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Games that Use Sex to Sell

It’s really no secret that sex sells. It works wonders to make things more attractive. From race cars to video game conventions to NRA meetings, the presence of a smoking hottie fronting your merchandise almost guarantees that you’ll have some sort of audience. Hollywood has learned this lesson (you really didn’t think anyone went to [...]

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Anatomy of a Fanboy: A Psychological Analysis of Console Gaming’s Super Fans

n video game culture, it’s hard to avoid running into fanatics from time to time. Once a rare breed relegated to dingy arcades and Star Trek conventions, the modern video game fanboy population has thrived in the current climate of mainstream electronic entertainment. Whether trolling on community forums, doling out unsolicited advice at video game shops...

The Movies We Love to Play

Why Pre-Ordering Games is a Waste of Time

While having a copy of the game personally reserved might make gamers feel secure, it reality, it’s a completely useless exercise and a waste of time for gamers.

What’s Up with All the Lame Wii Channels?

While any free addition to Nintendo’s meager online service is welcome, the Nintendo Channel really appears to do nothing more than mine data from Wii owners and provide an advertising venue for Nintendo projects and third-party developers.

30 Ways to Tell if You are a GTA IV Addict

Grand Theft Auto IV has been out for a while now and we here at The Exploding Barrel are already officially addicted to Niko and Liberty City. Borrowing a page from the lame-ass redneck comedian Jeff Foxworthy, we’ve compiled a list of 30 ways to tell if you are addicted to GTA IV. Ready? “You might be a GTA IV addict if…”

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Spoiler Alert Episode 4

Returning from a brief hiatus, Jeremy and David are back in full force to shed light on some of the biggest news to come down the intertubes. Open up your heart and let the sarcasm shine through as we discuss Gamstop's shadier side, Braid, Dark Sector, the Madden Curse, Pixel Junk Eden, and more. Find out why The Exploding Barrel's Spoiler Alert is the number one incorrectly tagged podcast on the web.

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Hey gang, did you know you can unlock 3 of the 5 classes in the Too Human Demo? No Shit! Just go to your 360's system settings and change the current year to 2009, and you'll get to get a better feel for the game's class variety. leave a comment
Check out this amazing pilot episode of Ben Stiller's ill fated television series, 'Heat Vision and Jack'. Jack Black plays a renegade astronaut with amazing super-intelligence, and Owen Wilson is his room mate whose soul has been trapped in a motorcycle. Together they do battle with their evil nemesis, Ron Silver (played by actor, Ron Silver). It will knock you on your coal-mining asses! leave a comment
The Exploding Barrel has officially turned 100! We've reached our 100th post just a few short months since our launch this year. Thanks to all who have read and commented on all of our articles over the past months. Check back daily for new and original video game related content from our crack staff of writers. Here's to 1000! leave a comment
Did you know that if you click any of the red hyper-text scattered throughout the site, they'll link you to a variety of amusing places? It's true! Go ahead... try it! leave a comment
If you want to pick an avatar for your comments, go on over to www.Gravatar.com, register the same email you used to register here at The Barrel, and then upload an image. Easy? No, not really. :( leave a comment