Play it forward

As the first new console launch of 2012, the PlayStation Vita is the most technically advanced portable gaming console ever devised.

16:51 February 3, 2012

Big Game Giveaway

Apparently many of you had quite a 2011: a first-person shooter, to be more precise. In last December’s “Big Game Giveaway,” Stripes GAMER asked, “What type of video game did last year most resemble?” A full third of those who entered declared it an FPS. They went on to explain why—and often included what character they played and the system they use most.

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Infinite Loop

Irrational Games goes big or goes home with the remarkably ambitious “BioShock Infinite”

15:54 December 2, 2011

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Super Character Deathmatch

Super Character Deathmatch 5: So, it was Team Battlefield vs. Team Call of Duty… Who won? And who got his hands on the Gears of War 3: Epic Edition for Xbox 360? Find out!

Calling All GAMERS!

Do you have the “write” stuff? Stripes GAMER is looking for avid gamers to preview new games on a volunteer basis. In return for your hard work, you get to keep the game! Think you got what it takes? Start here!

Dead Rising 2

“Dead Rising 2” by Capcom is a zombie survival game. In single-player campaign mode, you control Chuck Greene, a former Motocross champion who lost his wife in an earlier Zombie Outbreak.
16:17 February 3, 2012
Dead Island

“Dead Island” is a first person melee survival game located on an island resort. You take on the role of one of four characters to survive the island.
16:23 February 3, 2012
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded

If you are looking for covert ops using stealth tactics, “GoldenEye” answers your call. In this game you play as James Bond (played by Daniel Craig). Just like in the films, you are covertly moving around the Russian bases and hideouts using hand-to-hand combat to subdue and take out your enemies.
16:11 February 3, 2012

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China's naval aspirations: A 'blue-water' force

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U.S. naval commanders, ordered to move the bulk of their fleet to the Pacific theater, say it’s clear that China is building a “blue-water navy,” capable of sustained operations across oceans and able to project power far from the home country.
China's aggressive tactics turning off Asian neighbors

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Not long ago, China was the darling of its less powerful Asian neighbors with its growing economic importance and a policy of non-interference in external affairs that contrasted with bellicose U.S. foreign policy after 9/11. But a recent series of incidents has raised individual and collective concerns from India on one side to Japan and the Philippines on the other.
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21: Changing of the Guard

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Changing of the Guard takes place every hour or half hour - depending on the season - at Arlington National Cemetery in a precise ritual that draws many tourists.

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