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Now That We’ve Got Yakuza 5, Time To Start Drooling Over Yakuza 6
Released in 2012 in Japan, Yakuza 5 finallymade it to North American PlayStation 3 consoles last week, just in time for Sega to release this jaw-dropping trailer for the PlayStation 4 exclusive Yakuza 6 The general sense I got from fans of the series between the release date announcement post and Luke Plunkett’s completely true…
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ReviewsSnacktaku Decks Its Mouth With Peppermint Oreos
When you’re a massive international snack company, there’s no better way to celebrate the holidays than pumping your signature cookie filling with red food coloring and peppermint oil. Let’s eat some of that. The holidays are upon us, and the stores are packed with festive versions of regular products that we normally wouldn’t buy but…
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Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 Launches As Crowdfunding Approaches $100 Million
Fans of Chris Roberts’ space everything simulator get their first significant slice of gameplay with the launch of Star Citizen alpha 2.0, which should push the world’s most crowdfunded anything past the $100 million mark. A bunch of little playable things becomes several massive playable things in Star Citizen alpha 2.0. Players basically get a…
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Tekken 7 Arcade Update Adds A Street Fighter X-Over
While it doesn’t feel like Tekken X Street Fighter is coming any time soon, fighting fans will be getting a little Akuma-flavored taste of those two worlds colliding again in Tekken 7’s upcoming “Fated Retribution” arcade update. Announced at the end of the 2015 King of Iron Fist Tekken 7 Tournament (via Shoryuken), Tekken 7…
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CultureFinding Inspiration In Popples And Power Rangers
Playing around with some of the latest Power Ranger Dino Charge toys and transformable plushies from Saban’s Popples reboot has inspired me to do two things—one noble, and one mildly insane. A table filled with toys from these two very different lines united under Saban Brands says a lot about the world we live in…
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The New Need For Speed Is So Much Better Now
When last I wrote about the new Need for Speed itwas a bit messy—rubberband AI and stuttering made racing frustrating and the in-game cell phone was annoying as hell. With today’s “Legends” game update, all of my major gripes have been addressed. The biggest issue with Ghost Games’ reboot of EA’s racing franchise for many…
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Maybe LEGO Avengers Can Live Up To LEGO Marvel Super Heroes After All
I was a little worried about how a LEGO game mainly based on the Avengers film franchise would compare to the captivating open-world exploration of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. Looks like I worried over nothing—LEGO Avengers has all of that and more. According to the official press release accompanying this latest trailer, LEGo New York…
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Earth Defense Force 4.1 Is The Best Kind Of Stupid
They don’t always need to be thoughtful big-budget blockbusters. As Sandlot’s Earth Defense Force series has proven multiple times over the past decade, sometimes all we need is some mindless fun, and a heaping helping just landed on the PlayStation 4. “It’s so bad it’s good” is the phrase that immediately comes to mind when…
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Map Mod Turns Grand Theft Auto V Into Mario Kart
Mod-master MrVicho13 basically took the entire N64 Yoshi Valley course from Mario Kart 8 and dropped it into Grand Theft Auto V, because he could. Those iconic textures? They were ripped from Mario Kart 8 by a Mr. Ray Koopa (probably his real name). MrVicho13 then converted, optimized and tweaked them. Then he wrapped them…
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It’s Not A New F-Zero, But It’ll Do For Now
Arriving on the Wii U eShop on December 10, Fast Racing Neo is a futuristic hovercar racer everyone is comparing to F-Zero, because everyone wants a new F-Zero. It’s not quite that, but it scratches the same itch. Back in 2011 Shin’en Multimedia released a game called Fast Racing League for WiiWare, a game I…
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A Real-Life Shoryuken Would Knock Your Head Clean Off
Using the power of math and science, Vsauce determined that an average-sized fist performing a Rising Dragon Fist would apply enough force to decapitate a normal human being. Then they built a dummy to test their work. Jake and some special guests came to this conclusion by taking Street Fighter’s most powerful rising uppercut, courtesy…
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Rock Band 4 Adds Terrifying New ‘Brutal’ Mode
Rock Band 4’s big December update drops tomorrow, continuing the game’s slow march from bare bones to full-featured band game. Among this month’s additions are score challenge features, full-combo recognition and a nightmare called “Brutal Mode.” Brutal Mode is for advanced players who hate having fun, or at least have a warped sense of it.…
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Minecraft And Plenty Of Minecraft DLC Finally Arrives On Wii U December 17
Mojang’s block-building sensation makes it to Nintendo’s Wii U at long last next week, bundled with six popular texture packs with an additional 16 more available for purchase at launch. Skyrim on Wii U, anyone? It’s about damn time, really. And it’s something we’ve been asking Nintendo about for years. If there’s any game that…
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ReviewsHands On With Woobots, Wooden Robots In Disguise
Last week I wrote about Woobots, the wooden robotsthat transform into wooden vehicles, currently the focus of a successful Kickstarter campaign. This week I play with them. I won’t waste too much time going over the basics—Woobots are a series of transforming robot toys crafted out of wood. The joints, as in most of today’s…
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Culture
The Week In Games: EDF! EDF!
Who has time to worry about playing video games when the city is being invaded by giant insects? I was fully-prepared to declare this one of those ho-hum December weeks packed with digital goodness but not much else, when I remembered humanity’s battle against the bugs. One of my most favorite stupid video game series…
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The First Thing I Did In The World Of Warcraft Legion Alpha
Demon Hunters? Whatever. Legendary weapons that evolve with players until the next expansion? Sure. Gnome Hunters? You have my attention, World of Warcraft: Legion. I’ve never really seriously played World of Warcraft’s Hunter class. It’s odd, really. I am a solo player most of the time, and Hunters are a great solo class, but two…
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Esports
Watch The World’s Top 32 Street Fighter IV Players Battle For The 2015 Capcom Cup
The 2015 Capcom Cup Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament is taking place today at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event, with 32 of the best players in the world battling for their piece of a $250,000 prize pool. Watch it live right here! Daigo’s there. Justin Wong is there. I’m rooting for Luffy, but that’s just me.…
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