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Why yes, we will be playing moreHalo: Reachthis evening. Funny you should ask. Hopefully, the game’s algorithm for picking match types — and its largely chaotic audience — will go for something other than SWAT and Snipers, for once. Because really, those two modes aren’t so great. At least, not to the point where we need to collectively choose them whenever they show up for largely inexplicable reasons. Do your fellow gamers a favor, and vote for an alternative mode every once in a while....

CNN.com hasa storyup about a recent study that finds that surgeons with gaming skills are better than surgeons without. A study performed at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, showed that surgeons that played at least three hours of games a week could preform laproscopic surgery (a form of surgery in which the doctor has to manipulate medical instruments through a tiny incision in a patient) with 37 percent fewer errors, and 27 percent faster than surgeons who couldn’t tell the difference between Gordon Freeman and Morgan Freeman....

This week’s forgotten game holds a special place in my heart.Clive Barker’s Undying, released in February of 2001, was the title that made me want to write about videogames. At the time, I had never seen anything like it: it melded fantasy, horror, and balls-out action in a wholly unprecedented way. It kicked total ass. And as aresultof how much ass it kicked, it only sold about four copies. Hence the article you are now reading....

In the modern world, art and media are created for many reasons. Sometimes, an artist yearns to tell a particular story. In other cases, the auteur has a specific idea or message he wishes to convey. Butsometimes— and cases like this may be slightly rarer than you think — whomever’s in charge just wants to tell a story where a guy with a sword slices up roughly nine thousand pistol-wielding white people....

GameTaprecently launched a new animated shorts series where influential and highly stylized artists and writers have the chance to give their favorite games a reimagining of sorts. On the waiting list of creators is Jim Lee, Warren Ellis, Brian Pulido, Gail Simone, Michael Stackpole, Ivan Reis, Cully Hamner, Christos N. Gage, Louie Del Carmen, and David Alvarez, each of who will have their own episode(s) for the series’ debut, Tomb Raider....

Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are offering someneat pre-order bonusesfor the respective releases ofRed Alert 3andFar Cry 2. If you pre-order the upcoming RTS or FPS, you will be able to net yourself their prequels as DLC for absolutely nothing. Of course, if you’re interested in the sequel, you’ll likely already own or have finishedFar Cryor the first twoRed Alerttitles, but it could certainly help make a pre-order more attractive to newcomers....

I’ll be straight with you. My pal Brad Nicholson has used his glistening, shapely muscles to do all the work here. I’m really just linking you to several of his good sale roundups of iOS games. Capcom,GameloftandSegaare having good sales this weekend.NamcoandEA? Yep, they’re all up in it as well.Lots of othersare also getting down with the discounts. Load up your iPad or iPhone with games you’ll never finish! Feel good about yourself scrolling through countless icons on your Apple thing!...

Around of a half of PlayStation 3 owners have a PlayStation Portable. That means that roughly 50 percent of PlayStation 3 owners have access to a handheld that needs more quality games. The information stems from amessage board postingby Christian Svennson, Capcom’s vice president of strategic planning and business development. Along with having one of the largest titles in corporate history, he also enjoys playing games. According to his profile, he is currently traversingWarhammer Online,LittleBigPlanet,Fallout 3, andValkyria Chronicles....

Entertainment Consumers Association president and all-round nice chap Hal Halpin haspenned his monthly columnfor Industry Gamers, talking about the importance of perception and how the general public have been allowed to think of gamers. Claiming that gamers have been too inactive when it comes to combating negative stereotypes, he believes it’s time we fought back. “Combating the negative stereotypes the gaming industry and gamers themselves face is becoming a daunting task,” he argues....

Capcom askedDead Risingfans to dream up the craziest weapon it could for the upcomingDead Rising 2 Off the Record. Turns out,Dead Risingfans are sadistic bastards. The result was the “Electric Crusher,” a combination of a sledgehammer and a battery pack., which will appear in the upcoming game. When this thing hits the undead, it… well… just watch the video. It ain’t pretty. Dead Rising 2 Off The Record, which brings Frank West to Fortune City, is out October 11 for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360....

Game development is a collaborative process, so it’s no surprise that Harmonix isn’t going into the upcomingGreen Day: Rock Bandalone. The developer confirmed with us today that it has partnered with developerDemiurge Studios, design firmMK12, and others to bring the pop punk trio to life. While you may not know their names, both Demiurge and MK12 have worked with Harmonix in the past. Demiurge was responsible for bringingRock BandDLC track packs to retail; MK12 was behindThe Beatles: Rock Band‘s gorgeous animated cinematics....

Yesterday, Microsoft and Bungie premiered a60-second live-actionHalo: Reachclip. After the hyperventilating subsided, our residentHalofanboy Hamza Aziz posted it for all to see. The nerd even said the trailer didn’t do “the fiction some justice” because it didn’t show the “Birth of the Spartan” in detail. “Oh my word,” he said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “Clearly there’s more to it than this. Plus, the armor in the trailer more closely resembles the prototype MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V than the final issue combat suit....

The first part of HAWP’s two-parter finaleis here! Actually, it was here on Friday, but I was too busy working on a finale of my own to be able to post about it here… thankfully, stuff this good never expires. And it’s only going to get better in the upcoming second half! Anthony doesn’t think that this finale is as epic as last season’s, but I think it’s pretty awesome in a totally different way....