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Bat-fans: Your day has come! Batman: Arkham City is on store shelves finally, and reviewers are falling all over themselves to tell you how awesome it is. Check out our five-star Batman: Arkham City review for an example.

If you're stuck at work, like I am, you can't play it though... what to do? I know! Watch us play it! We're stuck at work with many copies of Batman and a full streaming video set-up, so hang out with us, watch the stream on YouTube or below.

Then tweet us at G4tv.com or leave a message on facebook or YouTube. Let us know how you feel and what you think!

While Fresh Ink Online host Blair Butler was away at New York Comic-Con, cohorts Brian Compton (AOTS Associate Producer) and Courtney Kraft (2.0 Segment Producer) took the helm for reviews of Green Lantern, Batwoman, All-New Spider-Man, The Punisher, Spike, Mystic, and get all Manga with Bloody Monday and Codename Sailor V.

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And for more comic goodness, don’t forget to visit our friends at Comic Alliance and grab your free digi-comic of Near Death below via our buddies at Graphicly.com.

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It is time for you, Reader, to take a break from video games for a few moments. "A break?? What could you possibly offer to distract me from my lifelong passion?" I'm sure you're saying. 

How about something Epic? Something Epictober? How about a video of Attack of the Show hostesses Candace Bailey and Sara Underwood wrestling in a tub full of oatmeal? It's right here:

You may not be aware of this, but the past two days have been really hot in LA. I mean really hot. Damn near 100 degrees hot. So what's the best way to beat the heat? Laughter and education, of course! This week on The MMO Report the amazing Casey Schreiner will talk about Planetside 2's backstory being penned by award winning author Marv Wolfman, how Star Wars: The Old Republic will allow your companion characters to sub in for your raid buddies, and show off his fans' artistic talents in Uncle Casey's Mail Bag. Now crank the AC and get the weekend started a little early.

The MMO Report: Thursday, October 13th »

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We (the royal "G4" we) are proud to announce something special coming up for you in a few weeks: The G4 Films Epictober Film Festival. If you've been playing along at home you've seen us bring you two excellent, videogame-related films this year: 'FOCUS' and 'Against the Wall'. Well we're not quite done yet, as we're going to be bringing you three more (short) films the week of October 24th as part of this year's Epictober celebration.

We've somehow managed to rope in former G4tv.com Creative Director and current hot-as-sh*t Hollywood Director Joe Lynch (Knights of Badassdom, Chillerama, Wrong Turn 2) to oversee the three films and he, in turn, has roped in three excellent horror directors. As we approach Halloween, this trifecta of terror will take on films inspired by Angry Birds, Mario Kart and Duck Hunt produced specifically for your enjoyment.

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With Kinect Disneyland Adventures, the team at Frontier Developments (Kinectimals) is hoping to evoke and reignite in players, young and old alike, that indescribably magical feeling of visiting a Disney theme park as a kid. Things like strolling through Main Street U.S.A., grabbing a Mickey Mouse-shaped ice cream cone from a cart vendor, and waiting in line for hours at a time to ride Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, or the Haunted Mansion for the sixth or seventh time. It’s precisely these memories and the feeling those memories (sans the heat, annoying crowds, and ticket prices) elicit that Kinect Disney Adventures is using as its foundation, and what a strong foundation it is.

Below you’ll find some exclusive gameplay of a few of the game’s (and the park’s) most famous attractions. Sadly, there is no Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride included in the game, but I’m still crossing my fingers it will be added via DLC in the near future. For now, please enjoy some epic Disney action. And be sure to check back later in the week for our in-depth hands-on impressions.

Main Street, U.S.A. - The nervous system of Disneyland. The iconic structures, music, and signage are the first thing you see when you enter the park and the last thing you see as you leave. So that's why I can/do still picture them when I go to sleep every night.

Hit the jump to see Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, and more!

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With the leak and then official announcement of Cable Channels coming to the Xbox 360, no one's quite sure what to think of it. Will this create a new market, putting a dent in income of cable providers? Or is this just another gimmick to try and sell video game consoles to non-gamer households? Such is the topic of this week's Soapbox. Adam Sessler will look into his crystal ball and talk about the potential he sees in a one-stop-media-shop living inside your Xbox. 

