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Teach for America success in SA debated

August 10, 2012
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Teach for America success in SA debated

By Andrew Oxford If students are less than energetic about returning to the classroom this month, at least a few young teachers hope to make up for that. Brandon Honore is one of them. “Teach for America brings a lot of energy to education,” Honore said. The Dallas native arrived in San Antonio with...
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An Unlikely Marriage of RPG and Music Rhythm makes Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy a Surprising Gem

July 18, 2012
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An Unlikely Marriage of RPG and Music Rhythm makes Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy a Surprising Gem

Stagnation is no friend to the game industry. No matter how great the brand or how long the lineage, games must evolve with the turn of each new season. Leaps in technology and graphical prowess are usually to blame for this, as the gamer community demands more and more from each $60 venture. But...
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Radio Show Time!!!

June 19, 2012
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Stay a while and listen!! I know it’s been a while, and for that I cannot apologize enough. I’m sure a bunch of you out there have been knee deep in Diablo 3 like myself. Thankfully, I was able to pull myself away and make this post about the radio show I was on...
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Sony E3 2011: Playstation Vita to offer company new life

June 13, 2011
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Sony E3 2011: Playstation Vita to offer company new life

While Microsoft had the morning slot on the first day of E3, Sony opted for an evening conference that same day, rather than waiting until the end. Still recovering from the infamous crippling of the Playstation Network by a small group of hackers (as of this writing, several possible culprits have been arrested), they...
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Road to the Electronic Entertainment Expo

May 30, 2011
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E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is known by gamers by various descriptors: the mecca of gaming, gathering of the man children, the Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory of gaming, etc., etc. To gamers not in the industry, E3 is a sacred place where attendees get to play games that have yet to be announced, see new games for the first time, and...
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Sony’s networks crippled by one of the largest online attacks in history

May 9, 2011
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After watching the season finale of Fringe on Friday night, I took a page from Walter’s book and called up my alternate in the other universe. I was curious to see if the security breach on Sony’s Playstation Network was as bad over there as it was here. Surprisingly, my alternate thought I was...
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Magical anime girls fight for love and power in Arcana Heart 3

April 26, 2011
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Last month at PAX East 2011, I had the chance to try out the latest game that Aksys Games had recently licensed and localized, Arcana Heart 3. While fun, it was a shot preview due the the number of people wanting to try it out as well. Now thanks to their PR rep, I was able...
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Child of Eden: Making Motion Control Intuitive?

September 28, 2010
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Child of Eden: Making Motion Control Intuitive?

While I’m no Wii hater, I don’t play many games on Nintendo’s wiggle-waggle Gamecube because the motion control has proven itself, time and again, to be a classic case of a great idea with poor execution and limited technology. That and the fact that other game systems don’t ply me with standard definition graphics...
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5MB: 9/24

September 24, 2010
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This post marks the beginning of a new department for the Gentleman Gamer: 5MB.  Read and infer. 1MB El Shaddai: Ascension to the Metatron is a pastel-colored brawler with Biblical roots and developers from three really great games on board. Gameplay-wise, the game is straddling poetic fluidity and boring-button mashing, according to 1up’s Jeremy...
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