When the first Trauma Center, Under the Knife, was released for the Nintendo DS all those years ago, it was a cult hit: removing tumors with the stylus was an amazing experience that anyone without a weak stomach could get into. When the game was re-released for the Wii at launch, Second Opinion became more refined and even more entertaining. Now, a completely original title has been released for the Wii, and it’s just as good as the last, if not more so.
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Yes, it’s true, gaming magazine EGM will no longer be arriving to your mailbox. If you have recieved your January 2009 issue, consider it your last. Today the owners of EGM, Ziff Davis Media, has sold the rights to the magazine and its affliated websites. So from now on 1Up.com, MyCheats.com, GameVideos.com, and GameTab.com will be owned and operated by UGO Entertainment.

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In news sure to start Starcraft fans foaming at the mouth, several new Starcraft 2 screenshots have been released. SC2 looks to be shaping up nicely, and will hopefully be released sometime later this year (please Blizzard).

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Arriving on the internet yesterday was the first trailer for the Mario Power Tennis port for the Wii, albeit it’s only in Japanese but it’s food for thought and no doubt a great party game, check out the trailer after the jump.

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Ok, so has your wife or mom ever complained about your gaming mess? Yelled at your for having the controller on the coffee table? Well Target might just have the answer to your problems. I know it sounds slightly crazy, but while shopping with the wife today we ran across a must have for us. The Gaming Ottoman.

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Phantasy Star Online is and always will have a special place in my heart. I am not sure how long I played Phantasy Star on the Gamecube, all I know is that I loved every second of it and spent many hours spent killing monsters and gathering loot.

I longed for a sequel to the game that reinvigorated my love for RPGs. Unfortunately a sequel did release, but in the form of Phantasy Star Universe. While Universe was not a bad game and did improve upon the lackluster campaign and story of Online, it did not seem to recapture the magic that permeated throughout Online. So I have waited patiently for the game that could give me that Phantasy Star Online feel.

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VG Chartz is now reporting Wii Sports is the highest selling game of all time, finally surpassing the long held benchmark set by Super Mario Bros, overtaking it with a massive 40.52 million units sold.

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In a somewhat random move by the Japanese PR side of Capcom they arranged Japanese Pop Band ‘GaGaGa’ to create a music a video for their upcoming port of Dead Rising for the Wii.

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So for years upon years, I have loved gaming. I enjoy nearly every genre, although I do claim shooters as my favorite. There’s something about shooters that have always claimed my attention. With shooters, the graphics may change and a few quirks may be thrown in but for the most part the games are the same.

You can continuously carry over your skills from shooter to shooter and feel right at home. That’s not the same with other genres. Action games can be drastically different. RPG’s all differ, at least to me. I guess the closest genre to shooters in the carrying over of skills is the new hype around music games. But for me, role playing games have always been my kryptonite.

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Over on Xbox.com it has been revealed that Skate 2′s demo will be coming to marketplace on Thursday, January 8th.  Skate 2 is the second in the franchise, developed after a highly successful debut of Skate that beat out it’s competition franchise Tony Hawk.  The Playstation 3 version is set to release the same day.  Enjoy the demo and give us your thoughts of the game.

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2008 was quite the year for Xbox Live gaming, the year started on a high note with Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 being released in the last quarter of 2007, then picked up more momentum with the releases of GTAIV, Call of Duty: World at War and Gears of War 2. Wondering what the most played Live games were? Check out the lists after the jump.

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The last major holiday of the season has come and gone and left us with a tornado of new releases from quarter 4. With the girlfriend spending the vast majority of her time with her family, I’m finding decent time to play games. How about you guys?

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