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Ever wished that you could play Halo: Reach while playing in an idle server farming for funny hats in Team Fortress 2, at the same time without two separate consoles?

Apparently I'm not the only one, because Origin PC has just revealed their newest innovation in PC gaming: A nice little toy I call "the PCBox." It's a hybrid of both the PC and Xbox 360.

Every PC comes with a built-in Xbox 360 Slim, which you can play and have access to like any other Xbox 360 while your computer runs other tasks and programs. It features an entire console, and all the capabilities of the normal Xbox 360.

An while the Xbox 360 stored inside is the main advertisement point, this new Origin PC is actually one of the fastest gaming rigs available. But it's expensive, estimated at costing (at the basic configuration) $6,799.

As if that wasn't expensive enough, there's an even more powerful configuration of this gaming monster: Priced at $16,999.

If you have enough money to afford this, please custom order one now and show it off to all your friends. But be sure to spend some extra cash on some serious security for your home, because I'll more than likely try to steal it.

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The second installment of Ghost Plays: Nightmare House 2 is live, and ready for your viewing pleasure. Hopefully you'll enjoy this one more than the first episode, but there's still a considerable amount of swearing and general flipping out throughout the course of this short installment.

Hope you enjoy! All constructive criticism is, once again, appreciated.

It's official: Gearbox will be developing and releasing Duke Nukem Forever in 2011. And this isn't just a "We're developing the game, it's coming out soon" deal.

Gearbox appeared at PAX with a hands-on demo for people to try out. Yes, after so long, Duke Nukem Forever has risen. And it's in the stage of being a playable game.

After a bit of questioning, CEO Randy Pitchford revealed to IGN that the keys to the Duke Nukem IP had befallen Gearbox. To the developer, a chance like this couldn't be let slip through the cracks.

Gearbox jumped at the opportunity to take the helm, and Pitchford also stated that his wife had given him an added... Incentive... For finishing the Duke Nukem series.

All sexual innuendo aside, Duke Nukem Forever is more real than it has been in the last twelve years since the last game. It would appear the alien beasts from the earlier games are still present, and Duke is more than happy to shrink them, freeze them, and just downright beat the shit out of them.

Those worrying that DNF may have a similar feel to Borderlands need not fright, for Duke Nukem Forever appears to be a traditional first-person shooter.

But DNF isn't stuck with archaic gaming technology: Elements that have emerged over the years of gaming development will be found in the newest Duke Nukem installment, from regenerative health to the ability to aim down iron sights and scoped weaponry. (Now that may not sound like much, but compared to the last Duke Nukem game these additions are like hovercrafts to neolithic cavemen.) Oh, and there's gore and blood: Lots of it. But that's fitting for a game of this proportion, and I'm sure we'll all sleep better at night for knowing this game isn't the G-rated version of Duke's havoc.

Duke Nukem Forever is looking promising, and we'll be seeing more as the release comes closer in... "Sometime in 2011," as Gearbox quotes it. While that would worry skeptics at first, keep in mind that further progress has been made by Gearbox than any other company on the Duke Nukem Forever project to date, in over a decade.

Let's get ready for either a game of epic proportions or a pile of steaming disappointment. Honestly, I'd like to put a few dollars on "game of epic proportions."

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This is the first of a series of Let's Play!, where I'll be playing (read: screaming) through Nightmare House 2, a new horror mod for Half-Life 2. If you're interested in playing the mod yourself, you can find it here.

Otherwise, enjoy the show. A new episode should be out regularly, (I've already got the first nine recorded.) given Minime isn't too lazy to edit. (Or I find some editing software that'll work.)

Hope you enjoy!

The Halo 3 tribute community montage for Defend the House, created by Minime, is here. (Yes, I'm a few days late in putting this on the homepage, but I'm a busy man.)

Most of you have probably seen it, but if you haven't it's worth watching. Or even if you have, you should watch it again. And again. And again.

A list of confirmed perks has been revealed for Call of Duty: Black Ops recently. (Credit to Remy for finding this.)

First of all, for those of you not keeping up, we now know that weapons and other such inventory will be earned through the use of currency earned in-game for meeting certain parameters (Such as killing enemies, performing objectives, etc.) in a store, so that players can decide what equipment, weaponry, and other things they want to best optimize their individual play styles.

We also know that the selection of the first perk slot will reflect what our individual character models general appearance will be.

The first perk selections are as follows:

• Lightweight
• Scavenger
• Ghost
• Flak Jacket
• Hardline

Ghost is similar to the cold-blooded perk and Flak Jacket was seen in Call of Duty: World at War, it reduces explosive damage.

Second Perk Slot:

• Hardened
• Scout
• Steady Aim
• Sleight of Hand
• Warlord

Hardened is bullet penetration, Warlord is the Bling perk seen in Modern Warfare 2. Scout allows you to hold your breath longer.

Third Perk Slot:

• Marathon
• Ninja
• Second Chance
• Hacker
• Tactical Mask

Second Chance is Last Stand, of course with revival (as we saw in World at War). Tactical Mask makes you tear gas and flashbang resistant. Hacker is similar to Sitrep. Hacker Pro will allow you to booby trap enemy care packages, and allow you to hack enemy equipment like claymores, SAM turrets, and sentry guns to turn them friendly.

But the best news of all (to me): Say goodbye to Commando, Juggernaut, One Man Army, and Danger Close.

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