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Arrow Lovers Will Get A Real Kick Out Of LEGO Batman 3‘s DLC
Once upon a time there were two best friends named Oliver Queen and Slade Wilson. Trapped on an increasingly undeserted island, the two formed a bond that would last a lifetime-ish. At least the eight minutes it takes to complete LEGO Batman 3‘s downloadable Arrow adventure. Available today for the low price of $2.99, LEGO…
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Three Shady Marvel Characters Join Disney Infinity 2.0
One wants to wipe out an entire planet. Another was driven insane by mad science. The third really likes Troll dolls. Today Ronan the Accuser, the Green Goblin and Blue Merle join Disney Infinity 2.0. This fresh injection of evil and shady not only gives players new characters to work with in the game’s Toy…
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Second Shadowrun Returns Sequel Funded In Two Hours
Today at 1pm Eastern time, Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes launched a $100,000 Kickstarter forShadowrun: Hong Kong. By three o’clock the third game in the series was fully funded. It’s all “co-development goals” from here. The rapid funding was largely due to rabid fans overjoyed at the thought of more turn-based tactical adventure in the…
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Grand Theft Auto V Just Sold Me On A 4K Ultra HD Monitor
I’ve been toying with the idea of purchasing an Ultra HD monitor since toying around with the enhanced resolution early last year. With the release of the first 4K screenshots of Grand Theft Auto V on PC, the time for toying is over. Along with the unfortunate delay and system specs, Rockstar also released a…
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We Might Be Looking At The First Great Console MOBA
Despite some valiant (and not-so-valiant) attempts to bring the multiplayer online battle arena genre to consoles, the wildly popular PC genre has failed to gain a foothold on gaming consoles. Thanks to one big difference, the Xbox One version of Smite might be the MOBA’s best hope. While it shares similar trappings with other games…
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Teenagers Are Not Very Good At Being Bread
Bread is lovely. It’s soft, quiet and largely immobile. Teenagers, on the other hand, are packed with sturdy bones, boisterous and don’t stay in any one spot for too long. They’re pretty much the opposite of bread, and so they’re not very good at playing I Am Bread My “Teens are the Opposite of Bread”…
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EsportsThe Final Exciting Match In The Smite World Championship
In which a team of five video game players wind up with a giant check for $1.3 million dollars and some lovely trophies. I spent the weekend at theSmite World Championshipsin Atlanta, watching live as eight teams from around the world were whittled down to two — Cognitive Prime from the U.S. and Team Titan…
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Watch The Million Dollar Smite Final Between Two Unlikely Competitors
The Grand Finals of the Smite World Championships kicks off at 2:30 PM Eastern time today, as a U.S. team expected to be knocked out by its sister squad and a European open invitational underdog that made it to the competition by the skin of their teeth battle for a $1.3 million grand prize. Hi-Rez…
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CultureJelly Babies And 14 Other British Snacks You Should Try
While Snacktaku tends to focus largely on foods available in the U.S. or Japan, we must never forget that the world is filled with wonderful things to put in our mouths. Things like Jelly Babies, Aero bars and the rest of the British candy showcased in the latest vid from Anglophenia. British actress and writer…
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What Legendary Gift Did Destiny’s “Unknown Benefactor” Give You Today?
Destiny players have begun receiving the “small, but Legendary” gifts promised by developer Bungie earlier this week. What did the random item generator deliver to your mailbox? While my own Destiny disc has mysteriously disappeared, Kirk Hamilton was able to hop onto the game, plunge his thumb into the Postmaster’s box and pull out one…
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The Latest Transformers Line Combines Everything ’80s Kids Loved
The only thing harder than trying to convince my parents to buy me a toy robot when I was a kid? Trying to convince them to buy me five toy robots that formed a bigger one. With the Transformers Generations Combiner Wars toy line I finally have my Superion. Well, mostly. The Combiners (or as…
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Sorry Sailor Pluto, Science Says You’re Fired
And by science I of course mean Mr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, who’s never looked quite as animated as he does in the latest from Animation Domination High-Def. When last we left our intrepid Sailor Scouts, Pluto was still a planet. Now it’s just a dwarf planet in the Kepler Belt, and not even the biggest…
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Mad Catz Reveals $300 Transforming Alien Mobile Gaming Thing
Mad Catz’ engineers have gone insane. I can’t blame them. I’d go insane too if everything I designed was labeled with some bizarre acronym, like the R.A.T. mice, F.R.E.Q.TE gaming headset or this, the L.Y.N.X.9 Mobile Hybrid Controller. The Lynx (without dots and caps to preserve my sanity) is an Android and PC gaming controller…
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One Of The Scariest Moments In Gaming Is A Matter Of Design
Jump scare me with zombie dogs, taunt me with shrieks and gurgles or shock me with grotesque imagery all you want — I’m not truly tense until the telltale signs of a virtual ass-whupping start showing up. Dorkly‘s latest comic captures the moment some gamers live for and other gamers dread — the moment when…
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Razer’s Forge TV Aims To Bring PC Gaming Into The Living Room
Today at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, PC hardware maker Razer revealed their entry in the small black Android box that connects to your television market.What makes it different from the other small black boxes? This one streams games from any gaming PC. The box is the Razer Forge TV, slated for release within the…
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Building LEGO Minecraft Is Much More Fun At Minifig-Scale
The first LEGO Minecraft sets were micro-scale cubes comprised of hundreds of tiny tiles that were a pain to piece together. The new minifig-scale sets come together much faster. Want to see? Some people think LEGO Minecraft misses the point of both LEGO and Minecraft, and in the case of the oddLEGO Minecraft Crafting BoxI…
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On The Spot Pianist Takes On Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross And Skyrim
Last month master pianist/composer Sonya Belousova charmed us with on the spot arrangements of classic Nintendo themes, many of which she had only just heard for the first time. I was hesitant to post her follow-up, but then I heard her version of “The Scars of Time” from Chrono Cross. I’m currently in the middle…
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A One Of A Kind Toy Tribute To No Man’s Sky
Hello Games’ ambitious space shooterhas inspired many with its gorgeous visual and promise of endless procedurally-generated planets. Accomplished thing-makerToykyo Joechanneled that inspiration into one heck of a custom No Man’s Sky ship. Fitted with LED light effects and lovingly painted to resemble a ship that’s seen some serious shit in its days wandering the universe,…
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Culture
Watch The Week-Long Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 Marathon Right Here
The 2015 Awesome Games Done Quickmarathon kicked off yesterday, with an entire week of non-stop gaming speedruns benefiting thePrevent Cancer Foundation. This year the assembled speedrunners are playing *checks schedule* everything. The action kicked off at noon Eastern time Sunday with a run through Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze and finishing off on Saturday evening…
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ReviewsJapan Crate Snack Subscription Service Revisted: Three Months Later
Back in October I tried out Japan Crate, a service that ships boxes of mysterious Japanese snacks to your door once a month. I liked it, mostly, but you don’t really know a subscription service until you’ve subscribed for a bit, so I went two more months. Japan Crate, like many newish business with the…
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