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Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Call of Juarez: The Cartel is a first-person-shooter that has been dubbed “the new wild west”. The story centers around three very different (seedy) individuals, each from some branch of law enforcement, that are working together to secretly take down a powerful Mexican drug cartel that has been snaking its coils around Los Angeles. How does this Ubisoft title separate itself from other FPS? Let’s take a look.

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Zombonie

barkingspace: So, what’s Zombonie about?
Lanfranc: It’s about the all-Canadian dream to battle through the eventual Zombie apocalypse on a Zombonie…
barkingspace: A zombonie?
Lanfranc: i mean Zambonie
Lanfranc: it’s infectious
barkingspace: Ah
barkingspace: As most zombies are.
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The Ultimate Alphabet

Jorge: Hey there. You’ve been playing The Ultimate Alphabet. How is it?
Kirk: Quite addictive. And i’m not usually a Scrabble/Word Search kind of guy. Big beautiful Renaissance-like painting and there are 362 “A” words that you need to identify. 362 “A” words!!!!!!
Jorge: I think this is actually based on a book from the 80′s. I actually seem to remember something like that. It sounds like it translates nicely into game format, especially on iOS?
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Angry Birds

barkingspace: So.
barkingspace: Angry Birds.
barkingspace: How long have you had it now?
Lanfranc: a couple weeks now… ton ‘o fun
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Street Fighter IV: iPod Edition

Jorge: So what do you think of sf4 for the ipod?
Krk: Me likes… Good intro for a non-fighter guy
Jorge: Controls?
Krk: Touch screen D-pad is bigger than most games, so… it’s easier than most of the FPS on there
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