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If you are a comic book fan, this isn’t new to you. You either are excited about this change or upset (fine, I guess you can be somewhere in the middle too). Some books are going away, some change drastically, and some things don’t really change at all. I am personally upset that the Red Robin book is ending. I have been a big fan of the 3rd Robin, Tim Drake, from the beginning. He isn’t quite going away though, he just won’t have his own book, I can still read him in Teen Titans #1.

Stepping back though, what things are changing?

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Fads are just a fact of life. An undeniable cliche we as humans are so easily susceptible to. The dictionary defines a fad as:

“A temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., esp. one followed enthusiastically by a group.”

In the context of video games, zombies are the super ultra mega Jersey Shore OMG like totally rad fad of the day. In my last article I talked about a game that’s on the receiving end of a lot of hype, Dead Island. A zombie themed co-op FPS. One of the big draws for the game is the inclusion of zombies. The more I thought about it, the more I realized we have been bombarded with zombie themed games. The list of games containing zombies in the last few years is staggering.

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A few weeks ago Brian and I did a Boomzies edition where we started things off with the Mass Effect 3 voting issue over the default version of female Commander Shepard (FemShep as she is known). I didn’t realize at the time that the voting wasn’t over. Apparently there was so much outcry about them choosing a blonde FemShep that the BioWare decided to reopen the polls to vote on her hair color. I guess the first round was only about face and hair structure. This past Saturday BioWare unveiled the new FemShep and I for one was pleasantly surprised.

Find out what the new FemShep looks like after the jump!

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GAME TIME! Well, if you like Madden that is. Madden 2012 hits stores this week and some retailers are trying to get it in your hands for a little less. Other than that, there are some pretty nice hardware bundles, as well as a few other notables.

See all the deals after the jump!

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I first heard about Dead Island a few months ago in passing. I didn’t think much of it at the time. I watched a few cinematic trailers and was mildly interested. Though any curiosity I had quickly fizzled once I did a little research. On the surface it’s yet another FPS style game with zombies. The main twist is the introduction of an open world element with co-op. Alright sounds fine and dandy, but there are some glaring issues I have to address.

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Gamestop is receiving a lot of heat over the removal of OnLive coupons from PC copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Has Gamestop gone too far or is this just a case of stopping competition before it happens? Then in our main topic we’re hashing it out about video game prices. In light of the recession, is $60 too much for video games? Can this price be justified with the advent of digital downloads at a fraction of the price and what makes a video game worth $60?