The Scout tries to break through the fourth wall in redditor Karhunperse's Source Filmmaker photoshop, aptly named "4th Wall." It might also be a reference to the thematically similar Saxxy Award-winning short, Animation vs. Animator, mentioned by Karhunperse in the post's comments. Full pic below.
Having been in production for years, James McVinnie's End of the Line short film has now been finished. And it's as good as the trailers had you believe.
Sometimes a small addition to a game can really mix things up, turning it into a completely different experience. In this case, a brilliant, funny experience: Sekti42's Smooth Jazz mod for the Heavy's Minigun in Team Fortress 2 changes all the sound effects of the weapon to various jazzy ones.
I checked my RSS this morning, and saw - because I am still subscribed to the blog's feed - this news piece from Team Fortress 2. It's about the game's big Halloween festivities. And I thought, wow, I can't believe I'm still opening blog posts about Team Fortress 2.
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Color changing characters, trading, and a little bit of fighting. That and YouTuber Chasming's take on Team Fortress 2 pretty much sums up the game and all its madness accurately.
Last week documentary about the First World War was released in Russian that, as you can see, got its Allied propaganda posters a little mixed up.
We've rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, a Madden player learns why you should never try to rub your victory in your opponent's face, and more!
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Held around a year ago, Insomnia49 was the biggest-ever LAN tournament for fans of Team Fortress 2. This week, a documentary of the event has been released, and it's great.
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A friend of mine sent me a really bizare Sonic fanfic video and I was not prepared for how entertaining it was. Here are the notes I took as I watched it.
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Hotline Miami 2 is sure to be one of the most violent we'll play this year, but it's even more violent when recreated in 3D with characters from Team Fortress 2.
Some Skyrim mods just break immersion completely.
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Forget about the items you've found inside Team Fortress 2 Mann Co. supply crates—there's no way those items are as sweet as the stuff inside this real-life Mann Co. crate.
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Hey, you got your BioShock in my Team Fortress 2: These two series released within months of each other in 2007. Six years later, PC gamers with a BioShock Infinite season pass will get a bunch of special items inside TF2. For example, that Big Daddy dolly in Engineer's belt. Two great tastes that go great together! …
The annual Saxxy awards aren't just an excuse for Valve to show off the company's Source Filmmaker suite; it's a chance for us all to enjoy some of the best damn cartoons on the internet, whether you like video games or not.
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Time for another big TF2 update, Valve kicking off something called "Two Cities". There's new maps, new weapons, new achievements.
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And here I was thinking I had the coolest Team Fortress 2 merch around.
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Well, here's about the best birthday present a boy could wish for.
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Given the quality of Valve's own "Meet The..." shorts for Team Fortress 2, it's natural to expect/pray for the company to make a movie based on the popular shooter. One look at this clip, though, and you'll see they won't ever need to.
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Two new community-created maps—Process (pictured) and Standin—will come to Team Fortress 2's next update, along with an overdue rebalancing of Badwater to cope with the shenanigans of the current game.
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It's 2013—people meeting through online dating sites if not through video games is not rare, but in Redditor IdentityProductions' case, it's tough to deny just how intense the love for their partner and Team Fortress 2 is. Even Valve sees it.
