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Set Your Google Custom Wallpaper, The Worst Video Game Clichés

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Get a jump on your friends and add a lol-worthy background to your daily Google searches with the Next Web's guide to customizing your search wallpaper. [From: The Next Web, via: Geekosystem]
  • UGO rounds up the 50 worst video game clichés, from the sword's supremacy over guns to your crippling inability to save humanity. [From: UGO]
  • Google's obsession with sugary food goes a bit beyond naming each Android operating system after a waistline-expanding snack. The company buys oversized eclairs, cupcakes and froyo cups for the Googleplex lawn. [From: The Raw Feed]
  • 'Star Fall,' another in a line of single-input games like Canabalt, has you navigating a pixelated field of orbs with your mouse. Your life is forever running out, so hit the white and yellow orbs for a speed boost and more time to play. [From: Star Fall, via: Rock Paper Shotgun]
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