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New This Week: Games Worth The Cash, Or At Least A Rental
May 19, 2008
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
PC
On sale: May 20
Strap on the leather skirt and pretend you moonlight as the governor of California. Age of Conan has already caused a minor stir with conservatives due to the side of nekkidness thrown in with the brutal carnage found in this action RPG. Grace Jones would have wanted it that way. We’re making it the lead game of the week because it starts with “A” and it gives us a reason to hear Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice reading the words as we type.
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Haze
PS3
On sale: May 20
Ubi’s new shooter and PS3 puts some high-tech touches on general redneckery. Who else really runs around playing with guns, engaging in recreational drug use and listening to Korn? Ubisoft
SingStar
PS3
On sale: May 20
Yes! Another music-based video game. At least this one involves a mic and your own voice instead of a pile of plastic instruments. SCEA
Wii Fit
Wii
On sale: May 20
Sooner or later Nintendo will have to share the inside joke with the world at large. They developed a hardware platform that reduces gamers to a spastically flailing meat puppets. The newest addition, the Wii Balance board, gets released on the American public this week. Nintendo
UEFA Euro 2008
PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP
On sale: May 19
We understand that every soccer league on the planet is better than the MLS. We just don’t care to know the reason why. UEFA Euro won’t help you solve the riddle. It’s best that you don’t even try. EA Sports
