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I’ve Never Seen Someone as Scared of Chickens as This Kid
We got an email overnight from a reader, and the subject line was “Real life Zelda?”. I feared the worst. Some bad fan art, perhaps, or even worse, an awful fan film project. How wrong I was. If you’re just a regular human, you’ll probably laugh. Wonder why the kid doesn’t just drop the food.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
What 375 Nintendo Game Paintings, One for Each Day of the Year, Look Like
I know, there’s only 365 days in a year. We’ll get to that discrepancy in a minute. Aussie artist Campbell Whyte set out last year on a mission. He wanted to paint a small image every day of the year, each one based on a NES game. While his original aim was to paint the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
Brave Man Builds Real Devil May Cry Sword, Cannot Somersault With it
Further proof that giant swords designed by Japanese artists are entirely impractical in the real world, Michael “Giant swords are kinda my thing” Craughwell has built a 1:1 replica of Dante’s Rebellion sword from the Devil May Cry series. Built entirely from steel, and weighing a whopping 33.5 pounds, it doesn’t look quite as manageable…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
FarmVille Boss Stalked, Needs Over $1 Million in Security
The worst we normally get from irate psycopaths are angry/entertaining emails. For Zynga boss Mark Pincus, though, things are a lot more serious, to the point where he needs an absurd amount of security to ensure the safety of his family. Since last year, Pincus claims that he’s been stalked by a stripper, and while…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
What Azeroth Looks Like From Space
Reddit user lurker_becomes_lurkd has turned the draw distance on World of Warcraft all the way up to eleven, and in a series of screenshots lets us look down on the world of Azeroth as though we were Gods. It’s…clearly not designed to be seen from this kind of distance (it needed some tweaks – not…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
Please, God, Bring This Game of Thrones Game to Life
I’ve not been terribly excited by the Game of Thrones video games we’ve seen to date. I am, however, terribly excited by this single image, showing one man’s dream for a stylish 2D fighter based on the heroes of Westeros. It will never become a thing, but Dynamaito, you’ll still win my heart if you…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
The Star Wars Game Lucasarts Should Have Made, But Never Did
This is very exciting. Nearly three years ago, I did a story on Han Solo Adventures, a fan-made project looking to bring the world the 1990s Lucasarts x Star Wars adventure game it never actually got. Given this was three years ago, I’d given the project up for dead, but no. In the last few…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallNintendo’s Terrifying Power Glove Indoctrination Video
Get a cup of tea, a biscuit or two and settle in for ten minutes worth of Nintendo Power Glove propaganda, courtesy of the official VHS cassette guide to the peripheral. It is something you really should watch. From the product placement to pseudo-religious tone throughout, it’s as perfect a summary of one of Nintendo’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
That Time Sega Made a Ridiculous Fighting Game. With a Car in it.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of its Smash Bros. series, a lot of people give Nintendo credit for pioneering the idea of a fighting game bringing together a company’s mascots in the name of face-punching. Sega fans, though, will know that Smash Bros. was just the latest in a long line of such titles. One…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Cortana is Dying, Multiplayer Sounds Very Interesting, and Other Pieces of Halo 4 News
Game Informer’s Halo 4 issue is now out, and inside are details not just on the game’s singleplayer campaign, but what new developers 343 studios are doing with the series’ multiplayer as well. Which is blah blah bullet points whatever. More interesting, to me at least, is that a big part of the fourth main…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Resident Evil 6 Shambles Forwards, Now Out in October
Last we heard, Resident Evil 6 was out in November. Well, that’s now changed, as a leaked trailer – posted on Sony’s Italian YouTube site and since pulled – indicates the game’s release date is now October 2. We’ll have more coverage on the game later today. New Resident Evil 6 trailer [NeoGAF]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
It’s Dangerous to Drink Alone. Take Cards.
A year ago, Swiss artist Nelde released some images of an idea for a deck of Zelda playing cards. They were, given the template, almost perfect. Well, encouraged by the positive feedback received, Nelde went and deigned the rest of the deck and has had them printed up by the lovely people at Fangamer. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
This “Oh Shit” Flash Game Will Destroy Your Day
Oh boy. This is amazing. If you’ve seen former R&B star R. Kelly’s incredible Trapped in the Closet (if not, begin), well, this is a flash game based on Trapped in the Closet The game’s instructions are as follows: Click on R. Kelly’s face whenever he says “Oh shit!” Maybe some other stuff too. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Sonic 2 HD Contains Keylogger, Delete Immediately [Update 3]
A group of fans recently released Sonic 2 HD, an alpha version of a very fancy home-made tribute to Sega’s classic platformer. The game even, inadvertently, throws in a bonus: free keyloggers for everyone! [Update: no it doesn’t!] It’s being reported that a “professional antivirus employee” has confirmed that copies of the game include “a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
A Kid’s Cardboard Arcade is the Most Beautiful Thing You’ll See Today
Caine is nine. And like all the best nine year-olds in the world, Caine is obsessed with video games. In Caine’s case, it’s arcade games, and he’s so obsessed he built himself a giant cardboard arcade. This is the story of Caine’s arcade. If you’ve had a shitty day, or just need something to make…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Mass Effect Prankster Livens Up TV Show
Q&A, an Australian current affairs program, ran an episode over the weekend about Easter. A big part of the show is that, while conversations are taking place in the studio, a ticker on the bottom of the screen lets viewers get their $0.02 in. Given the topic involved religion, then, it’s easy seeing how ceekel…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Bulletstorm Probably Won’t Get a Sequel, PC Pirates Blamed for Poor Sales
Bulletstorm, one of 2011’s more surprising critical successes, wasn’t as big a hit at the register, with Epic Games boss Mike Capps telling GameSpot that “From a sales perspective it was good, but not amazing. I think EA was hoping we’d do better.” In terms of whether this means we’ll see a sequel or not,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
Is This Footage From Valve’s Mysterious Space Game?
It’s been whispered about for years now that Half-life creators Valve either are, or at least were, working on some kind of sci-fi game. There were rumours, there was rumoured concept art of spaceships, and now there might be test footage of the game (or at least its universe) in action as well. Gray Horsfield,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
The Cutest Damn Video Game, Comic and Movie Stars You’ve Ever Seen
Artist Mike Mitchell recently held a show at the kinda-famous Gallery 1988, in which he showed off a whole ton of nerd superstars with enormous heads, enormous eyes and tiny, tiny little arms. You can buy prints of just about all of these from Gallery 1988’s site, or if you’re after something more authentic, some…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012
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