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Retro Gaming Expo coming first weekend in August

The latest news is to inform everyone about a video game expo coming the first weekend in August.  Retro Gaming Expo.  Please see the article for details.

John Hancock is now Papa John

In other news John, one of the authors on Specialty Gamer - who does the Northwest Gamer - is now the father of a baby girl boy (sorry, my mistake), Justice with his wife Sarah.

Congrats!  And hope you get plenty of rest.

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Retro Gaming Expo - August 2 and 3, 2008 in Portland, OR

  Written by Brian Moy on July 14, 2008 | Comments (0)

A video game expo is coming to Portland, OR at the first weekend in August - the 2nd and 3rd.  This is the third annual video game show put on by NWCGE, this year the show even has its... Click to read full story.

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Review: Space Invaders Extreme (DS/PSP)

  Written by Dant Rambeaux on July 2, 2008 | Comments (2)

  Space Invaders has come a long way since it’s inception 30 years back in 1978. While the popularity of the game has fluctuated - mainly due to poor remakes and sequels - Taito is choosing to celebrate the 30-year... Click to read full story.

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Sonic Adventure (DC)

  Written by Josh Parr on June 11, 2008 | Comments (3)

      Sonic Adventure, released in 1999 in North America, and was the first Sonic game to be featured on the Dreamcast and brought a welcome and highly anticipated change to the Sonic series.  It has sold over one million copies... Click to read full story.

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BEYOND GOOD & EVIL 2 TEASER TRAILER SHOWN AT UBIDAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Written by Creston Gueldner on May 30, 2008 | Comments (2)

I knew it would happen, I never gave up hope on it, But nonetheless it’s amazing 4 years after BG&E1’s release and with poor sales (for its budget), there’s a trailer for a sequel! This is just F****ing fantastic, Ubi... Click to read full story.

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Maxis co‐founder working on new Oddworld game.

  Written by Creston Gueldner on May 26, 2008 | Comments (0)

Maxis co-founder and games industry veteran Jeff Braun spoke at Wilfrid Laurier University yesterdayBraun had plenty to say about the interactive media biz, but also shared some interesting information about his current involvement in the industry-Braun announced, his involvement with... Click to read full story.

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Siren Horrifies a New Generation of Systems

  Written by Dant Rambeaux on May 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

As a newcomer into the survival-horror genre of gaming, I was particularly excited to hear about Siren being reborn for the Playstation 3.  My giddyness escalated even more when I found out it would be released via episodic format via... Click to read full story.

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Dragon Quest IV (Dragon Warrior IV) to be released on DS Sept 16, 08

  Written by Brian Moy on May 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

The official news is that Dragon Quest IV is being ported to the Nintendo DS (originally Dragon Warrior IV on the NES) and will be released in USA on September 16, 2008.  That is really great news, but the MAJOR... Click to read full story.

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Beyond Good & Evil's been in preproduction for 1 year.

  Written by Creston Gueldner on May 17, 2008 | Comments (2)

For the last few weeks there have been numerous rumors popping up across the Internet and published in various game magazines regarding a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil; For the most part a bunch of insubstantial information from questionable... Click to read full story.

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Grand Theft Auto IV: First Impressions

  Written by Josh Parr on May 1, 2008 | Comments (0)

This wont really be a review.  I don't think I'll ever hit every aspect of the game enough to give it an honest review.  The game is just that massive.  Rockstar has definitely outdone themselves with the newest installment in... Click to read full story.

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God Hand (PS2)

  Written by Josh Parr on April 24, 2008 | Comments (3)

      I will start off by saying this game is definitely not meant for everyone.  It is a stand Beat ’em up and comes off very campy, almost live-action Batman series campy.  Keeping that in mind, on to the review.... Click to read full story.