Rating summary: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 2 is a 'point-and-click' adventure game based on characters from the online comic Penny Arcade. Players battle enemies using a role-playing game style combat system, taking turns using fists and weapons to harm various robots and humans. Several cutscenes depict 'cartoony,' over-the-top instances of violence, including heads being blown off, characters sliced up by lasers, splattering blood and flying body parts. Humor is often based on bodily functions and 'by-products' (e.g., syringe injections full of urine) and sometimes sexuality (e.g., robots humping legs, testicles and taxidermy). The game also contains frequent use of strong profanity (e.g., "f*ck" and "sh*t").
Rating summary: Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of Allied soldiers in both the European and Pacific Fronts during World War II. Combat can be intense with extensive use of camera effects (e.g., slow-motion, blurring, and screen shakes) and realistic sound effects to highlight the tense and frenetic nature of each battle. Fighting is fast-paced with players using a large array of military weapons (guns, grenades, and flamethrowers). Collateral damage includes sprays of red blood when enemies are shot; maimed appendages from explosions; and flailing and screaming when enemies are set on fire. Cutscenes and historical footage can contain graphic depictions of prisoner/POW executions. Strong profanity can be heard during gameplay (e.g., "f*ck" and "sh*t").
Rating summary: Fallout 3 is a action role-playing game set in the barren wasteland of a post-apocalyptic society. Players assume the role of a resident of an underground complex who emerges from a vault to explore a wastleland universe through a series of quests/missions. Mission objectives sometimes involve exploring various caves, sewers, and subway tunnels, while other quests involve combat with human and mutant survivors. Fighting can be frenetic and intense, highlighted by various camera effects (e.g., slow motion, blurring, screen shakes) and depictions of realistic dismemberment with trails of red blood. In one scene, players enter a black-and-white virtual reality simulation in which they use a kitchen knife to kill household members and pets. Characters are sometimes seen consuming fictional drugs (e.g., "Buffout," "Jet," and "Mentats"), while the player can also use – with no visual depiction of consuming/administering – a narcotic called "psycho," which with repeated uses leads to addiction. A screen-blurring effect indicates the state of characters' intoxication and the need to use the narcotic to fend off various side effects. Several of the characters are prostitutes and the details of their sexual activities are mildly insinuated (e.g., "You got the cash I got the time…I take care of men around here."). Strong profanity can also be heard throughout the game (e.g., "f*ck," "a*shole," and "sh*t").
Rating summary: Lips is a karaoke music game in which players sing along with music videos of various styles and genres. Players score points by matching the pitch and duration of notes displayed on the screen. Music videos often depict provocatively dressed women in suggestive dance routines or poses (e.g., women in bikinis crawling on the beach, short shorts with rear close-ups, metallic body paint, and frequent depictions of cleavage). Some song lyrics contain mild language (e.g., "God damn" and "whore") as well as frequent sexual references (e.g., "A chick walks by ya wish ya could sex her"). A custom video depicts an animated battle between two armies of sword-wielding robots. In another music video, a young woman in a school uniform smokes a cigarette in the foreground.
Rating summary: Little Big Planet is an action adventure game set in a whimsical land filled with puppets and platforming puzzles. Players can create, customize, and guide their character through levels of platforms, enemies and hazards. Hazards include bombs, spiked vehicles, stampeding bulls, and even giant shoes. One ancillary character makes belching noises while talking to the player's character.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one contests of strength using popular heroes and villains from DC Comics and characters from the Mortal Kombat fighting games. Players kick, punch and block their way to victory, which is achieved when the opponent's life meter is depleted. Players can perform a variety of combos and special moves, some of which result in brief splashes of red blood. After an opponent is beaten twice, players can perform one of several finishing moves called 'fatalities' and 'brutalities.' Fatalities depict a variety of dramatic finishing moves including gunshots, stabbings and neck snaps. Female characters are depicted in revealing clothing with exaggerated breast proportions and movement.Gunshots? Stabbings? Neck snaps? Revealing clothing and exaggerated breast proportions?
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Blizzard Comments On No LAN Support In StarCraft II
No IPX, no sale.
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Whatcha Playing This Weekend? Independence Day Edition
It's a long weekend for many in the U.S. Tell us how you're spending it indoors with the shades drawn.
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Hey Brad, Did You Know That The Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Soundtrack Is Out Tomorrow?
Sorry if you're not Brad, I just had to get this message to him and this was the most efficient method I could think of.
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I Got Next Gets Got
Get a taste of this documentary about the competitive fighting game scene.
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Halo: Reach May Be Natal-Friendly
Teabagging just got waaay more disgusting.
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XNA Community Games Not Economically Viable
But then, they weren't ever supposed to be huge money makers, were they?
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Ogle Some Of Forza 3's Hot Japanese Rides
Fans of imported car porn, rejoice!
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"Authentic" StarCraft Lessons: $25 An Hour
This is as gosu as it gets.
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Whatcha Playing This Weekend? Independence Day Edition
It's a long weekend for many in the U.S. Tell us how you're spending it indoors with the shades drawn.
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Blizzard Comments On No LAN Support In StarCraft II
No IPX, no sale.
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Way Of The Warrior 2009
OK, reality check time. Can anyone tell me if any of this is actually happening? I've got a loose grip on reality after hearing about this upcoming 2D digitized fighting game.
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Halo: Reach May Be Natal-Friendly
Teabagging just got waaay more disgusting.
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Ogle Some Of Forza 3's Hot Japanese Rides
Fans of imported car porn, rejoice!
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Hey Brad, Did You Know That The Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Soundtrack Is Out Tomorrow?
Sorry if you're not Brad, I just had to get this message to him and this was the most efficient method I could think of.
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Faction Transfers Coming To World of Warcraft
Maybe a little change of scenery would do your alternate characters some good?
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XNA Community Games Not Economically Viable
But then, they weren't ever supposed to be huge money makers, were they?
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Battlefield 1943 XBLM - July 8, 2009 |
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Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal PC - July 7, 2009 |
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The BIGS 2 X360 | PS3 | PSP | PS2 - July 7, 2009 |
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ARMA II PC - July 7, 2009 |
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The King of Fighters XII PS3 | X360 - July 7, 2009 |
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Bit.Trip Core WSHP - July 6, 2009 |
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Trine (Steam) PC - July 2, 2009 |
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The Punisher: No Mercy PSN - July 2, 2009 |
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Worms 2: Armageddon XBLM - July 1, 2009 |
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The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match XBLM - July 1, 2009 |
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on Nov. 12, 2008
Yet somewhat annoying.