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Yuji Naka and Prope deliver solid gameplay with an incredibly charming presentation.

Prope, founded by Sonic creator, Yuji Naka, is quickly becoming know for their low budget, simplistic games on the Wii. They originally came to market with the quirky Let's Tap, and its equally weird brother, Let's Catch. Since then, Naka had a son and was subsequently inspired to produce a game that would appeal to the toddler. The result of that effort is the undeniably cute, Ivy the Kiwi?.

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Apparently when people said DNF, they really meant Did Not Finish Yet.

It was revealed today that the running joke of the gaming world, Duke Nukem Forever would not remain in limbo for the rest of time. While creating studio 3DRealms is no longer around to finish the title, Take-Two Interactive has acquired the rights and appointed Gearbox Software to take use of the many assets from the game and finish up the original vision.

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The good old days, when machineguns were mounted on a swivel to the arcade cabinet and ammo wasn't even a concern.

Light gun games have a come a long way since they were introduced many years ago. One of the first I can remember playing as a kid was Gunblade NY from Sega. The cabinet featured two mounted machineguns and the gameplay encouraged constant gripping of the trigger. There were no alternative goals to the gameplay, it was simply point and shoot at anything that moved. As the years have gone by, players have experienced far deeper missions, a variety of guns, and some more complicated cabinets to do simple pointing and shooting. With the latest release from Sega, players have the ability to step back in time and enjoy two classics of the genre, Gunblade NY and L.A. Machineguns.

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