Why is my laptop crashing now?

Question

Maybe half a year ago, I got this practically new, gaming laptop. Worked amazing with any game I played; I could have the highest setting on everything. However, recently (about a month or two ago), my computer has been acting up and can hardly run games anymore. It first started when I would play Minecraft while in a Skype Call; and maybe after 20 minutes, my computer would crash. It would not crash if I were not in a Skype call. So after that, I started playing another game. "Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition". Moderately sized game I believe. After playing 20-30 minutes of that, it crashed as well. It would do the same every time I played. I found a resolve, however, that when I place a phone book under it, it would not crash(though it would lag).

I observed that every time it would crash, my laptop would be REALLY hot on the side (left). So I figured the source of the crashing. Up to this day, I can hardly play any games. Not even Browser based games without my computer overheating and crashing. It's really terrible. The games run smooth and fine, but not long before the crash. Any help would be appreciated!
I think these are the specs of my Laptop.. I'm not sure.
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Monitor Brand & Type: (As Reported) Generic PnP Monitor
Resolution 1920 x 1080
Screen Resolution:
96 x 96 XY Inchs
Physical Pixels Per XY Inch
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
Graphics Card:
Version 8.17.11.9682
Graphics Card Driver Version:
60 Refresh PS
Current Refresh Rate:
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CPU Brand & Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
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0 Volts Current Voltage
1600 Clock Speed:Current Clock Speed:
Socket 989 Socket Type:
5 % Load CPU Load Percentage:
CPU Address Width: 64 (x64 \ x32)
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Boot Type (As Reported) normal boot
Name: THAMNGUYEN-PC Computers Name:
Support: False Inferred Supported:
False In Effect Daylight Savings In Effect
Motherboard: G60JX Motherboard \ Chipset Creator:
G60JX Version Chipset Version Type:
8125 MBMemory in System (RAM)
Version: DirectX Version Number (Actual)

Answer 1

I would bet that the cpu fan has stopped working.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Over heating, blow the dust/lint out using canned compressed air made for cleaning electronics, check the fan for operation or replace, buy a USB laptop cooling pad with built in fans for added cooling.