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Here Are A Bunch Of GIFs People Have Been Going Crazy Over This Week
The Internet is a funny place. Do pretty much anything, and someone, somewhere is going to turn it into an animated GIF. Because there is a law written somewhere that pretty much legally binds us all to this rule. This week, crafty Internet surfers seemed inspired by the news on Pokémon X and Pokémon Y,…
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The Inevitable Minecraft Parody of Psy’s “Gentleman” is Here
Worldwide musical sensation Psy spends the entirety of his music video for “Gentleman” griefing real people. Now it’s time to grief some virtual block folks. StageFiveTV made the vid with the easy-to-use Mine-Imator, deftly capturing the spirit of Psy’s performance without having to spend too much time building sets. With such powerful tools readily available,…
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The Most Amazing Video Game Title Screens
We did a gallery on the most awesome continue screens a few weeks ago, so it’s only fair that we give their complement—start menus and title screens—the same treatment. Starting off at the top there is Xenoblade Chronicles, one of the best title screen experiences, especially when you’ve got the music on. But let’s continue…
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Assassin’s Creed IV‘s Hero Is One Incredibly Salty Dog
It better be sea salt Bashir Sultani is using to recreate the piratical Edward Kenway from the upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. What a fascinating process. I especially like the tiny additions he makes at the end on the guns. It took him two hours to create this salt art, only to wipe it…
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This Is Some Incredibly Impressive Marker-Free Facial Capture
It’s really amazing how flawlessly this motion capture demo—sharedby yasser3d—works in real-time without markers to capture every tiny movement of the actor’s face. Just look at the wrinkled skin animations at the 1:30 marker, it’s absolutely stunning, also the random facial movements around 3:30. Markerless Facial Motion Capture Demo [YouTube] To contact the author of…
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Obscure And Awesome Japanese Video Games Now In Motion
It’s relatively easier to find hidden video game gems than it was back in the pre-internet days. Now, there are fantastic sites, such as Obscure Video Games, dedicated to weird old games that most people have forgotten about. It’s still amazing how many cool, undiscovered games are out there. Obscure Video Games not only features…
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The Largest, Most Awesome Video Game Castles
Inspired mostly by Medieval architecture and the Middle Ages, fortified stone castles in video games are always among the most exciting locations. These bastions are the keepers of many secrets, hidden cellars and lost knowledge all awaiting the player to find them. We collected some of the most amazing video game castles, opting for those…
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This Realistic Remake Of A Minecraft Character Is Super Creepy
The blocky 3D character models in Minecraft are funny, imaginative, and filled with character, but also anything but realistic. We love the little guy, but he’s not very expressive when it comes to creating Minecraft machinima. Andrew Price is trying to fix that. Perhaps he shouldn’t. Price‘s renewed model has all the necessary improvements to…
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Brace Yourselves For This Incredible Warhammer 40K Cosplay
You’ve got to hand it to Henrik Pilerud, creator of this seven-foot-tall Blood Angel Space Marine armor from Warhammer 40K, because if he tries to hand it to you he might crush you with his massive, articulated fist. Pilerud basically took over the 2013 installemnt Swedish gaming convention Lincon wearing this amazing suit, which took…
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Video Games With The Most Memorable Pre-Rendered Backgrounds
Pre-rendered graphics weren’t only used in complex cinematic cutscenes back in the day when a game’s own 3D engine couldn’t do the job. Developers also used them as in-game backgrounds to bypass graphical limitations. And some of the games had really well-made, atmospheric pre-rendered backgrounds. Squaresoft and Capcom preferred these a lot in their PS1…
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Homemade Piranha Plant From Super Mario With A Twist: It Breathes Fire
The iconic carnivorous piranha plants from the Super Mario games can be enticing, but I’m sure no one will approach the garden where this giant, six-foot-tall, fire-breathing replica stands. You can watch the entire creation process at hackaday Home made 6 foot tall, fire breathing piranha plant from Super Mario Brothers [YouTube] To contact the…
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The Best NES Game Endings
Video game endings back in the 80s and the early 90s were never really all that complicated. A short animation or a few screens, sometimes text only. But, hell, it still felt so rewarding when we were able to experience it for the first time after beating a hard game. Given the fact that some…
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The Oculus Rift Makes Minecraft a Giant, Blocky Head Trip
Minecraft players seem to have no problem immersing themselves in Mojang’s blocky little world with their naked eyes. Add the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to the mix and things just get crazy. On his YouTube channel inthelittlewood, Martyn shows us how exploring, basic material gathering and survival games against other players work with the…
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The Most Gruesome Video Game Deaths
Which video game has the most gruesome death scenes? Surely Mortal Kombat 9 is a contender, in particular Noob Saibot’s first fatality called “Make a Wish.” It’s so ridiculous it stands out despite Mortal Kombat‘s already high level of gore. We’ve put together a list of some of the most gruesome video game deaths. Some…
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3,000 Players Celebrate 10 Years Of EVE Online In One Epic Battle
In a testament to the player-driven nature of EVE Online, special events developer CCP introduced to celebrate the space MMO’s 10th anniversary paled before the spectacle of 3,000 players forming an impromptu shipswarm to take down one of the biggest ships in the game. We’ve seen epic space battles in EVE Online before, but this…
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LucasArts Characters Are Hilarious In This Butt Kicking Tribute
LucasArts might be gone, but the characters from its classic adventure games live on. In YouTube user Felipe Machado‘s video, the worlds of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and almost everything else LucasArts did in the 90s collide for terrific a mini-adventure. And their adventure has a rather unexpected cameo at the…
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The Skyrim Version of Iron Man Doesn’t Need Any Stinkin’ Technology
You’d think that a high-tech superhero concept like Iron Man wouldn’t work in Skyrim. You’d be wrong. Machinima user Tyrannicon dropped Iron Man into Skyrim and the results are funny and inventive. The Skyrim version of Tony Stark does all right for himself, even though he’s limited to a forge and magic spells (and Fus…
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The Most Awesome Dinosaurs in Video Games
A month ago we got the 3D re-release of Jurassic Park, and a few weeks later we got Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon featuring dinosaurs of all kinds shining under neon lights. This happy coincidence provides us with an opportunity to gather some of the most amazing video games that have dinosaurs stomping around inside…
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Imagine Getting Your Head Chopped Off With the Oculus Rift
With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in developers’ hands, the fresh ideas are flying faster than a head tumbling away from the executioner’s axe. We’ve seen how much fun surviving can be in VR, now let’s check out dying, Ned Stark-style. André Berlemont, Erkki Turmmal and Morten Brunbjerg created this guillotine simulator in two…
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A Visual History of Attractive Video Game Characters: The 10s
The past few years produced a huge amount of great games and a surprisingly decent amount of them have well-developed characters that are hard to forget. And, of course, some of them look really attractive. We’re going to wrap up our series on the hottest, most attractive video game characters with the 10s, starting with…
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