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It was an awfully close week, with six of the seven contenders all landing within just 30 votes of one another — but the people have spoken, and elected 2P Start’s ” The Harvest of Time ” as last week’s best gaming-related webcomic . We wager it’s because it reveals a facet of Link that not many people understand: He’s an ice-cold bastard , who won’t hesitate to destroy your lawn or wreck your pottery to find a few loose Rupees. What a tremendous jerk. Second and third place went to The Great Indoors’ ” Fanboyonetta ” and Penny Arcade’s ” A Review of the Preview, ” respectively. If you’ve got a favorite strip you’d like to see in tonight’s wrapup, drop a link in the comments, or send in a tip ! Readers pick best webcomic: The Harvest of Time originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:46:00 EST

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Microsoft’s experiment in casual game creation, Kodu , is now available in preview form online. PC gamers can download the “Technical Preview” version of the game right here , which features a revamped UI sporting mouse and keyboard controls. Microsoft also added other tweaks, enhancing the “move” verb (allowing for scripted camera movements), “streamlined terrain editing tools” and characters that can respond to mouse and keyboard events. If you’re a PC gamer wondering what all of the fuss is about, we suggest you check out our video walkthrough

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Kodu ‘Technical Preview’ available as free PC download

Last week, our MMO-obsessed sister site Massively took a break from their sneak preview of Cryptic’s spacefaring sim, Star Trek Online , to share some of their thoughts on the Klingon faction and player vs. player combat. Today, they’ve got a preview of the first few levels you’ll be grinding through. Is there anything more exciting in an MMORPG than those inaugural hours

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Massively embarks on the first few levels of Star Trek Online

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The November Xbox Live Dashboard Update — which brings Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and the Zune Video Marketplace to the Xbox 360 — will soon be here. Joystiq has nabbed the update early, and we’re here to share all of its secrets with you in the only way that we know how: A video tour! Above, you’ll find a brief tour of all the new features. If there’s a specific feature you’d like to know more about, simply click one of the the words below to watch a more detailed video all about it. Note: We learned after publication that the abnormally priced movie rental has not yet been released in theaters.

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Adding himself to the short list of things we associate with Sweden other than Volvo, Ikea, and delicious meatballs , Stockholm’s Pato Pooh recently released a music video for his song “Follow Me.” It features a regular who’s who of 8- and 16-bit era gaming in the process, referencing everything from Mega Man ’s opening to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . He even kills off that snickering jerk dog from Duck Hunt we all love to hate. Who’s laughing now, dog? Who’s laughing now ?

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Swedish rapper Pato Pooh asks you to follow him into the old school

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A lot of fans of the Max Payne series have been hesitant to get completely excited about Rockstar’s third installment in the series, largely due to the unfamiliar setting of San Paolo, Brazil, and the obvious aesthetic changes undergone by the game’s titular anti-hero. Perhaps their fears will be abated by a recent Game Informer preview of the title, which analyzes the big differences between the first two installments and the boldly redesigned threequel.

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Max Payne 3’s new environments (and plus-sized hero) previewed