Sessler's Soapbox: TV on Your Xbox? »

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EPICTOBER is about more than just cool exclusives. It's also about deep, penetrating investigation, and X-Play has dug up some dirt on Cliff Bleszinski that will shake the very foundations of your butt. To fans, Bleszinski's been the living, breathing design director for Epic Games all these years. But Epic's Mark Rein, Rod Fergusson, and Lee Perry decided it was time to come clean: Cliff Bleszinski has been a Cyborg for over a decade.

G4 is supporting a great cause this year and we need you to join our team.  Extra Life is an annual 24-hour video game marathon that raises money to help kids at Children's Miracle Network hospitals around the nation. This year's event takes place on October 15th and G4 is planning a 24-hour game session. I mean, we'd probably be playing games anyway, but for this 24 hours, we'll be playing them with a purpose.  We need you to join our team.

Here's how:

Sign up and affiliate yourself with the mighty G4 charity-team by visiting the link and clicking "Join this Team." It's free, and all you need to do is pick a charity, and convince your friends and relatives to donate while you play video games. You can play games as much as you want, but why not shoot for a record? All we ask is that you promote to your friends, family, pets, twitter followers and Friendster friends that you're participating in order to earn cash for the kids - as well as encourage other people to sign up and join the G4TV team. Anyone can be a part of the G4TV team. Anyone awesome, that is.

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Host Blair Butler is joined by G4’s resident Manga expert Courtney Kraft for a graphic novel based edition of Fresh Ink Online. Enjoy reviews of Sailor Moon, Drifters, Mardock Scramble, Cage of Eden, WE 2, The Lil’ Depressed Boy, Love Struck and Sweets.

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And for more comic goodness, don’t forget to visit our friends at Comic Alliance and Graphicly.com. In fact, at Graphicly, you can score a free digi version of Loose Ends (see below)….and check out their new customizable widgets!

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In this week of unrest, we all need something solid to hold on to. Enter Casey Schreiner and The MMO Report, where you can count on us being here every Thursday afternoon telling you about what's going on with your favorite MMO games. This week we've got news on the lawsuit over the MMO-shooter Firefall, APB Reloaded's cheating problem, and an accidental e-mail sent out to hopeful beta testers for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Now if you please, take a moment and enjoy this week's episode on your favorite iDevice. RIP Steve.

The MMO Report: Thursday, October 6th »

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If you picked up Rage today you already know the game is incredibly beautiful with amazing combat and fantastic AI. What you may not know is, according to Adam Sessler, the game really drops the ball towards the end. That got The Sess thinking about how important it is to stay consistent during the entire gaming experience. On this week's Soapbox Adam discusses how an incredible experience like Rage fell short in the last few hours and why games need to be able to maintain a steady pace with not only the story, but the gameplay, combat, and world design. 

Sessler's Soapbox: Start Strong, End Strong »

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This week Fresh Ink Online host Blair Butler is joined by actor Michael McMillian, who you know as vampire-hating evangelist Reverend Steve Newlin from True Blood. You might also know him from his writing work on Lucid and the True Blood comic series. Here, he and Blair run down their top picks of the week, including The Flash, All-New Spider-Man, Aquaman, Secret Avengers, The Ultimates, Brilliant, and Teen Titans.

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For more comic goodies, don’t forget to visit our friends at Comic Alliance and dig a free digi sample of Loose Ends at Graphicly.com.

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 Hey guys, it's Thursday! That means it's time to settle in with Casey Schreiner and The MMO Report. This week we'll discuss Star Wars: The Old Republic's release date and pricing information, Square Enix's apology for the subpar quality of Final Fantasy XIV, and admit to a fault in Uncle Casey's Mail Bag. Yes, it's a rare occasion, so savor it while you can. 

The MMO Report: Thursday, September 29th »

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With all the "Classic Collections" and "HD Remixes" coming out these days, we've been spending a lot of time playing games we lost years ago. Most of the time nostalgia takes over and we enjoy reliving the emotions we had the first time we played through them, but sometimes gameplay mechanics of a bygone era get in the way of our experience. Such is the topic of this week's Soapbox, where Adam talks about how amazing the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection is, but explains how much harder it can be to play through today because of how gaming has changed over the years. 

Sessler's Soapbox: Revisiting the Classics »

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