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EsportsChaos Ensues When Six LoL Commentators Talk At Once
The West is definitely catching up to Korea not just in terms of gameplay skills and popularity, but casting, too. A fun exhibition League of Legends match between two pros at this weekend’s IEM tournament in San Jose were casted by no less than six commentators. And, as you can see and hear above, this…
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Warlords of Draenor’s First Raid Is Live, 7 Guilds Already Cleared It
Although Warlords of Draenor has been out for a while, players had to wait till yesterday for Highmaul, the expansion’s first raid, to go live. Seven top guilds, with the veteran Finnish super guild Paragon leading the list, already rushed through it without any trouble. We can say Highmaul is a relatively large raid with…
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How Pokémon‘s Most Unorthodox Flyers Really Work
Some Pokémon with the ability to fly, like the three-headed Dodrio above, just look too weird for us to believe they’re actually able to do it. This is where Tumblr user Cheesyturtle‘s serious scientific explanations come in, in the form of animated gifs. One Pokémon for each Gen. The first one is above, here are…
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Model Hangars Look Much Better With Tiny Mecha Inside
You have to be really talented to build tiny LEGO mecha that fit right into ordinary dioramas and, as a result, make it all look natural. Robot enthusiast Zi Zy builds small-scale scenes just like that, and on top of it, takes beautiful shots of them. Here are some highlights, but be sure to check…
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Seth Rogen and James Franco Play Freaks & Geeks Game, Recall Memories
The folks at TheFineBros got none other than James Franco and Seth Rogen in their latest clip to sit down and try out an interactive mini-game based on Freaks & Geeks, a fan favorite show that ran about 14 years ago, with younger and much different versions of these two guys in it. They seem…
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Life In A Nutshell In World of Warcraft‘s Draenor
No matter where you are in the new zones of World of Warcraft, Khadgar, the main NPC of the expansion, will pop up randomly to bug you. He’s everywhere. Thanks, MMO mechanics. Slightly Impressive‘s recent machinima is about him and about other, similarly elaborate observations of Draenor. The folks at Blizzard might’ve realized there’s just…
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Tiny RC Cars And Drones Battle For Precious Batteries
A two-wheeler trying to save its car friends, a teddy bear awaiting lifesaving batteries… There’s a lot of drama in Corridor Digital’s latest short where remote controlled cars are trying to escape a group of aggressive mini drones. This is really close to bringing a kid’s imagination to life—too bad most of the RC buggies…
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How To Get Seven Rare Spawn Mounts in Warlords of Draenor
In WoW, Hunting rare monsters for mounts is a great alternative if you’re not up to getting them from dungeons or the Garrison stables. The only problem is that it might be hard to find them. The folks at MMO Champion collected 7 of these rares and their spawning locations to help all of us…
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Classic 80s Cartoon Centurions As LEGO Minifigs
Alvin Lim’s LEGO project features classic cartoon characters from the 80s, but this time it’s not the Ninja Turtles or Transformers, but characters from an underdog show: Centurions If you don’t remember or were too young, the show was basically about blowing up bad guys and their robot army. Simple but awesome. The intro sums…
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Artist Recreates Memorable Moments of Final Fantasy VII
These speed paintings are the work of concept artist Lap Pun Cheung and they pretty much sum up the first few hours of Final Fantasy VII. The bombing mission, Rufus, meeting with Aeris, Tifa and the promise, all here. And they’ll get you in the mood. There’s more, click here to see all the finished…
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Fun Facts You Might Not Know About The Legend of Zelda
There’s always more to learn about all the Zelda games Nintendo released over the years. The trivia-themed series Did You Know Gaming offers some fun facts from the first Zelda game to Skyward Sword in their latest video. My personal favorite is the bit about the two failed CDI games, but there’s a lot more…
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How To Get Six Awesome Followers For Your World of Warcraft Garrison
Warlods of Draenor introduced garrisons to World of Warcraft, with followers who can be sent on special missions to get some extra loot. Not all of them are hard to get, and there are a few really awesome ones who are simply hidden around the map, and you only need to know where to go.…
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Team Fortress 2 Mod Makes Gameplay Smoother And Jazzier
Sometimes a small addition to a game can really mix things up, turning it into a completely different experience. In this case, a brilliant, funny experience: Sekti42’s Smooth Jazz mod for the Heavy’s Minigun in Team Fortress 2 changes all the sound effects of the weapon to various jazzy ones. With mods like this people…
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Pokémon As Undead Monstrosities
The purple poisonous Weezing with its connected heads isn’t the nicest looking Pokémon out there, but JRCoffron’s and Stephen Oakley’s fan-piece makes it look like something from Doom or an 80s horror movie. Facing something so grotesque, poison would be the last thing to worry about. JRCoffron made an undead Pikachu too. Not sure I’d…
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You Don’t Simply Jump Into This Giant Iron Man Suit
Artist Seungjin Woo‘s redesign of Iron Man is rather large and getting into it might require a bit more coordination than doing it with the regular one. You can see the scale of it by looking at the tiny Tony Stark sitting there comfortably. Here’s the full pic with extra cogwheels and gloomy buildings to…
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Bowser Would Easily Win LEGO Mario Kart
Or would it be Wario? It’s hard to pick, since every character and vehicle looks fantastic in this collaborative LEGO Mario Kart diorama by 74louloute, 7kyubi7 and fujiia Luigi’s death stare is still there, just a bit different. Take a closer look: LEGO Mario Kart by 74louloute, 7kyubi7 and fujiia [Flickr] To contact the author…
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Of Course, Warlords of Draenor Has A Dragon Ball Easter Egg
We knew WoW devs liked Dragon Ball, but Talador, one of Warlords of Draenor’s new zones, is home to an entire scene from Dragon Ball Z. Near Shattrath City you can find two really strange orcs. Once of them is Goh’kuu and the other is Napp’agosh, who must be Vegeta’s sidekick Nappa. And the orcish…
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World of Warcraft, Then And Now
It’s happening! World of Warcraft is about to turn 10. If you logged in today, you’ve already seen an achievement pop up. Although the game came out on November 23, 2004 in the US, the in-game celebration begins today. To do our bit, we made a gallery showing how much the game changed in ten…
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World of Warcraft Zones, Ranked
93. Silithus 92. Hrothgar’s Landing 91. Molten Front 90. Deadwind Pass 89. Hellfire Peninsula 88. Zul’Drak 87. Scarlet Enclave 86. Bloodmyst Isle 85. Desolace 84. Azuremyst Isle 83. Arathi Highlands 82. Borean Tundra 81. Vashj’ir 80. Blasted Lands 79. Deepholm 78. Crystalsong Forest 77. Badlands 76. Swamp of Sorrows 75. Felwood 74. Searing Gorge 73.…
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How Guardians of the Galaxy Should Have Ended
The folks at HISHE made several animated alternate endings to Guardians of the Galaxy, with many of the movie’s memorable scenes getting derailed and Thanos in his hovering chair becoming the most chill villain in the Marvel Universe. And Baby Groot finally meets someone capable of discussing things on a much higher level. How Guardians…
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