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The gaming culture is its own worst enemy

Three weeks ago, the game "Mass Effect" came under fire by the Web site CNSNews.com because of the game's sexual content, which included lesbian scenes.

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SN's best of YouTube.com

If you don't check out Neal's and Scroggin's best picks for YouTube.com, your friends may very well ostracize you from socialization as you find yourself unable to quote scenes from "Shawskank Redemption."

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New Samsung phone is feature-heavy

The UpStage offers everything you could want in a multimedia cellular phone.

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'Spider-Man 3' media doesn't match film

Though the graphics never fail to impress, "Spider-Man 3" is all sizzle and no steak.

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Mob-inspired Playstation 2 game aims high with realistic story lines, action

Made Man: The recent Playstation 2 release Made Man lets the gamer experience life in the New York City Mafia as you run into enemies at every turn.

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'Warcraft's' first expansion adds races, quests, dungeons

"The Burning Crusade," the first expansion for "World of Warcraft," adds a large amount of game content, allowing players to push their characters past level 60 and discover advanced equipment, enemies and dungeons.

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'Gears of War' can cause procrastination, hone response times

In the land of Xbox Live, Microsoft’s online gaming community, students just can’t seem to get enough of “Gears of War,” a war-based, third-person shooting game that pins the human Gears against the alien horde, the Locusts.

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3 new games offer exploding ships, puzzles of lines and color squares

'Every Extend Extra,' 'Gunpey DS' and 'Lumines II' are three recent puzzle video games — perfect for hand-held systems and passing time while traveling.

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iPod commercials that rock

Everybody's seen them: opaque black silhouettes dancing wildly to a catchy song in front of a bright, colored screen. The standard iPod commercials have aired to the tune of everyone from The Vines and Eminem to Wynton Marsalis. However, not every iPod TV ad is the same, so here are a few that break the mold.

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Gaming: 'Elebits' for older Nintendo fans

Nintendo's "Elebits" serves mostly as a demonstration piece for the Wii's unique controllers.

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