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				<title>Goodbye</title>
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			With a heavy heart, I must report that today marks the end of Joystick Division.[Editor's note: The archives will remain online.]Longtime readers may have sensed this news was coming. Over the la...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Video Games&apos; Best Endings</title>
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No matter how good a video game is, if the developers don't stick the landing, there's the potential to seriously tarnish an otherwise outstanding experience.

Whether the game is five hours ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The Get Outside Guide</title>
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			 I have a confession to make: I haven't been playing too many games lately.That's not because of the summer game lull - there have actually been some solid titles as of late. No, it's because of ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection is Off Target [Review]</title>
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Whether I was escaping from a derailed train overrun with the undead, blasting my way through zombie scientists in a mansion or fighting back hordes of monstrosities in Racoon City, one thoug...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Return to Skyrim in Dawnguard [Review]</title>
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			It has been months since I last set foot in the snowy land of Skyrim, a land where I adventured for countless hours. In my time there, I saved the world from dragons, became the most powerful mag...]]></description>
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				<title>2008 Provides A Challenge; 2012 Looks Back Fondly</title>
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				<title>Mobile Gaming Doesn&apos;t Compare to Portable Consoles</title>
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			After years of kicking, screaming and doing anything within my power to avoid upgrading to a smart phone, I finally took the plunge recently and got myself one of these newfangled devices. Being ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:32:03 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Win a Copy of Spec Ops: The Line!</title>
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			How are you enjoying your holiday week? Hopefully you've got an extra long weekend out of the Wednesday holiday. You know what goes well with long weekends? Free games! We've got a few copies of ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Spec Ops: The Line [Review]</title>
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			The first dead person I saw fell out of a busted up car. He wore bloody US military fatigues and landed in the middle of the road that led us from the outskirts of Dubai to the heart of the city....]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:16:28 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Happy 4th of July</title>
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			Happy Independence Day everyone. We'll be taking the day off, but we'll be back tomorrow with a contest for you. Stay tuned to win a copy of Spec Ops: The Line. Until then, celebrate July 4th in ...]]></description>
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				<title>Spelunky: No More Mines For Me (Review)</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Babel Rising Makes Me a God (Again!) [Review]</title>
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			If I were a devoted man of some god, I might say that divine intervention offered me a review of the new Kinect-ready, XBLA game Babel Rising. I might also say how strange such an opportunity is ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Magic 2013 Scratches That Itch [Review]</title>
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			Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.Back in the early days of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, I got sucked in. Big time. I never played in tournaments, but nevertheles...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Five Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut Fantasies</title>
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			Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC -- will it provide closure?So today marks the release of the Mass Effect 3 "Extended Cut" DLC. I was going to say "much-anticipated," but to be honest the absolut...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>E-Readers and Games, You Cannot Escape</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Video Games&apos; Best Daddies</title>
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Father's Day was this past weekend, which got me thinking back to all the good times I had playing video games with my dad back in the day. This, in turn, had me pondering the role of father'...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Read, then Play, Game of Thrones - I Beg Thee [Review]</title>
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			Just like George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones, the eponymous video game presents an epic tale of traitors, familial turmoil and darkness spreading across the Seven Kingdoms. But unlike the boo...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Civ II: The Eternal War and Chaos in Gaming</title>
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			We all knew Civilization II was fun -- but ten years fun?I've got a soft spot in my heart for Sid Meier's&nbsp;Civilization II. I discovered Civ II's simple, elegant approach to strategy gameplay...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:34:41 -0600</pubDate>
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