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by Steve | February 16, 2012
The last few weeks have seen rumours that the next generation of Xbox will disable the ability to play second hand games. This started me thinking about the ethics and economics of the used game market and how the industry would change if it disappeared. Every publisher is only too eager to reveal how much money they are losing to the used game market and at first glance it does make alarming reading but the figures alone do not paint the full picture. [read more]
by OG | January 31, 2012
Our first Question of the Month for 2012 has the staff answering what is their most anticipated game for 2012.
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by OG | January 20, 2012
It's the final day for the 1st Anuual OG Awards. Here are our winners for each platform and The Game of the Year.
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by OG | January 16, 2012
Original-Gamer.com has been up and running for more than 3 years now, and we've never gave official awards. Today, we start our annual awards, The OG Awards. Today we have our miscellaneous awards for 2011.
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by OG | January 14, 2012
An ad for Soul Calibur V came out in Japan (fairly important part here) showing nothing but a mass amount of cleavage. Of course, to a male feminist hipster douchebag, this is equivalent to someone appearing in blackface. I came up with the 4 reasons why complaining about the Japanese Soul Calibur V ad makes you a douche. [read more]
by OG | January 11, 2012
2011 was a great time to be a gamer, but there were some hiccups here and there. Here’s some of the winners, losers, and assholes that really made 2011 to me.
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by Steve | January 10, 2012
2011 was a great year for gaming with some brilliant AAA titles releasing seemingly every month. Some people are even proclaiming 2011 as the best year in gaming history but for me, there were a lot of titles that either didn’t deliver on what was promised or that failed to hit the heights set by earlier titles in their series.
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by Eduardo | January 04, 2012
When you can have over 90 Marios left without even trying, the system has failed. [read more]
by OG | January 04, 2012
2011 is gone and 2012 is here. That means it's time to bicker over what is the Game of the Year.
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by MikeV | December 22, 2011
Did you get a Kinect for Christmas and have no idea what games to get for it? These are 5 games you should get that aren't Dance Central. [read more]
by OG | December 11, 2011
The VGAs are over and people are pissed. My question for those pissed is WHY ARE YOU TAKING IT SERIOUSLY!? [read more]
by OG | December 11, 2011
Female characters with big boobs don't make you sexist. Being a jerk does. [read more]
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