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EA CEO John Riccitiello has a new message for people who want to pirate EA games: go ahead and do it. “By the way, if there are any pirates you’re writing for, please encourage them to pirate FIFA Online, NBA Street Online, Battleforge, Battlefield Heroes…” he told IndustryGamers. “If they would just pirate lots of it I’d love them. [laughs] Because what’s in the middle of the game is an opportunity to buy stuff.” Welcome to the new EA, where you’re not being sold a game, you’re being sold a store.

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It’s not often that a video game can prove legitimately hilarious, but such is the case with Sam & Max.

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Yesterday we talked about GameStop’s lack of concern over digital distribution, and the conversation quickly turned to whether or not the death of retail game sales would be a good thing for consumers. So I thought I’d bring it to the readers: if you had the choice between buying a game online and buying it at a store, which would you pick?

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Are you a Tekken fan? Are you ready to drop some serious money on your favorite fighting game? Namco Bandai has just sent final details on the packages available with Tekken 6, and there is some impressive stuff going on here. Custom Penny-Arcade art? Oh yes. Arcade sticks? Those too. Let’s take a look.

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After attending E3 this year, our grand plan was to write a detailed post comparing and contrasting DJ Hero with Scratch so our readers could take a look at where DJ-based games are headed, and whether either one will be worth a purchase. Unfortunately, events conspired to keep that from happening, even though we had a meeting scheduled with Activision to talk about DJ Hero and an invite to the Scratch party. The problem? These games just don’t seem ready, and that’s worrying when both releases are planned for this year.

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This week we have… well, we have many stories about Ghostbusters. That’s not surprising: the brand is still strong, the game is fun, and even the Wii version is worth checking out. In other news Prototype leaves us cold, and Rock Band makes a high-quality jump to the PSP. Let’s take a look at what the gaming world was talking about this week.

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Let’s Tap is a game that seems to take the novel uses of the Nintendo Wii and push them into near-satire. The game doesn’t even come with the peripheral you need to play the game: you are asked to provide your own box to lay the Wiimote on top of, so you can comfortably tap along to the game. That’s right, you interact with everything from the menus to the game itself by tapping on a box with the tips of your fingers. The shocking thing? It works very, very well.

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Let’s Tap is a game that seems to take the novel uses of the Nintendo Wii and push them into near-satire. The game doesn’t even come with the peripheral you need to play the game: you are asked to provide your own box to lay the Wiimote on top of, so you can comfortably tap along to the game. That’s right, you interact with everything from the menus to the game itself by tapping on a box with the tips of your fingers. The shocking thing? It works very, very well.

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The war over Left 4 Dead 2 continues. Some are screaming that the game is too early, and they expected more support for the first game, and others are saying that more of a good thing is never worth complaining about. We gave Valve a chance to speak for itself, and that seemed to cause even more arguments in the comments.

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If you’re looking to round out your education on games, this bundle is a solid way of catching up on two of the better games of the past few years. 2K Games is releasing a two-game bundle that includes both Bioshock and Oblivion. The cost? $40 for the 360, $30 for the PC.

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