fraction of time when there are no days? » MORE

»	Jul 23, 2007 Shane Kim Presents: Microsoft Comedy Gold Thanks to EvilAvatar for spotting this, and Game Informer for providing us with such fantastically entertaining content. I'm actually being serious here. » MORE

Jul 25, 2007

Condemned 2 Creators Pondering Fate of Manhunt 2
The future of the Condemned sequel (a rather violent yet entertaining and well done game from Monolith) is, ironically, somewhat influenced by the controversy surrounding Rockstar's Manhunt 2 (game being banned left and right in Europe and eventually getting the AO [Adult Only] rating in the States).

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»	Jun 18, 2007 3D Realms Announces 'Earth No More' So it turns out news from a while back was true. As hinted in that post by 3D Realms' new creative director, Raphael Van Lierop, 3D Realms is indeed working on a new game. » MORE

»	Jun 01, 2007 Mornin' Mornin' everyone. Now, pray tell, what is the thing you want the most right now? » MORE

»	May 28, 2007 Tomb Raider: Anniversary Demo On this fine Monday morning, we shift our eyes towards the things that matter the most... namely, virtual boobies. Lara Croft is back in a brand new package and she's looking sexy as ever. » MORE

»	May 11, 2007 More Grand Theft Auto IV Details Emerge Here. Go nuts: According to the magazine, GTA IV is currently 66% complete. When Niko pulls out a pistol, a crosshair with a simple black cross within a circle shows up on the screen. » MORE

»	Apr 18, 2007 PlayStation Network - 600,000 Users, 3.7 Million Downloads In an interview posted by GamePro, the senior director of the PlayStation Network, talks about what's next for PSP and PS3 owners. He also boasts about the number of users currently with accounts on PSN. » MORE

»	Mar 30, 2007 Sizzling Grand Theft Auto IV HD Trailer! Dark, sinister, bold and completely M-rated! That's the GTA we all want to see. Watched the HD trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV and I completely loved it. » MORE

»	Feb 27, 2007 Dig vs. Digg - LucasArts In Trademark Dispute A few days ago, reports were coming in that LucasFilm filed a trademark infringement suit against the owners of Digg.com. According to the complaint, Digg infringes on the copyright of LucasArts' P&C adventure game, entitled The Dig. » MORE

Feb 12, 2007

The Console Side of Oblivion
Bringing Oblivion to consoles, obviously, isn't such an easy task for Bethesda. Many PS3 owners were disheartened when information surfaced that the PS3 version won't feature any downloadable content, which, incidentally, is one of the things why the game remained so popular on the Xbox 360 and the PC.

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»	Feb 05, 2007 N-Gage 2.0 is Coming... Apparently For some odd reason (probably because they are masochistic), Nokia has decided to go ahead with their plans for N-Gage 2.0, a follow up to their awkward cell phone/handheld gaming device hybrid. » MORE

Nov 27, 2006

Details on BioWare MMORPG Emerge
The folks from 1UP are reprinting a bunch of tid-bits on two upcoming exciting BioWare games. The first one is Dragon Age, a single-player RPG set in the company's proprietary fantasy universe, while the other game is the as-of-yet unnamed MMORPG, BioWare's first foray into the elusive genre.

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»	Nov 02, 2006 Molyneux Admits Tinkering With Games to Match Quotes I actually laughed a little while reading this. Eurogamer is reporting that Lionhead's Peter Molyneux has admitted that he sometimes changes things in his games to match the things he's been quoted as saying by the press. » MORE

»	Sep 13, 2006 Mornin' I killed Firemaw yesterday in Blackwing Lair, but that doesn't mean I'm officially back on Warcrack. I only sampled it for a friend. Felt horrible. Gonna do it again tomorrow night. » MORE

»	Aug 05, 2006 John Carmack about id's Next Game Should I call him the former guru of 3D technology? Anyway, I was brought up to think that would be sacrilege, so I'll stick with my old definition of Mr. » MORE

»	Jul 03, 2006 Ron Gilbert Chats About His Next Game The legendary creator of The Secret of Monkey Island, Ron Gilbert, reveals to Gamasutra some morsels of info about his next game (official details about it are still being kept under wraps). » MORE

»	Jun 07, 2006 Mornin' A friend of mine died the other day. He got a heart-attack while playing football. He had two wives. Yes, at the same time. They both knew about each other, they lived in separate flats and he had children with both. » MORE

»	Nov 22, 2005 Mornin' Please be forewarned that I plan to get a little artsy fartsy philosophical in the next few sentences. OK, everyone got that? To my younger reader, life may not have forced you yet to measure your true sense of worth, but that will come in time. » MORE

»	Nov 16, 2005 Starship Troopers Patch Fans of Starship Troopers will be happy to hear that a patch is now available for the video game. But you see, the thing is, this game doesn't need a patch, it needs not to exist. » MORE

Oct 19, 2005

Mornin'
Now that I've played all the major shooters running on their proprietary engines (and these include Far Cry, Doom 3, Half-Life 2, and F.E.A.R.) I can conclude with some degree of certainty that in terms of graphics Half-Life 2 comes out on top as the clear winner - both in terms of how it looks and how it performs.

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»	Sep 29, 2005 Adrian Carmack Files Suit Against iD The story of Adrian Carmack, id Software and Activision is far from reaching its conclusion. Now Adrian claims iD fired him so to avoid paying him his due. » MORE

Sep 22, 2005

Specific Questions About Revolution Controller Answered
Thanks to Shacknews for this excellent summary of a big-ass thread on the Gaming-Age forums in which journalist Chris Kohler, who wrote a Revolution hands-on article for Wired, answers specific questions about the controller.

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»	Sep 19, 2005 Mornin' I love the Daily Show. Seriously, I love it. I love it cause it's funny. But there's one thing about modern political satire that I find annoying. Annoying not in the sense that I can do anything about it. » MORE

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