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Girl's guide to 10 hottest videogame studs
Bishonen and beefcakes
By MADDY MYERS | December 12, 2008
From Lara Croft to Samus Aran, lustful gaming has always been a man's, man's, man's world. You know the score: double-barreled heroines keep the boys' hands on their joysticks, but with more women than ever grabbing the controls – now more than 40 percent of all players are female, according to most estimates – developers have finally begun to give us ladies some eye candy, too. After all, what fangirl doesn't like a man who can hold his load? And while we've long had the hots for classic studs like Link, Solid Snake, and Sephiroth, 2008 was a banner year for fangirl fantasies from bishonen to beefcake. So without further ado, we give you the 10 sexiest male video game characters of the year: these are the guys who kept us going and going and going...
10. Duke of Gravity from Rock Band 2
He's been fingering our fretboards since the original Rock Band, but it wasn't until 2008 that he gave us his real name. (Which is always the way with guys in bands, isn't it?) Now that H armonix has told us what to call him, there are even more fans of the Duke. His bright pink and blue hair certainly don't make him conventionally attractive – don't even get us started on the goggles -- but the Duke has inexplicably developed a cult following. More proof that rock stars don't have to look good or dress well to sweep groupies off their feet.
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In a bit of a jam
To suck at an electronic endeavor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of all places, is analogous to sucking at, say, making soup at cooking school.
The old haunt
As a game reviewer, I have an obligation to inform you of the myriad problems with Silent Hill: Homecoming .
Year in Games: Where it's at
This was a strange year for video games.
Players only
Jessica Smith has spent years booking death-metal shows around Boston. On top of loads of meat-and-potatoes nights at O'Brien's in Allston and Dee Dee's in Quincy, two of her shows — Origin and Malevolent Creation — actually sold out the Middle East upstairs.
Game Review: The Beatles: Rock Band
Can we agree that the music-game market is saturated? To stand out in this crowd, you'd need something special. You'd need the Beatles.
Greatest video-game tragedies of the last decade
Here are some of our favorite anti-victories of the past 10 years, in rough chronological order.
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Economic recession and post-racial themes abound in Boston's early 2010 theater repertoire.
SEXIEST VIDEO-GAME STUDS OF 2009 | December 18, 2009
Video-game characters get more realistic all the time - and by more realistic, we mean sexier. This year offered a plethora of digital delights and graphical innovations, and although developers don't cater to their straight female and gay male audience nearly as much as they could, we still had no shortage of contenders for this list.
REVIEW: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON | November 23, 2009
Chris Weitz comes on board to direct Twilight 's hotly awaited sequel, New Moon , but the second bite doesn't sate quite like the first. Bella (Kristen Stewart) celebrates her 18th birthday with vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson); when she gets a paper cut at the party.
PHOTOS: NEW ENGLAND FAN EXPERIENCE 2009 | November 16, 2009
Photos of fans and more at the New England Fan Experience 2009
REVIEW: DJ HERO | November 12, 2009
Shortly after DJ Hero 's release, a couple of craiglist ads popped up from gamers claiming they'll plug in and play the game at your party for $75 — all you have to provide is the TV and the speakers.
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