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Starcraft II is here, and you can win a copy

rgbFilter is celebrating the release of the game by giving away two copies of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, in conjunction with Future Shop. Just leave a comment after the break, and we will randomly pick the winners.The entries have been tallied! Congratulations to unokilo321 and heimp!

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A Life Well Wasted, gaming radio done right

A Life Well Wasted is the brainchild of former Computer Gaming World, Game for Windows Magazine contributor, and member of the legendary 1up GFW Radio podcast (you can find a ‘best of’ here), Robert Ashley. After the demise of the ‘old’ 1up, and the end of GFW Radio, he decided to continue keep that show’s legacy and high-standards, alive by producing his own podcast. However, unlike GFW Radio, A Life Well Wasted is not a roundtable discussion style show, but more akin to the kind of radio shows found on…

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Team Fortress 2 now on OS X, FREE this weekend

After Valve’s successful launch of Steam for Mac, this weekend sees the release one of the most anticipated Valve Mac games, Team Fortress 2, where the eternal debate of Mac vs. PC can finally be settled on the digital battlefield (Steam Play supports cross-platform play). The day Ian Fleming invented penicillin. The day scientists invented the moon landing. The day Sir Isaac Newton distracted the policemen investigating his wife’s murder by discovering gravity. All of these historic moments have two things in common. They helped steer the course of human…

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A Visual Guide To The Role-Playing Game

Last week Kotaku posted a very cool, and informative, infographic about RPG video games – In case you needed a quick primer on the who’s who and what’s what of the role-playing genre, or just want something pretty to hang on the fridge, here’s The Kotaku Genre Guide to Role-Playing Games. Consider this a round-up of some of the key info you need to know to stay abreast of the role-playing game genre. You’ve got the top-ranked games, a field guide to RPG sub-genres, and a look at some of…

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Toronto Hand Eye Society Social Tonight

The Toronto Hand Eye Society, a “not-for-profit coalition of projects and people in support of Toronto’s videogame communities”, is holding their third social of 2010, at Unit Bar, 1198 Queen West. In addition to having a presentation by Brandon Boyer, founder of Offworld, contributing editor of Boing Boing & newly appointed IGF Chairman, the Society just announced that indie game artist Mark Essen will also be attending: Mark Essen Hoffman aka MESSHOF, a bona fide indie videogame rockstar & educator, will be rocking Unit Bar this Thursday alongside Mr. Boyer….

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A Brief History of the Modern Pixel, 8-bit Heroes, and more…

Simon Cottee, animator of the pixel art cartoon Rule (created in Sleep is Death, see it after the jump) has put together this short documentary on pixel art, where he talks to SiD creator Jason Rohrer, chiptune musician Dot.AY, and Studio Joho, creators of the Dan the Man video (also after the jump) Ars Technica also recently posted a great pixel art article, 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art. They talked to some of the field’s best artists and developers, such as Gary J. Lucken (Army of…

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Rockstar releases Red Dead Redemption launch trailer

The more I see of this game, the more I can’t wait to play it! While there have been many attempts before to create a ‘Western’ themed game, none of them have pulled it off successfully, however this game, a ‘Grand Theft Auto in the Old West’, looks like it could change that. Early impressions of the game posted today at Kotaku are good, and it looks like this game will be a must buy for 360 and PS3 owners. Hopefully, like Rockstar San Diego’s other franchise Midnight Club, there…

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If Mario Was Designed in 2010

If Mario was first designed in 2010, he’d probably have to adopt some of our modern trends… Game designer Zack Hiwiller recently posted on his blog a series of screenshots of what Super Mario Bros. would be like if it was made today. His observations are spot on but, obviously, from the note he added, there are other game designers who might feel a bit ‘uncomfortable’ looking at his post: While this post is meant to be humorous, it isn’t meant to be humorous at the expense of my fellow…

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Microsoft & Epic announces Gear of War 3, coming April 5th 2011

What has been called “worst-kept secret in the video game industry” has finally been official announced – Gears of War 3, the conclusion to the trilogy, is coming from Epic Games and Microsoft on April 5th 2011 on the Xbox 360. Cliff Bleszinski, from Epic, appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, and talked about some of the new Gears 3 features, including a playable female solider, new weapons and new aliens. He also tweeted later that the game will have four player co-op! Cliff was supposed…

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The iPad: Did Apple jump the shark, or is it a tablet for the masses?

Well, iPad day has come and gone, and with it the dreams of many an Apple fan, if our internal emails here at rgbFilter are any indication. In the weeks leading up to the announcement of the new iPad, there was all kinds of rampant speculation. Will it be iPhone OS, or OS X? How big will it be? Will there be a stylus? Will it magically kill both other ebook readers and netbooks in one fell swoop? If you followed the standard commentary, not just in the tech press,…

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