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Top Ten Disturbingly Sexual Game Characters

Whether they were meant to be sexy or kinky, the following characters just ended up making us feel dirty.

• 10/05/2007
• Ben Karl and Dave Rudden
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Top Ten Tough Gaming Choices

While games are meant to be open and free, it sucks that, more often than not, the choices are moot. Here's ten that matter--both in-game, and out.

• 09/19/2007
• Ben Karl and Dave Rudden
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Top 10 Unconventional Weapons

Videogames are violent, but we're not taking umbrage with that. No, we're upset with the lack of innovation in weaponry. In an industry where every other game has a weapon with a trigger or a long, sharp blade, crazy, innovative weapons like these are a godsend.

• 08/10/2007
• Ben Karl
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Ten Crazy (But Possible) E3 Announcements

The speculation mounts as E3 nears. Even though the event is a mere shadow of its former self, we game enthusiasts still manage to conjure up surprisingly high expectations. Here are our top ten wishes for the upcoming E3. While they may be outlandish, we made sure to keep them somewhere in the realm of possibility.

Be sure to also check out our look at the obscure titles that need to be at E3!

• 06/20/2007
• Ben Karl
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Ten Great Girlfriend Games

While there are plenty of gals who game, many men are faced with the dubious task of converting a non-gaming girl. We've compiled the top ten games to get your girlfriend to stop complaining and start playing. Whether she's an experienced gamer or not, these games will help level the playing field.

• 05/29/2007
• Ben Karl
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Extreme Console Makeover: The Best Redesigns

Console manufacturers never get it right the first time around. Whether it's too big, too ugly, too dim or devoid of memory, you can count on a redesign to right a system's wrongs. In honor of the Xbox 360 Elite, we've picked the ten best console redesigns ever.

• 03/28/2007
• Dave Rudden
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Top Ten Addictive Games of All Time

One more game. One more turn. One more play. One more minute. One more day. If you're a gamer, you know the sublime feeling of gamelock. In many ways, it's why we play games in the first place, right? With this in mind, here's a list of the 10 most addictive games of the last 10 years.

• 03/20/2007
• Games.net Staff
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BARF! Ten Games You Should Never Play While Drunk

Whether you're pounding some beers with friends at home, or capping off a night of drunken revelry, there are a few fun games that lose their appeal when your blood alcohol content grows. Here's some otherwise fun games that aren't recommended for when you're three sheets to the wind.

• 03/15/2007
• Dave Rudden
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Ten Biggest Gaming Breakups

Yeah, love is dandy and all, but it often ends in heartbreak. Whether it be a firing, company split, or a gaming couple calling it quits, these ten breakups affected more than just the unlucky couple--they changed the gaming industry. As Seinfeld has proven, there's no mutual breakups, so we've listed the dumper before the dumpee for each entry.

• 02/13/2007
• Dave Rudden
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Ten Best Butterface Games

In the real world, a butterface is an otherwise attractive woman with an ugly mug--everything looks nice "but her face". A butterface game is one that is that has ugly-looking graphics, but manages to impress with superior gameplay. These games may not look nice, but they have personality.

• 02/08/2007
• Dave Rudden
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Top Ten Gaming Annoyances

Like people who bite their nails or talk on their cell phones in public, video games have a couple of annoying habits that can sometimes affect, if not downright ruin, your enjoyment. Come along with us as we list ten gaming annoyances that drive us to distraction.

• 01/25/2007
• Tae Kim
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Ten Fine Next-Gen Firearms

With the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii offering new levels of immersion via high-def visuals and motion-sensitive controls, gamers can embark on amazing new adventures in gorgeous interactive environments. Also, the guns look freakin' fantastic now. Here's a list of the top ten firearms that will provide the real memories of this console generation.

• 01/19/2007
• Dave Rudden
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The Ten Best Apocalypses in Gaming

Shows like Heroes and Jericho are only realizing now what gamers have know for years... that the Apocalypse is freaking awesome. We've compiled the ten best instances of Armageddon and posted them from out of our top-secret bunker.

• 01/11/2007
• Dave Rudden
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Dude... sick! The ten worst bodily expulsions in games.

These may be byproducts of our bodies, but they're still gross. We've got the ten most disgusting things to come from the bodies of gaming's various digital creations. Which game will be number two?

• 12/14/2006
• Dave Rudden
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