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Crab Battles Get Turned Into A Real Video Game
Here we see two crabs fighting each other with a sword in each claw. Video games truly are the best. In-development video game Kani no Kenka, or simply FightCrab, is the latest in a series of aquatic battle simulators from Japanese independent developer Nussoft. Rather than the party-based strategy action of Ace of Seafood,available on…
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When Old-Timey Mobsters Fight Zombies, Everybody Wins
Old-timey mobster Vinnie Cannoli returns for another round of zombie slaying in Crazy Monkey Studios’ Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2. Thefirst game is an excellent tribute to the old school run-and-gun arcade shooter. The sequel, with its 360 degree shooting, double-jumping and dual-gun action? It’s friggin’ awesome. When we last saw Guns, Gore and Cannoli’s…
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Final Fantasy XV Is Great In First Person, Unless You’re Fighting
Final Fantasy XV’s Royal Edition update introduces a new first-person mode to the game, allowing players to witness the world of Eos from Noctis’ point of view. Just don’t try fighting with it turned on unless you’ve got a strong stomach. Pressing down the L3 and R3 buttons on the controller (or the N key…
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Widespread Bug Causes Oculus Rifts To Stop Working [Update]
Virtual reality has gone dark for Oculus Rift users across the globe today, as what seems to be an expired security certificate in the Oculus Runtime service has temporarily rendered their headsets inoperable. Where were you the day the Oculus Rifts died? Reports of failing Oculus Rift headsets are everywhere this morning, from Twitterto Reddit…
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Final Fantasy XV PC Handles Ultrawide Resolution Like A Champ
Some games don’t play well with ultrawide monitors, requiring mods or third-party programs to fill in the extra space properly. Final Fantasy XV PC’s ultrawide support is nearly perfect. As Jason Schreier reported yesterday, the PC version of Final Fantasy XV is looking good and playing good for both of us so far, but as…
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Welcome Back To The West, DJMax
Of the 12 games in South Korea’s popular DJMax series of rhythm games released on PC and Sony handhelds since 2004, only three have made it to North America. Today, we got a fourth. The series’ console debut, DJMax Respect, is out on PS4 today in North America. Maybe I should have waited instead of…
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Music From The ’80s Transformers Cartoon Finally Gets An Official Release
As catchy as its opening theme was, music from the original Transformers cartoon has never had an official release. Hasbro and Legacy Recordings fix that grave oversight on March 9 with the release of Hasbro Studios Presents ‘80s TV Classics: Music from The Transformers. On vinyl, no less. People who follow me on Twitter may…
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Zotac Magnus EK71080 Mini PC Review: A Powerful Little Black Box
Zotac is renowned for making powerful mini PCs. Zotac also makes the world’s smallest Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 graphics card. Combine those two things and you’ve got one heck of a powerful small black box. There are several ways to make a very small gaming PC. One way is to make a gaming laptop without…
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The $80 limited edition of the Super Mario Encyclopedia comes in a surprise block slipcase with an actual surprise inside. There are four different holofoil covers—Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Star, or 1-Up—and there’s no way of telling which one’s inside before purchase. How evil is that? At least medium evil.
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Tekken Feels Weird As A Free-To-Play Mobile Game
Calling this game Tekken Mobile instead of Tekken Tap Tournament is a missed opportunity, but that’s besides the point. Tapping on a touchscreen and using cards for special moves is weird. Officially launched in North America last week for iOS and Android, Tekken Mobile is a very mobile fighting game. The technical complexity of the…
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The Butler Does Everything In This Ridiculous Free Murder Mystery
Looking for a good old-fashioned point-and-click adventure to while away a couple of hours over the weekend? How about the tale of an exasperated British butler attempting to prove the worst person possible innocent of murder? That’s The Adventures of Nick and Willikins, a very funny, very free PC game available now from Pinhead Games.…
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The State Of Our Switches, One Year Later
On March 3, 2017, Nintendo launched the Switch, the miracle gaming system that’s a console and a handheld at the same time. Let’s see how ours are holding up. Stephen Totilo’s Switch: Safe Inside His Sock Date Acquired: I got my Switch in late February of 2017, directly from Nintendo, a week or so before…
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Thumbs On With The Tiniest Game Boy Ever
This is the PocketSprite. At a little over two inches tall, one inch wide and a half inch thick, it’s the world’s smallest playable emulation device. It can run Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear games right out of the box. And you can play them, even if you…
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How To Get Into World Of Warcraft In 2018
It’s been nearly 14 years since Blizzard launched the world’s most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. You’ve had plenty of time to get your affairs in order before finally taking the plunge into Azeroth. Don’t worry, the World of Warcraft hasn’t passed you by. You just might need a little help getting started. We…
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Final Fantasy XIV Gets A World From Final Fantasy III On March XIII
Based on the optional dungeon in Final Fantasy III where the game’s most robust equipment can be found, the Forbidden Land of Eureka comes to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 4.25 on March 13, bringing with it brand new gameplay mechanics and powerful new equipment to acquire and enhance. In Final Fantasy XIV, Eureka is…
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Hasbro Assembles Two Waves Of Avengers: Infinity War Figures
A movie so big it’s split into two parts is going to have at least two waves of Marvel Legends action figures. Here’s a look at the 15 figures from comics and movies making up series one and two of Hasbro’s Avengers: Infinity War line, including a trio of exclusive reveals (hint: look up). Hasbro’s…
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Half-Life Fan Game Has Messy Launch On Steam
In 2016 a demo was released Hunt Down the Freeman, a Half-Life 2 mod starring the leader of a squad beaten down by series hero Gordon Freeman. It was not very good. Last week the standalone version of the mod went up for sale on Steam, and it’s a huge mess. In its current released…
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