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Earthworm Jim, You’ve Changed
Everyone’s favorite video game worm—and his buddy Snott—might look realistic in concept artist Soren Zaragoza‘s pieces, but the madness in his eyes remained the same. Would love to see these in motion. Earthworm Jim by Soren Zaragoza [ArtStation] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
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That’s One Way To Play Jenga
Impressive Jenga skills right there. And if you check the video below, even though the wobble is minimal, it doesn’t look like the pieces were glued together. Still, it’s only one level, but the tower technically fell and according to the rules, that means game over. ಠ_ಠ incredible jenga move [YouTube, DKBobby] To contact the…
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Dark Souls Characters Turned Into Amazing Statues
The raw looks and the rough paint job make these figurines by artist futantshadow unique and cool. They’re just like the ones in all three Souls games: blurred shapes in the dark, coming after you. Here are some highlights, including a Darkwraith, Marvelous Chester, Ornstein, Heide Knight Artorias, an amazing Sunbro and more. The artist…
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The Year In eSports
In 2014, eSports and competitive video games were everywhere. Some games and their finals invaded regular sports channels on TV, filled huge stadiums, and the streams pulled hundreds of thousands of viewers. At this point, it doesn’t look like the eSports craze will end anytime soon. From January to December, here are the best eSports-related…
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Watch The World’s First Kill of WoW‘s Current Hardest Boss
Only 4 guilds were capable of defeating Imperator Mar’gok on the hardest difficulty, the final boss of Warlords of Draenor’s newest raid, and the quickest one was the Finnish top guild, Paragon. While that’s impressive, their newly released kill video is just as awesome. Watch 18 minutes of epicness below from multiple guild members’ view.…
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Flying Jetskis And Other New GTA V Myths
With the new gen versions of Grand Theft Auto V released and tons of new content added to the game, it was inevitable for the GTA Mythbusters series to return and confirm a bunch of new tricks and funny little exploits. This time it’s all about invulnerable monster trucks, pigeons avoiding wanted levels and military…
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The Hidden Origins of Two Warlords of Draenor Followers
Yulon on Tumblr found a really nice easter egg in Warlords of Draenor. The first followers—NPCs we can send out on missions for some extra loot—we can hire for our Garrisons both on the Alliance and the Horde side actually match characters from World of Wacraft‘s very first cinematic trailer that came out a decade…
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The Honest League of Legends Trailer Takes The Game To Pieces
Not just the game, but the community as well, in a funny but justifiable way. It’s all there in SmoshGames’ latest video: the dangers of misclicking, irrelevant champions no one picks, and League of Legends‘ inevitable comparison to Dota League of Legends (Honest Game Trailers) [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to:…
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The Truth Behind Civilization V‘s Worker Units
In the Civilization games, when barbarians capture our exposed worker units and convert them to their faction, they always tend to run away when we try to recapture them, like they never wanted to be part of our empire in the first place. White Lightning HQ’s video has an explanation for this strange behaviour. They…
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LEGO Pokémon Center Has All The Goodies A Trainer Needs
Builder Savath_Bunny shared superb-looking Pokémon center on LEGO Ideas and filled it with the main characters, Pokémon starters and all the gadgets you can find in the games. It’s a relatively compact and reasonable build, so I could totally see an official box set similar to this sitting on the shelves of stores (and the…
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Someone Made Nigel Thornberry In Dragon Age: Inquisition
Because every game needs a Nigel Thornberry character, or someone else from the Wild Thornberrys, the show about the famous cartoon family that studies wild animals. Playng this character properly would mean unnecessary communication with the wildlife all the time. And of course, smashing everything. No doubt, it’s him: Nigel Thornberry in DAI [YouTube, via…
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Ten Ways To Become a Better WoW Player
One of the hardest things in World of Warcraft is making the transition from leveling and playing casually to joining raids or even dungeon groups. YouTuber LazyPeon’s video, tuned for Warlords of Draenor, helps a lot. It’s a really good summary of everything, from UI setups to group communication, that’s necessary to do to make…
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Beautifully Redrawn Animal Crossing Scene
Strange, yet lovely Animal Crossing art from a Japenese Pixiv user, who transformed a screenshot of 3DS game into something really special. Here’s the original screenshot from Animal Crossing compared to the fan-remake. Love the details, looks like a point-and-click adventure or one of those hidden object games. I wonder what the Villager would look…
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Star Wars Imperial Hot Tub Should Be An Official LEGO Set
As seen in Lego Star Wars 2, strictly for Stormtroopers with their helmets on. Darthpapercut’s “Imperial Hot Tub” build is a fantastic addition to the line-up of official Star Wars sets. His fan creation is on LEGO Ideas, which means it needs at least 10,000 votes to make LEGO consider releasing it as an official…
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How To Be A Gentleman In Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 2‘s PvP isn’t just about combat skills. It’s always a sophisticated mind-game with well-timed gestures, moves and stylish manners. Gravy Zombie has a five-step guide/short clip filled with funny tips on how to engage in proper PvP. Step 1: Fashion First. It’s very important to pick the right set for each duel. Step…
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Classic Counter-Strike Map Just Got A Complete Overhaul
Well you can’t say Valve only cares about Team Fortress 2. Train (or de_train), a classic map from Counter-Strike 1.6 times, just got a facelift and a redesigned layout for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive At first the new design with all the trains and cargo containers might look complicated for a fast-paced competitive map, but the…
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Counter-Strike Instructional Maps Are Works of Art
Here’s a really cool new perspective on DustII (or de_dust2), one of the most popular maps in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. NinjaFish on Tumblr chopped up and transformed the multiplayer map from 3D to 2.5D and labeled each part their respective names. This is something I’d decorate my wall with and it’s also helpful if you’re…
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DayZ Fan-Film Got All The Game’s Silly Glitches Right
FireFilms’ live action short got right not just the glitches, like the zombie bypassing walls, but also all the humor that comes with the game: the weird way characters move, the eerie locations, the handcuffs and, of course, the disinfectant sprays. DayZ (Fan Film) – Live Action [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
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Doom As An Isometric Shooter
I can see myself playing something like pixel artist Kracov‘s isometric, 2D version of Doom for hours, trying to blow up everything and marvel at all the detailed pixel-explosions. And while there are working 2D mods for Doom (like the Fall of Mars mod, or the Roguelike) the details in this are just fantastic. Also,…
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