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Skullgirls‘ Mobile Fighting Game Is Strong
Popular indie game Skullgirls is now a free-to-play mobile fighting RPG for iOS and Android. And while it does feature some of the annoying free-to-play stuff found in other games in the genre, it’s got a surprisingly complex fighting game to back it up. In many ways Hidden Variable Studios’ mobile side-story to Lab Zero…
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Oh Hey, There’s A New Micro Machines Game Coming Out Next Month
Speaking of small worlds, June 23 marks the return of the tiniest toy cars in Micro Machines World Series. It’s miniature racing with an incredibly healthy heaping of Hasbro product placement. How much can you spot in the latest trailer? Has it really been nearly 11 years since the last Micro Machines video game? Codemasters…
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In Praise Of Games That Make Us Small
Video games can make us feel large and powerful, but they also have the ability to make us very small, granting us a unique perspective on everyday life. Here’s to the games and multiplayer maps that turn us into tiny people in a big, big world. Humanity yearns to explore the dark reaches of space…
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If You Like Rhythm Games, You Should Play Neon FM
Neon FM is an EDM-packed arcade rhythm game that’s so good Konami made its own version, but finding an arcade to play it in can be kind of tricky. Fortunately it’s now also a free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android, which sure beats spending $8,000 on an arcade cabinet. In many ways the Neon…
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Black And White Strategy Battler Aztez Is Finally Coming Out This Summer
The last time we checked in with Team Colorblind’s Aztez was in 2013, and the hybrid strategy board game/beat-em-up was slated for a 2014 release. Three years later the game is set for a summer release. No really, there’s a Steam page and everything What took so long? When I played an early build of…
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The Switch Is The Perfect Platform For Disgaea 5
It’s been a long time since I was able to sink dozens of hours into one of NIS America’s deep and silly tactical role-playing games. But now that Disgaea 5 Complete is on the Nintendo Switch, I never have to put it down. That’s wonderful. Also dangerous. For those of you unfamiliar with Disgaea, it’s…
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It’s Adventure Time In Minecraft
Coming soon to all versions of Minecraft, the Adventure Time pack turns one of the more popular fan-made mashups into something you’ll be able to buy. Fans have been combining Minecraft and Cartoon Network’s popular fantasy cartoon for years now, building elaborate treehouses and kingdoms made out of candy and skinning their blocky heroes to…
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Hasbro Convention Tickets Are Now On Sale And They Are Not Cheap
Last year the company responsible for D&D, Magic: The Gathering, My Little Pony and Transformers announced Hascon, a three-day fan celebration of the stuff it makes. Tickets for the Providence, Rhode Island show are now on sale, with adult three-day passes ranging from $165 to $600. Wow. Now I’ve been to semi-official (read: not official,…
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The Open Source K-Type Keyboard Makes A Fantastic First Impression
As nice as some of boards you can pick up on Amazon are, the only real way to get the perfect mechanical keyboard is to build it it yourself. Engineered by a small group of enthusiasts known as Input Club, the K-Type is a fully-customizable, completely open source keyboard that’s the next best thing to…
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Doctor Who Explores A Horrible Truth Of Video Games
“Those pretend people you shoot at in computer games . . . now you know. They think they’re real. They feel it.” Way to ruin the fun for everybody, Doctor Who “Extremis” is the latest episode of Peter Capaldi’s final season of the BBC’s long-running science fiction series. In it, the Doctor and his companions…
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Show Us Your Custom Injustice 2 Characters
The coolest new feature in Injustice 2 is the ability to play dress-up with DC Comics’ iconic heroes and villains. And though they can’t possibly be as awesome as my Grape Flash here, we want to see your best custom creations. For those of you not playing thebest DC Comics fighting game ever, Injustice 2…
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Snacktaku Eats Jolly Rancher Pop-Tarts, Feels Betrayed
You know what I could really go for right now? A stale melted Jolly Rancher sandwich. How about you guys? The Pop-Tarts people have caught Oreo fever as of late, teaming up with everything from Dunkin’ Donuts to A&W Root Beer in an attempt to up the profile of everybody’s favorite toaster-friendly breakfast rectangle. Though…
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When A California Punk Song Sold Me On A Japanese Tactics RPG
Has a song ever made you buy a video game? I might have never picked up Nippon Ichi Software’s 2003 tactics RPG Disgaea: Hour of Darkness if not for the punk rock tune Atlus decided to use for the U.S. translation. You won’t hearTsunami Bomb’s “The Invasion From Within” in the Japanese version of Disgaea:…
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Injustice 2 Bug Eats Player Progress, But You Can Get It Back
A bug in Injustice 2 is rolling back player progress, making hard-earned character levels seemingly disappear. While Netherrealm works on ensuring the issue stops occurring, WB Games offers a workaround that’s been fixing the issue for many players. Reader Luca tipped us off to the problem earlier today, noting that he and several other players…
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L-Trac Glow Laser Trackball Review: The New Ball Game
A good trackball is hard to find. That wasn’t always the case, but in today’s world of super-high DPI mice, quality sphere-based pointing devices aren’t easy to come by. Don’t worry, I found one. While I appreciate a nice mouse for gaming and general use purposes, I am an old, old man who grew up…
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The $250 Mountain Cave Is The Biggest Lego Minecraft Set Yet
Coming July 1 to a Lego store near you, the 2,863 piece Mountain Cave set is the most ambitious (and most expensive) official Lego Minecraft set yet. As an added bonus , it actually looks like a mine someone has crafted. Last year’s Village set was nice, but it didn’t exactly scream “mine.” Standing 12…
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Farpoint Gets Virtual Reality First-Person Shooters Right
What makes a good virtual reality first-person shooter? Give me a analog stick to move my feet and a giant plastic PlayStation Aim gun to steer me by. The hordes of alien spiders are optional. Seriously, stop it with the spiders, Farpoint. I only recently acquired PlayStation VR, so Impulse Gear’s Farpoint is my first…
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