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Ryan Ouradnik - July 30th, 2008

Casual Games, Gamer Culture

If you build it, they will have fun: The Lego Phenomenon


Playing with Legos is something I’ll always remember. I used to stay up well past my bedtime building elaborate castles and space monorails all over my Smurf-wallpapered bedroom. For hours, I would send the Lego Space Police out to catch the Lego Space Villains and throw them in space jail. Then my sister came in and stepped on them and the whole society crumbled. That was…well, six months ago, and now that I’m older I need more sophisticated ways to pass time. So now I have a Playstation and I do what all mature Playstation owners do: I get all my Legos in video form, and now clean up is a breeze.

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Andrew Van Dam - July 3rd, 2008

Playstation 3, Xbox 360

Lego Indiana Jones Swings to the Top of the UK Sales Charts


Indy BoulderAfter six long weeks, a new gaming juggernaut has knocked GTA IV from its lofty perch at the top of the UK sales charts. What game finally had enough juice to take out the fastest-selling game in recorded history? Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, of course! Who would have expected anything different? As the old saying goes, show me a bunch of plastic toys with no logical link to computer gaming reenacting 20-year-old movies and I’ll show you the best selling game in the United Kingdom!

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