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There was an interesting article on Kotaku over the weekend about Girls and Games. At the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle over the weekend, a group of girl gamers gave a Q&A Forum about getting more women to play video games.

Some of the ideas are informative, and some of them just reinforce particular stereotypes about women (they don’t know what to do with a lot of buttons… they like Barbie’s Horse Adventures…).  But for those of you guys out there who feel that games are important enough to you that you want to share the hobby with your girlfriend/wife, I’d like to offer some tips of my own.

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Well, PAX is underway, and the goods are starting right away too.

This Far Cry 2 video gives you a little taste of the world of FC2. In all it’s grit and glory.

Fix you’re car? Fix your arm? Fix your own sandwich too?

Sweet.

Typically, video game turned into movies end up as pretty much garbage. Of course, there are a few exceptions but in general there are quite a bit that get lost in the “translation.” Max Payne may or may not break that mold, only time will tell. But I will say, the trailer looks like a great ride.