Michael Durr

Call of Duty: The Break Up, Halo: Full of Bull, & Ubisoft wants to improve the DRM experience? – Welcome to the column that is full of bull and we aren’t talking about a cow either known as Dare to Play the Game.

Ever been in one of those moods where you can’t figure out what to play but yet you have dozens of games lying around unopened? So what do you do?
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Microsoft says no to WebTv, Red Dead Redemption’s Ad Budget, & Video Games cause Tooth Decay? – Welcome to the column that provides a foundation for healthy white teeth but is still working out the kinks on bad breath known as Dare to Play the Game.

I’m still having difficulties with playing Deadly Premonition. I’m not sure what it is, but I spent most of my time this weekend going back and forth from World of Warcraft to Game Room (Xbox Live).
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Major Nelson gets Hacked, Rock Band Greenday gets a couple of full albums, & PS3 Losing Linux? – Welcome to the column that installed Linux but didn’t like the increase in efficiency so they removed it known as Dare to Play the Game.

Hold on to your hats my friends, I actually did play Deadly Premonition for the Xbox 360 over this past weekend. I played it for roughly an hour and spent most of the time trying to get down the controls.
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Your Pulse Will Be Used in Zelda, Future of Spider-Man, & EA charging for demos? – Welcome to the column that would charge for this free content but would only be getting money from his wife who would end up just asking me for the money known as Dare to Play the Game.

Remember how I was supposed to start Deadly Phenomenon? Yeah, that was total fail.
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Patenting DLC Upsell, Changing Clothes in Fable 3, & In-Game Ads Going Away (Haha, Just kidding)? – Welcome to the column that tried to patent redundancy but realized Madden from EA beat us to the punch known as Dare to Play the Game.

Well, last week I was trying to find a game to tide me over until this weekend when I would open Deadly Phenomenon for the Xbox 360. To be honest, I didn’t really try to find one.
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Ubisoft DRM, New Forms for the Xbox 360, & Tecmo Bowl is coming back? – Welcome to the column that offers no copy protection (except for the boxing glove that appears if you try to steal any of the bad jokes) known as Dare to Play the Game.

Over the weekend, I actually finished a game review. I know, I amazed myself. The game was Data East Arcade Classics on the Wii. Retro classics, I can’t get enough of them.
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Heavy Rain Film Rights, PS3 Lockdown, & Activision shuts down King’s Quest? – Welcome to the column that asks you don’t read any other gaming columns for the next 24 hours known as Dare to Play the Game.

This week for the time being, I am still playing Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe for the Xbox 360. I ran through the story mode on both sides and grabbed myself all applicable achievements.
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Upcoming Titles for Xbox Live Arcade, Final Fantasy XIII reviews, & Apple gets rough on IPhone Apps? – Welcome to the column that will only be kid friendly to those who just got out of juvenile detention known as Dare to Play the Game.

After about four months and probably more mentions on this column than you care about, I finally have all of the achievement points in WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010.
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