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Six Bond Films Merge to Form 007 Legends
With so many James Bond films to choose from, why make another video game based on only one? GoldenEye 007: Reloaded developer Eurocom and Activision visit six different Bond flicks this fall in 007 Legends While 007 Legends is technically a tie-in with this year’s new Daniel Craig Bond flick, Skyfall, the game will explore…
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This Persona 3 Aigis Figure is Ready to Clean House (and Tidy Up Your Wallet)
The only thing better than the sexy autonomous anti-shadow weapon from Atlus’ Persona 3 is that same sexy autonomous anti-shadow weapon in a maid outfit. I sat this not because I have a thing for maids, but rather because my home is incredibly cluttered, and I figure an android could fix that. In this case…
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French Presidential Candidate’s Website Hides an 8-Bit Konami Code Surprise
Democratic Movement president François Bayrou may be a longshot in next week’s French presidential election, but he’s won my nonexistent vote with a secret NES-era message hidden in his official website via the Konami Code. Or perhaps my vote should go to whoever created his official website. I’m not sure how politics work in France,…
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Which of These 15 Draw Something Player Types Fits You?
After playing Draw Something on the iPhone or iPad for any amount of time, you begin to mentally file your partners by type. Lihay Kalvo created this video to help you properly identify which category you fall into. Me? I fall somewhere between the one that can’t draw and the artist that saves the word…
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Red Pandaren Males Don’t Get Fluffy Tails? World of Warcraft is Dead to Me
What kind of World of Warcraft does Blizzard expect us to live in when the red male Pandaren doesn’t have a long floofy tail? It just doesn’t make sense. I was cautiously optimistic that the Mists of Pandaria expansion would feature enough new content to keep the game interesting for another couple of years. Now…
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Minecraft Creator Likes My Little Pony, But Not Like That
Len Peralta just has a way of bringing out the pony fan in today’s most respected video game developers. After outing Valve’s Gabe Newell as a certified brony, Minecraft‘s Markus “Notch” Persson admits his My Little Pony Admiration on the latest Geek a Week podcast. Now Notch wouldn’t call himself a brony per se, but…
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From Space Combat to Build-and-Battle in a Single Starhawk Mission
How does Starhawk for the PlayStation 3 seamlessly transition between twitchy spaceship shooter to strategic ground-based build-and-battle gameplay? Lightbox Interactive’s Dylan Jobe talks us through an entire single-player mission. I might need to hire a friend to help me play Starhawk. When it comes to space sims, I am at the top of my game,…
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Nintendo’s Bringing New Wii U Pikmin and Mario to E3 [Update]
With Nintendo expected to make a big push with its next generation hardware at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto tells Spanish publication El Mundo that his plumber pal and plant lackeys will be there in full force. Fans anxiously awaiting a new entry Miyamoto’s quirky strategy series Pikmin look…
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ReviewsMcGangBang: The Snacktaku Review
You think you know the McDonald’s menu? You keep abreast of the changes, the limited-edition items, the seasonal fare. You’re pretty well-informed, sure, but did you know about McDonald’s secret menu, on which the dreaded McGangBang lives? Open your eyes, snackster! There is more to eating complete crap than lining up in a queue and…
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Great Moments in Video Game Humor: Who’s John Muir?
Who’s John Muir? Do you really want to know? I could tell you, or a bunch of stuffed and mounted animal heads from the title that proved a video game based on a comic book could surpass its source material can. Hit it, Sam and Max! Steve Purcell’s Sam and Max: Freelance Police was a…
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The Ultimate Video Game Accessory: The Mustache Monocle
The fancy mustache is the primary weapon in our war against those that would dismiss gaming as a barbaric hobby practiced only by children and immature adult-types, but not everyone can sport a fancy mustache, can they? The Mustache Monocle says yes they can. Hewn from the same trees that once were harvested for paper…
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Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: The Hunger Games Versus Mario Teaches Typing?
This one was just too easy. I mean, who hasn’t imagined the characters from Suzanne Collins’ young adult novels interacting with the disembodied Mario head of Mario Teaches Typing 2? Fan fiction author Pantsamander wrote this story back in 2010, so let’s dismiss the idea that this is a shameless ploy to cash-in on two…
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The Dorkly Weekly: Toad is a Lying, Cheating Bastard
Toad was supposed to be Mario’s friend, right? Then why doesn’t he just give Mario what he needs instead of making him play his twisted games? Seriously, Mario is on a quest to rescue the princess, Toad has boxes filled with power-ups, and Mario only gets to pick one? I mean, I guess that works…
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Minecraft‘s Enderman and Creeper are Exponentially More Terrifying in Real Life
Folks that don’t play Minecraft often laugh at fans of Mojang’s blocky building game, wondering how they can be terrified of primitive constructs like the Creeper or the Enderman. This live-action short film series by Benjamin Combes captures that terror in a way non-players can understand. There are the screenshots you see while browsing the…
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Celebrate Five Years of Lord of the Rings Online with Free Stuff
Has it really been five years since Turbine took the world’s most beloved fantasy world and transformed it into a massively multiplayer online game adored by a handful of players until it went free-to-play? Well I sure hope so; otherwise this post is pretty pointless. Lord of the Rings Online launched on April 24, 2007,…
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Crysis 3 Transforms New York City in 2013
This morning EA and Crytek have officially unveiled Crysis 3, the third installment of the high-tech military shooter franchise and the second set in New York City’s lush rainforests and teeming swamps. Wait, what? The first Crysis took place on a tropical island. The second Crysis took place in New York City. The third mashes…
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You Can’t Help But Smile As Pinkie Pie Mercilessly Slaughters Her Enemies in Skyrim
Sometimes the Skyrim mods are so beautiful it’s almost painful. Take on My Little Pony mod, video copious amounts of slaughter, add a happy song and you’ve got a recipe for… cupcakes? To recreate this wonderous thing on your PC, just grab the Pony Weapons and Armor mod at Skyrim Nexus, or grab the weapons…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Expands Free Month Offer to Include Less Valuable Players
Yesterday BioWare made a substantial portion of Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s player base angry by offering a free month of play to its “most valued” players—those that had reached level 50 in the game. Today the developer continues to surprise and delight players by expanding the promotion as to not alienate people. While the…
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Max Payne Ruins the Week in Gaming Apps for Everybody Else
Here I was, having a great week (in gaming apps), and Rockstar’s Max Payne Mobile has to wander in and make things all noir and edgy—in bullet time no less! How can a game in which you snipe at stick people stand in the way of the smirking face that would one day become Marky…
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