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An old man's longing for local multiplayer.

My gaming experiences of last year that no one wants to read

Is it time for Shaq Fu, the mid-'90s 2D fighter featuring the 4x NBA Champion, to make a comeback?

News Blips for Wednesday, October 19, 2011: NFL Blitz revived for XBLA and PSN; Battlefield 3 for Xbox 360 will be much less detailed without the texture pack installed; PS Store opens on PS Certified devices (which is only one tablet); and more.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we look at the dating scene in Dragon Age, lament the loss of Mega Man Legends 3, and give praise to portable sports titles. Oh, and the original Xbox makes an appearance, too.

Why mobile sports games appeal to me more than their console big brothers

Bitmob's pictorial weekly news recap: Looks great...less reading!

GameDay 2011 is a charity event designed to raise funds for the International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum. Gamers from all over the world will live-stream their attempts to set world records for all types of titles.

In this week's episode of the Mobcast, Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Brett Bates, Demian Linn, and Rus McLaughlin mull over the topic of alternative gaming platforms. The crew discusses GameStop's Flash-based website Kongregate, casual play on Facebook, iPhone apps, and their favorite non-digital games.

For this Presidents' Day, we took a poll of the entire U.S. population of the top 10 gaming moments featuring the commander in chief. Then we threw those votes through an electoral system that made those votes worthless and decided those 10 moments ourselves.

I never liked sports games, but I've always made an exception for those involving Mario. Unfortunately, Mario Sports Mix is an exception to that exception. The game lacks the depth of a full sports title and the simple fun of mini-games.

This week, Dead Space 2 Community Manager Jay Frechette and Area 5's Matt Chandronait gather around the campfire with Bitmob's Brett Bates and Rus McLaughlin to talk about what scary games to right and wrong, their personal scariest moments from games, the horror of losing a save file, and what they'd write on the tombstone of the cheat code.

Part 2 of Frank's look back at the games he played in 2010.

Video Blips for Dec. 2, 2010. Binary Domain pits a squad of hardened human soldiers against waves of robots, Unbound Saga's Rick Ajax has a bone to pick with his creator, NBA Jam brings out the basketeer in all of us, and more.

In a weird experiment I try to avoid games that require any language skills at all and find the results surprising.

Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 11/15/2010.

Achievements on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3's Trophies are virtually identical, but they mean very different things to us.

News Blips for November 3, 2010: EA cancels NBA Elite 11, Shinji Mikami's first project with Bethesda will be his last as director, Microsoft responds to upset indie developers, and more.

Is NBA 2K11 cover athlete Michael Jordan more than a throwback gimmick? We offer three reasons in the affirmative.

Video Blips for October 8, 2010. Today, we have the origin story for Kratos in God of War: Ghost of Sparta, a preview of how adjectives work in Super Scribblenauts, a look at the political side of NBA Jam, and more.