Markus Lai

Editor-in Chief at Broken Fuse VG Blog. Former chef turned Civil Engineer/Thermal Imaging tech. Can be found outdoors canoeing/biking, doing photography or playing video games in his free time. Follow him on twitter at twitter.com/verius

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Atari Turns 40!

Atari turns a ripe young age of 40 today! If you remember owning an Atari 2600 in the 80s, you’ve definitely stuck around for quite a while! Celebrating 40 years, Atari has a 4 day giveaway on their Facebook Page. What are some of your favourite games made by Atari?

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What Are Your Summer Plans?

Summer has officially arrived and that usually means family trips to the beach/cottage, road trips, time spent away from home or bunkering down in a nerd cave. Continue reading

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Nintendo To Team Up With Namco Bandai To Make Smash Bros

A New Challenger Approaches! Namco Bandai to make new Smash Bros

So it looks like for the first time ever that Super Smash Bros. will bring in new blood from the partnership for the 3DS version with some help from top creators from Namco Bandai. What do you think of this idea of bringing on third party devs to do first party games?

(Source: Gamasutra)

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Nintendo 3DS XL Officially Announced

Last night’s Nintendo Direct revealed the slightly revamped 3DS model with 90% bigger screens, better battery life, a 4GB SD card and will come in both blue and red, while Europe will be enjoying a silver version as well. Continue reading

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Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2013 Dates Set

Comic book fans in the Greater Toronto area, clear your calendars for May 11 and 12! Continue reading

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Final Fantasy 7 headed to Steam?

A leaked product description suggests that Final Fantasy 7 could be headed to Steam. Continue reading

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Blizzard thinks StarCraft on Wii U ‘Might Work’

StarCraft II’s lead designer Dustin Browder thinks that the Wii U could let a game like StarCraft work on a console. Continue reading

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Youtube Tuesday: Secret Return Of The Jedi Jabba’s Barge Fan Footage

Pretty neat that fans could do this back then!

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Neurology of Gaming Chart

This chart of sorts describes some of the good and bad effects of gaming. I’ts definitely interesting what does come out of this modern hobby. I wonder what people will be saying about the effects of gaming twenty, fifty, perhaps even a hundred years from now? Hit the jump for the full sized chart on the Neurology of gaming! Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/06/11/brain-chart/

Zelda Mural Makes Any Wall Awesome

Zelda fans, you better have an eight foot section of your wall cleared off! Continue reading

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