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Who the hell called Dead Island Game of the Year?!

Here at PixlBit we try to report news and provide articles with as little bias as possible, but sometimes we just have to let loose and just let our true feelings be known on a particular subject.  It is in this spirit that we introduce “Rage Quit,” a new series that will see one of the PixlBit staffers go off without having to worry about the little things like common decency.

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379 employees are now without work.

Things haven’t been exactly sunshine and roses for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developers 38 Studios and subsidiary Big Huge Games.  The Curt Schilling run studio has been making national headlines for all the wrong reasons, initially missing the first payment of a $75 million dollar loan to the state of Rhode Island – the repercussions for which are starting to hit home.

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And it's amazing.

We’re at a point in time when a plethora of franchises from the early days of gaming are reaching major milestones.  Just one of those storied game series is Street fighter, which is celebrating its 25^th anniversary all year long.  Capcom has already announced that they would be holding a global tournament series to mark the occasion, but Street Fighter fans and video game collectors will surely be much more excited about the newly announced Street Fighter 25^th Anniversary Collector’s Set.

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You will pry my game cases out of my cold, dead hands. Physical media for life!

Various technical difficulties, internet ghosts, and Rob operating at 40% capacity can’t stop the Tri-Force crew from making their appointed podcast rounds. This week, we are joined by a very special guest—John Gholson from movies.com! He joins the rest of the crew for a veritable smorgasbord of sumptuous geekery. We also answer your questions, talk about what we’ve been playing, get into some movie discussion, and throw some comic book love your way.

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Crazy clicking creates copious cases of carpal tunnel.

Click. Click. Click. It’s hard to believe that a game that’s entirely based around mouse clicking can be as entertaining, addictive, and all-consuming as Diablo III is. Blizzard took twelve years to deliver the third release of their dungeon-exploring, monster-slaying, loot-hoarding series, and it was entirely possible that this game wouldn’t deliver on over a decade of anticipation. I’m here to tell you that Blizzard did indeed deliver and as soon as I’m done telling you exactly how amazing this game is you can count on me going back in for more clicking, carnage, and loot. Often imitated but never duplicated, Blizzard has given a powerful reminder of who the king of the click really is.

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