Can it really be true? Free memberships for premium online games? Well, this is probably no secret to the Orble community, but, yes Virginia, you too can have "free membership" in online gaming. Free Club Penguin, free Runescape, free World of Warcraft, free Neopets. I will just point out, as ...

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Amazon.com, the gargantuan online retailer, has announced a new department: Game Downloads for PC. Makes sense, since they sell everything else. It's a similar system to those already in use by many online downloads retailers. You can have a free trial, and then pay to use the game forever. A...

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I love Travian. From the first moment it had me captivated. Maybe it is the simple browser interface. Maybe it is the Level 4 English, such as the "Welcome at Travian" banner. Or maybe it's just the fact that so far no Teutons have tried to wipe me off the map. Travian is a browser game combi...

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There are new goodies in the Jagex Store this week. Let's call them New Year goodies to not criticize the poor geeks who don't release their Xmas stuff in November. Since there is a Calendar, they will learn quickly from that mistake (even though people don't need a calendar until January, the...

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Less than a year ago, in an effort to combat real life trading of virtual currency and items, Runescape, one of the largest MMOG's eliminated Player V. Player combat. Needless to say, many combat junkies were not happy with that decision. The trouble was caused by gold farmers who would take adv...

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In an attempt to justify the late nights and long hours spent in front of the computer, many adults and children alike bring up the great educational value of video games. Improves your hand-eye coordination. Teaches math skills. Gives valuable computer skills. Some of it is true and some ...

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I was searching the internet for something to recommend to my gaming friends for their Halloween costumes. A fake mustached Mario? Laura Croft? (again . . .). Then I found it! ZOMG!!! It's not a game, it's real life and you can have a Tauren at your Halloween party, bobbing for apples and doi...

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Puzzle Pirates is an online Java game, where players create a Pirate Persona who can interact with other pirates while playing games in the Inn, battling Brigands on the high sea, or just buying some fancy new clothes. There is a free to play option for those who just want to try it out. If ...

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All through September in the US and Canada, Burger King restaurants will be giving away Neopets Toys, Stickers and free Virtual Item Codes with the purchase of a Kids' Meal. What's that?? Flamebroiled goodness, AND a real life Rainbow Kacheek! Woot! The toys are typical plush or vinyl promotio...

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The New Neohomes are out. Many people hate them (bandwidth hog, RAM hog, exposing the hideous weaknesses of your internet connection and crappy old computer). Many people love them (so very 3-dimensional and pretty). There is also a lot of confusion over item compatibility, since some items d...

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Nothing gives me quite as much satisfaction as farming up a couple million gold pieces worth of herbs. In Runescape, of course . . . This guide will help you make money by training your farming skill in Runescape, and farming your little heart out. If you want to make the big money, you w...

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Neopets is a classic online game. It was created by a pair of young designerdevelopers in England. It has undergone many changes since it's original days, and has now been purchased by Viacom (I wonder how many Neopoints the creators got for that deal?). At first glance, Neopets seems a bi...

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Do adults play MMORPG's? The answer is yes, and we're very good at it. Well, actually I'm not very good at Runescape, hence the Noob part. But I am (almost always, he he) good at making virtual cash on games! The trick is to play smarter not harder. I am going to share my best tip for makin...

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Hello fellow readers, from now on every two weeks I'm going to do up a post to give a rough Idea of what I'm going to be doing on giventogaming over the 14 days. I'm going to have several new reviews for some new PC games, new Xbox 360 games as well as reviews of some independent games competing fo...

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Well its been out for a few days now, but since it is such an anticipated game and it is such a awesome clip I thought I'd show it off here. Apparently it has been getting a lot of air time on TV over in the states but the only game ad I've seen lately was Call of Duty 3. Anyway I've included the fi...

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Gears of War XBOX 360 Review Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Price: $79 - $100 Website: www.gearsofwar.com Gears of War may quite possibly be the best console game of the year, and if it was released on the PC probably the best PC game of the year as well. Well maybe if Obliv...

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I was going to post another review yesterday but I had a little technical error with my laptop, involving a glass of water and the said glass of water spilling on my laptop. I promptly turned off my computer only to find after draining and drying it that my entire hard drive partition was now corrup...

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Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade Review Developer: Relic Publisher: THQ Price: $49.95AUD - $59.95AUD Website: www.dow-darkcrusade.com This is the second expansion pack instalment for the Dawn of War franchise released so far and does not disappoint in any way at all, and in...

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Exams are finally over hell yeh! Which means more time sitting around playing games which means more posts yeh! The Beta Commander beta is still up I'm on the closed beta but due to Computer problems it doesn't work (will be doing a windows reinstall to get it going soonish). I shall also have a Daw...

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From RobotChicken comes this hilarous adaption of two of the greatest video games of all time (oh and watch till the end for another game cameo)...now if only Nintendo had thought of this... <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http:www.youtube.comvNE_W8CdsFRA"...

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