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IGN's Ultimate Games-to-Film Guide

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Digg shares a six pages IGN article that shares "the latest word on every videogame adaptation brewing in Hollywood. Movie studios have been mining the videogame industry for creative ideas since the early 1990s. Given nearly 20 years to crack the formula, you'd think that Hollywood would have a better track record. Sadly, many game-to-film adaptations haven't lived up to expectations... But there is a bright side... We've seen more than a few successes...

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Mythbusters: The Truth Behind 10 Great Videogame Myths

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Digg shares a two pages Crispy Gamer article on ten truths behind ten great videogame myths -- "We look at some of the most enduring myths surrounding games and the industry to see if there's any truth to these legends..."

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Left 4 Beatles -- The Zombie Beatles Video Game

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VideoSift shares a funny 3.25 minutes YouTube video showing a spoof/parody

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As a current video and/or computer gamer, how old are you?

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Have you ever watched someone playing the whole computer/video game(s)?

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N00b Boyfriend: L33T the parents.

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VideoSift shares a funny one minute and 39 seconds CollegeHumor video showing the "L33t/leet/elites" disapprove of their daughter's less-than-technologically-savy boyfriend.

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If Star Wars Was/Were Real (ISSWR)

Neatorama shares a multiple pages If Star Wars Was/Were Real (ISSWR) showing a doctored image gallery of images (currently five pages with 56 images total) that imagine a synthesis of human history (particularly in the 20th Century) and Star Wars

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The 40 Most Repeated Game Quotes

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This five pages GamesRadar article on the 40 most repeated game quotes -- "Film and television quotes are so entangled with our language that their origins are irrelevant to most speakers. We use Seinfeld-popularized neologisms and phrases constantly without considering how they became popular ('shrinkage,' 'close-talker,' 'not that there's anything wrong with that'). But games are a younger medium, and for a time were thought to be the realm of only children and socially-inept geeks. HA HA HA. NUH-UH! Hardcore gaming culture is wriggling its way into the mainstream as you read this (it had to make a brief stop at Hipster Town on its way, but it'll get there).

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Train Factor: Chronicling the mis/uses of trains in games.

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Offworld shares "Trains In Games" is a Web site that takes a closer look at details in video and computer games that developers missed.

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Living With First-Person Shooter (FPS) Disease

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VideoSift shares a funny two minutes YouTube video showing a parody/spoof of a 34 years old man living with first-person shooter (FPS) disease

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Behind The Scenes: How Tetris Blocks Are Made

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Boing Boing and Offworld share a 30 seconds Vimeo video showing an amusing South Korean television (TV) commercial/spot/advertisement (ad.)

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The Secret Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2009 Announcements You Didn't Know About

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Blue's News shares a four pages Gameplayer article on "many of the secrets of Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) of 2009; secret in that they did not come with a press release or a screenshot, nor was the information released to anyone walking by.

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2009 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data: Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry.

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Blue's News share a Joystiq article on the "... cold hard facts about gamer demographics, presented in a cold, hard manner. Look no further than the Entertainment Software Association (ESA)'s helpful annual pamphlet, the aptly tiltled '2009 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data: Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry.'

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24 Patriotic Achievements of Jack Bauer

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Digg shares a Fanboy article on what if 24's Jack Bauer had achievements like in computer and video games based from season 1 to 7 (spoilers obviously)

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