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Pokémon‘s Johto Region As A Middle Earth-Style Map
Artist Adam Rufino created a Middle-Earth-styled version of Johto, the setting of the Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal games. Really cool details, and it also reminds me of all those 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons maps of the Forgotten Realms. Johto Map by Adam Rufino [Behance] To contact the author of this post, write to:…
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The Big Lebowski Pinball Table Has Everything A Dude Needs
Pinball manufacturer Dutch Pinball finally showed prototypes of their Big Lebowski-themed machine, a long awaited table among pinball enthusiasts, and it’s full of awesome features. It will be released in 2015 and it’ll cost $8,500, which sounds a bit extreme at first. The table looks very promising though, especially the miniature bowling lane and that…
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The Wii U version of Smash Bros. will include a nice little homage to the 1979 arcade game Sheriff in the form of an assist trophy. This was Nintendo’s first title that featured artwork by Shigeru Miyamoto. via Miiverse Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related…
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Professor X Sure Is A Wimp In X-Men: The Animated Series
Screen Junkies has proof in their latest supercut that Xavier wasn’t really the best choice to lead a group of mutants, at least not in the classic X-Men animated series from the 90s. What’s with the Patrick Stewart bits in the clip though? He’s the exact opposite of a wimp! Supercut: Professor X is a…
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All The Typical Things In Warlords of Draenor‘s Beta
Mages with their spells gone wrong, placeholder enemies, unfinished quests, giant “delete me” boxes… YouTuber Moonclucking put all the typical things you might see in a World of Warcraft expansion’s beta into a slightly exaggerated short clip. With the original game’s beta included, Warlords of Dreanor‘s is already the sixth one with a beta, after…
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What It Feels Like To Play Against Protoss Players In StarCraft II
Channelman manman‘s video won’t blow away the preconception that Protoss, in the current state of StarCraft II, is overpowered. In his comparisons, he first shows Protoss units attacking as they usually do, and then with their abilities modded and humorously exaggerated. Number one is pretty much my favorite, with all those Stalkers and their “Blink…
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Halo: Reach‘s UNSC Savannah In LEGO Form
There might not be official Halo LEGO sets, but with its size, builder Nick Brick’s fan-build of the UNSC Savannah from Halo: Reach probably would be the crown jewel of such a series. Check out his gallery of the ship: And you can see the additional Sabre and Pelican ships in detail in the builder’s…
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50 Ways Superman Could Beat Batman
Fifty not-so-serious ways, since Superman plays in a whole different league. But still, some of these—presented by Mr. Sunday Movies—are brutal, especially number 38. I’d say throwing Batman into space would solve this issue easily. Maybe we’ll see some attempts in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Fifty Ways Superman Could Beat Batman [Mr.SundayMovies, YouTube]…
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EsportsStarCraft II, Turned Into an Arena Shooter
Accessible via StarCraft II‘s free Arcade section, “Unreal Arena” looks like a really fun way to kill some time between matches, and perhaps to practice unit control and micro a bit. It’s a classic 6v6 capture the flag game, with three maps and with some really powerful grenades. Something similar to these grenades implemented in…
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Seven Types Of Pokémon Players
It’s easy to find ourselves and our playstyle in Dorkly’s latest comic with seven of the most typical Pokémon players represented. Poor shinies… Being a Pokémon owned by some of these trainers must be brutal. Click here for more Dorkly comics The 7 Types of Pokemon Players [Dorkly] To contact the author of this post,…
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A Pop Ballad About Diablo III‘s Most Infamous Vendor
Dreamreaver‘s song is about Kadala, the passive-aggressive item vendor of Diablo III, who—although it was fixed not long ago—due to a bug, always sold items in a taunting manner with comments like “good paperweight, for which you can find a use… someday,” no matter how good the purchase was. After spending more than 20k Blood…
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Video Takes Counter-Strike to Team Fortress 2 Levels of Silliness
Inspired by an already existing crazy Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game mode called Chicken Defusal, a Source Filmmaker group called Deviant Pictures created one of the best CS:GO machinima of recent memory. It is just impossible for the group in the video to defuse the bomb on a seemingly intelligent chicken. Defuse on The Fly [YouTube]…
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Mod Turns StarCraft II Into A Cute Cartoon
Some of you might recognize the cute StarCraft characters from the Carbot Animation series. They’re unmistakable. After all the episodes on YouTube, the creator of the series is now working on an actual working map for the game, with his characters and animations replacing everything. You can see various units from all three races fighting…
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To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of popular Japanese racing series Initial D, LEGO enthusiast Denil Oh created quite a unique set on LEGO Ideas. It’s an awesome miniature replica of the iconic Toyota Trueno, the main character Takumi Fujiwara, and his family’s tofu shop. Initial D – 20th Anniversary [Lego Ideas] To contact the…
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An Accurate Summary Of Team Fortress 2 In 60 Seconds
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. It is a submission for Valve’s annual Saxxy Awards—a contest held for the Source Filmmaker community—which is just around the corner. SFM TF2 in 60…
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Disney Movies In Order Of Their Historical Setting
Disney fan Aish‘s chronological chart of Disney movies really shows that they pretty much cover all ages, and that the folks at Disney were really into the 19th century. Here’s the full chart: Aish also noted the following: Excludes most of the package films. Some films, eg The Lion King, are impossible to pin down…
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Six Wild Metal Gear Solid V Fan Theories
With TGS and a handful of new Metal Gear Solid V footage behind, Outside Xbox’s clip weaves further the web of never ending fan theories about the game’s plot and the characters’ backgrounds. All of them sound a bit crazy and compelling, but my favorite is the one that says the mute sniper Quiet is…
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Iron Man Looks Badass In Samurai Mech Armor
Iron Giants is a series of Iron Man art made by artist Clog Two, with Tony Stark posing in various cool Iron Man suits. Some are redesigns of already existing ones, like the War Machine, some are completely new. Here’s a few in their full glory. You can find a lot more over here Iron…
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Pokémon’s Pallet Town In The Sims 4
Pallet Town, the home of Professor Oak and a total of 8 people might be small with its original three buildings, but that’s just the right size to make a Sims version possible. Trunkleton, the creator of this build, was really careful with the details, even indoors, on this 50×50 lot: Here’s “Gen IV” Pallet…
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What An Ancient Mayan Batman Would Look Like
Inspired by Maya art and Camazotz, an actual bat god from Mayan mythology, here’s artist Kimbal‘s pre-Columbian Batman. Encouraged by the Mexican Museum of Design, he made it to mark the 75th anniversary of the birth of Batman, and this is truly a realistic suit: Neck movement is just as impossible as in the original…
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