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Geralt Makes “Rated M for Mature” Sound So Sexy
The Witcher 2: Assassin’s of Kings‘ hero doesn’t get laid all the time for nothing. In this launch trailer for the Xbox 360 edition of the game, Geralt of Rivia warns of mature content in a way that’ll have your parents purchasing the game for themselves. I vote we have Geralt’s voice actor Doug Cockle…
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You’re Trapped Inside a Gigantic Claw Machine. What Do You Do?!
It’s all fun and games until the giant claw descends from the sky and threatens to make you the unwilling plaything of a surly teenager. This brilliant (very) short film from SoKrispyMedia captures the sheer panic experienced by brave men that have, perhaps foolishly, made the inside of a claw machine their preferred hang-out spot.…
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Our First Teasing Glance at DJMax Technika Tune for the PlayStation Vita
Korea’s charmingly difficult rhythm game series makes the leap to the PlayStation Vita this Summer with DJMax Technika Tune. Mmmm, touch the music. I’ve got a little love affair going with Pentavision’s DJMax series, greedily gobbling up the sexy style and smooth music of every version released in North America, and importing whatever else I…
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The Xbox 360 Is Ridiculously Old And Now We Can Prove It
The Xbox 360 is very, very old. It’s older than the iPhone, which came out a year and a half after we got the 360. It’s older than Barack Obama’s presidency by three years. We got the Xbox 360 before three even-year Modern Warfares and the three Call of Duty games that came out in…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Manages to Piss Off Players By Handing Out Free Game Time
After all the trouble Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen since its launch late last year, BioWare today decided to reward its “most valued players” that stuck with the game a free month of game time. How could that possibly go wrong? It’s all about the definition of “most valued players”. BioWare apparently defines…
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Let Mortal Kombat Vita Transform You Into a Woman Wearing an Ill-Fitting Ninja Costume
The full-length live-action trailer for Mortal Kombat Vita is here, making me think that perhaps I need to tone up a bit more, maybe visit a tailor before the game arrives. We saw brief flashes of Kitana’s outfit in the teaser version of this Mortal Kombat Vita ad, and it didn’t look half bad, if…
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Karma Wins the Battle Between Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft, or Does It?
YouTube artist and Guild Wars 2 fan MattVisual takes a stab at World of Warcraft in his Get a Mac parody “Guild Wars 2: Vs Other MMOs”. The man has a point. Guild Wars 2‘s Karma System does indeed allow players to score nice gear without grinding. During my time in the game’s beta I…
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Nothing to See in This Week’s Nintendo Download, Wii Gamers
Doesn’t it just figure. I modify the format of the Nintendo Download to included video and demos in order to present a larger look at Nintendo’s downloadable offerings, and they find a way to knock it down to three entries again. It’s definitely a slow download week for Nintendo. We’ve got a 3DS puzzler, a…
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The Email Said I Should Share the Tera Open Beta Code with My Friends. You’ll Do.
En Masse Entertainment is gearing up for the North American launch of its action-oriented MMORPG Tera, and the email that accompanied my beta invite told me to share the open beta key so I could play with friends. My closest friend is a cat. I suppose my closest friend is probably my wife-type-creature, but we…
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Tips & Guides
Tips and Tricks for the Newly Free-to-Play Aion
Today NCsoft launches Aion: Ascension, the free-to-play rebirth of its faltering MMO, complete with eagerly anticipated update 3.0 content like player housing, mounts, new zones and a raised level cap. To celebrate the impeding influx of freeloaders, producer Adam Christensen has written up a tips and tricks guide to surviving and thriving in Aion: Ascension.…
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This Curvy Beauty Sprang From a Solid Chunk of Aluminium
I know, I know; a home theater PC barely counts as a gaming PC, but in the case of HardOCP forum member Achron’s sexy metal creation I’m willing to make an exception. Warning: machining porn inside. Achron’s “Acronym” project began some three years ago, when the then master’s student tried to find a front-end media…
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At Its Most Primitive Aztez is Still More Fun Than Most Beat-em Ups
I’m playing an April 2011 build of a game due out in 2013. It only has one level, one hero and only six enemies to dispatch. I’ve played through it a dozen times since last night. The stark and striking black and white visuals of Ben Ruiz and Matthew Wegner’s Aztez are what initially drew…
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A Song Built From the Sounds of Skyrim
We’ve seen more than our fair share of covers of Skyrim‘s bombastic theme music over the past six months. Now it’s time for a little something different: an original song pieced together using sounds recorded from the Xbox 360 version of the game. Through creative use of audio layering and filters, Peter “Flash! Bang!” Sneddon…
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The Better Business Bureau Says Yes, Mass Effect 3 Was Falsely Advertised
Fans upset with the outcome of Mass Effect 3 have been crying “false advertising” since the get go, arguing that the ability to “completely shape” their experience as promised by EA and BioWare never materialized. According to the Better Business Bureau’s Majorie Stephens, they were right. In a posting on the consumer protection organization’s Consumer…
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All Signs (and Bows) Point to Crysis 3 [Update]
It started with a teased announcement last month, blossomed into a vaguely-hinty Swedish video game magazine cover, and coalesced into an alleged Google listing for the game on EA’s Origin. There’s no confirmation, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Crysis 3. Update: Now with confirmation! The discussion began on NeoGAF (as many do)…
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The 3D Castlevania You Always Wanted is in Minecraft
Konami came close to a satisfying 3D Castlevania experience with Lord of Shadows, it was missing a certain something. Something that Nick “Nario” Hagman found in Minecraft by recreating the entire original game, block-by-block. Nick spent more than 100 hours over the course of 37 days putting Dracula’s castle together in Minecraft, painstakingly placing every…
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Crow Could Be the Greatest iPhone Game I’ve Played
As the credits rolled I place my iPhone on the table, leaned back in my chair and attempted to work out in my head how to present Sunside Games’ Crow. I was having an incredibly difficult time of it, and now I realize why: Crow is much more than my Gaming App of the Day.…
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Resident Evil Chronicles HD Makes On-Rails Zombie Killing Look Good
Heading to the PlayStation Network this June, Resident Evil Chronicles HD takes Wii rail shooters Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles, bundles them together, and makes them look like this. I never got a chance to play these two Resident Evil side stories, so I’m quite looking forward to a chance to get my PlayStation Move…
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