Sam & Max aren’t your regular police force…they’re the Freelance Police. Sam is a no-nonsense dog detective and his pal Max is a hyperkinetic rabbity thing. For more than 20 years they’ve been serving their brand of justice on the pages of underground comic books, on a Saturday morning cartoon, and in some popular computer adventure games. Now they’re ready for their third season of crazy madcap episodic point and click adventures! (PC version reviewed here)

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Well I’m going to do the totally unoriginal thing and write a blog about my impressions on the news and previews at this year’s E3. I didn’t go this year, but it amazes me how far technology has gone since I first went to E3 back in ’96 (or was it ‘97?). With video technology on the Internet now, you can watch the previews and conferences at the show, and it’s like you’re there! That kind of technology just wasn’t available when I first went! I remember when our press kits were paper in folders, then CD’s, and now you just download assets on Web sites! Wow! Anyway, here’s a little overview on news I read about E3 2010 that caught my attention.

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I know that most gamers’ minds are filled with news and anticipations about E3 right now. But it’s more important not to forget what special day happens right after E3. That’s right, Father’s Day! Last year around Father’s Day, I listed video games my dad likes on my blog. So, this year I decided to take a different approach to my Father’s Day blog. This weekend, I’m going to take my dad and the rest of his family to see Toy Story 3 (since I have five little brothers on my dad’s side, that’ll be an expensive outing, but it’s worth it to do something fun with them). I’m really excited about seeing the movie with my family, so in honor of that, this blog is all about my top five favorite toys from my childhood. And each one is associated with my dad somehow.

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WarioWare, as most Nintendo fans know, is a series of games that require you to beat small, three-second micro-games in rapid succession. Each title has plenty of innovative and quirky gameplay. The latest in the series, WarioWare D.I.Y., lets you design your own three-second mini-games and share them with the world. You can read more about WarioWare D.I.Y. in an earlier article I wrote here. Anyway, Nintendo has contests where they’ll feature themed games every so often. So guess who got one of his games featured recently? That’s right, me! Read on for an in-depth review of my ‘award-winning’ game “Feed a kitty!”

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This year marks Pac-Man’s 30th Anniversary, but aside from Google making a playable Pac-Man logo game earlier (which was awesome), I haven’t heard about any other celebrations from Namco. Hopefully we’ll hear something about it at E3. I’ve read rumors about the creator of Sonic working on a Pac-Man 3-D platformer, and rumblings on a new Pac-Game called Pac-Man Rebirth, but nothing officially confirmed by Namco. So I decided to take it upon myself to celebrate Pac-Man’s 30th with a (possible) series of blogs.

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When I was a kid, it wasn’t truly Halloween unless I watched the Peanuts TV special in October. But I didn’t watch it to see if Linus would finally meet The Great Pumpkin, or if Charlie Brown would get candy in his sack instead of rocks. No, my favorite part of the Peanuts Halloween special was Snoopy’s WWI Flying Ace fantasy. Yes, Snoopy’s ace pilot was my favorite of his many personas. And I bet you can guess what one of my favorite Christmas songs is, too. So you can imagine how pleased I was to see a Snoopy: Flying Ace video game for download on Xbox LIVE last week.

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The ogre Shrek has rescued Princess Fiona and found his one true love, and saved the kingdom of Far, Far Away in the process. Now he’s famous throughout the fairy tale land, but Shrek longs for the days when he was just a fearsome ogre. The conniving Rumplestilskin tricks Shrek into allowing him to become a regular ogre for a day, but now our green hero is stuck in an alternate reality where Rumple rules and Shrek and Fiona have never met! Now you can help Shrek and his friends save the day one more time with the video game based on the movie for Wii, PS3, 360, DS, and PC (360 and DS versions reviewed here).

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Last weekend, teenage brother Jeff bought Red Dead Redemption. In just a few short months, he’ll be old enough to play M rated games on his own, so we let him get this one. One of the messages I think the GamerDad Web site conveys is to sit down and watch your kids play games, and talk about what’s appropriate and inappropriate in them. You might be surprised what you can learn from your kids and the games they play. Such is the case with this new Western game.

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Hey folks, guess what? I recently got a PS3! So here’s a blog about my initial impressions of it, what games I got, and what I plan to get.

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Now the first-person shooter classic Doom II is available on Xbox LIVE. But how well does the 15 year old game hold up today? Read on to find out.

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