It’s been a long time since we have touched base with our sister site Casualty Gamer, so enjoy and check out the latest hot stories below.

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Eden is like nothing you’ve seen before. It’s platforming, it’s art, and it includes a full house techno soundtrack. It’s an experience. Read more… »

You may have heard of Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the founders of the Penny Arcade webcomic.  The duo is also responsible for the Child’s Play charity drive and the Penny Arcade Expo.  Basically, they’re a couple native born Washingtonians that make the state look good, and now Washington is thanking them.

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In lieu of the Midway CEOs withholding paid vacation from employees of the struggling company to increase their own bloated salaries with bonuses, the following is incredible news.  Square-Enix’s Yoichi Wada has announced that some key CEOs are taking self-imposed pay cuts.

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Pac-Man’s 30th Birthday is coming up, and Hirokazu Yasuhara (designer of Sonic games and the Jak series) is talking about releasing a new title for our hungry friend, possibly an adventure game.

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With the release date for Bioshock 2: Sea Of Dreams fast approaching, 2K Games have created a teaser website just to get us all in the mood. Featuring the kind of dark and disturbing imagery you would expect from the series, the page is sure to result in amateur detectives and conspiracy theorists everywhere dusting off their thinking caps and getting cracking on solving this case. Read more… »

Need some more nuclear fallout fun? Itching to pick up that gattling laser and massacre hundreds of people? Well, the wait is almost over. Bethesda has officially announced that the second DLC pack for their multiple award-winning Fallout 3, entitled “The Pitt,” will be released on the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live March 24th for 800 Microsoft Points, nearly two months to the day after the first, lackluster DLC “Operation: Anchorage.” Read more… »

So you know how you can go to one of those Red Box kiosks and rent a movie for a buck?  Well now Gamefly is letting you do the same thing for PS3/ 360 games at $2.49 and Wii games at $1.99 a day.  Looks like someone is trying to give the brick and mortor rental stores a run for their $9-a-rental money.

The first locations to receive these kiosks are college campuses.  I guess GameFly knows who can’t afford purchasing games brand new.

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For those of you who are foaming at the mouth with excitement over the upcoming Left 4 Dead free DLC survival pack, take a look at the following video. It features Hunter punting, Smoker wranglin’, and Tank BBQ.

While it may only look like L4D with a timer, the focus in Survival mode is on defending a singular location. This change in pace will be an interesting twist on gameplay that otherwise focuses on keeping things moving. Allegedly the Valve team can’t last more than 10 minutes against the waves of undead, so it seems that this might be perfect for that “bite sized” round of L4D to squeeze between your morning shower and breakfast. Read more… »

Yeah, me too. I’m sick to the teeth of the word. So much, in fact, that I almost shudder whenever it leaves my lips: “Innovation”. There, I said it. OK, typed it *hand shudder *. Unfortunately, it’s a word that is increasingly cropping up in the world of gaming, and so I’ve become resigned to the fact that it exists, casting its huge shadow over the realms of creative thinking.

I really respect and am excited by the fact that gaming is being pushed forward more and more, with new ideas and gameplay elements creating both new genres and a broader spectrum, in terms of experience, within already existing ones. It’s just that I wish things felt a little more organic than they are right now. I wish new ideas didn’t have to be labelled so ungraciously, sought out and picked apart in great depth, causing developers to second guess themselves and get stage fright just when they had something good going on.

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With Gametrailers doing a full-on retrospective for Resident Evil, it would be hard to top that. Instead, I’m presenting to you one of the finest extra modes in gaming: Mercenaries. The objective is simple enough: make it through a gauntlet of zombies and creatures with a time limit. Think you can handle it? Read more… »

The Need For Speed series has been in undeniable decline for the past few years. Iteration after iteration of the same tired formula, Laughable storylines and dialogue which embarrassed even long serving fans of Need For Speed hasn’t exactly pushed the series in any new directions. With the announcement of not one but three new NFS games, EA has really gone out on a whim with the series. Read more… »