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Step your little foot into this land before time, a time full of carnage.

The Combat of Giants series in a nutshell consists of a gathering of whatever enormous creatures man can muster up and then pitting them against each other to the death. These games have been historically based on dragons, mutant insects, or in the case of this game, dinosaurs. But for the first time ever, Ubisoft Montreal is bringing all the carnage and frenzy into eye popping 3D.

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Not just a Billy Joel song, but what happens when I play games of questionable quality for review.

It’s surprising what you find out about yourself after reviewing stacks of video games – or what other people seem to find out about you. At my last job, I worked with a bunch of guys who were all into video games, and as a matter of fact, most of those guys write for the site – Jason Hillhouse, Stanton Daries, and Sam Hawkins, to name a few. As you might expect, video game conversations were pretty frequent and often I’d talk about games I was reviewing at the time. After a few conversations, people started to see a trend.

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Stanton takes this week's hosting responsibilities as Nate Hascup and both Jasons join in for discussion.

This week's episode of PixlTalk comes in two parts. Catch "Side A" of the conversation today, and come back Monday for the next half, "Side B." This week begins with Stanton filling in as host for a driving Jason Ross. To begin, we recap everything from last week's podcast and hear some of Jason Hillhouse's viewpoints in key issues, as well as note changes from one week to the other in terms of incredible engines and seized European consoles.

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Game Companies stationed in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto are largely unhurt.

By now, many have heard of the devastating 8.9 earthquake that hit the north-eastern part of Japan. IGN reports that many Japanese game developers, such as Hideo Kojima, are tweeting that they are safe. However, at the time of this press release, Nintendo, Namco, Atlus and Sony have not said anything about their status.

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