Week in gaming: Microsoft’s legal moves with the 360, Serious Sam 3, indie game marketing
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Ben Kuchera
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Ben Kuchera is the gaming editor for Ars Technica, where he plays and writes about as many games as he can fit into a reasonable work day. Covering reviews of games and hardware, previews of upcoming titles, and attending events such as E3, GDC ,and CES, he may not hit everything, just everything that matters.
He has been called bad words and nasty things by both Jack Thompson and Bobby Kotick, which has to mean he's on the right track.
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Xbox 360 update: new media features, no right to sue Microsoft
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Serious Sam 3 is hardcore, difficult, and lovely
Serious Sam 3 combines punishing difficulty with virtuoso encounter design and …
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Microsoft’s bid to rule your living room with the Xbox 360 begins tomorrow
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DRM-free gaming distributor GOG.com trades convenience for safety
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2011 Ars Child’s Play Drive begins: Signed Ultima! Halo 360 hardware! Aliens-themed Nerf gun!
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Batman: Arkham City on PC is the version Gotham needs (and you deserve)
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Jurassic Park devs tried to game user reviews. Who hasn’t?
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Super Monday Night Combat devs discuss their radical beta process
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Battlefield 3 patch incoming, possible tactical light fix included
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$200 Mario and Zelda-themed 3DS hardware bundles coming November 24
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Week in gaming: Skyrim menus, Xbox turns 10, Saints Row 3
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Rayman Origins—the best 2D platformer no one’s talking about
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Torchlight 2 delayed until 2012, and that’s great news
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Skyrim sells a reported 3.5 million units in 2 days, shows demand for single-player gaming
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PC Skyrim is a frustrating mess—and will soon be the best version
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Amazon begins buy one, get one half-off sale of season’s best games
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The Xbox turns ten: how Halo showed the industry the future of gaming
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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary awkward but ultimately fulfilling for fans
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Saints Row 3 is the GTA-clone that worships at the altar of fun
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Upcoming documentary shows world’s greatest Tetris players
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6.5 million Modern Warfare 3 units sold, profits just beginning
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Modern Warfare 3 single-player on PC: the canonization of violence
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