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Two Men Direct a Real Game of Football With a Video Game Controller
In this video, two men are playing a game of FIFA. Or maybe Pro Evo. Doesn’t matter, since they’re not really playing what’s on the screen. They’re controlling real men playing a real game of football. The execution is a little lacking in places, where the players either improvise on their own accord or take…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2011 -
Half-Life’s Classic Intro Is Now a Short Film
There’s no shortage of top-shelf Half-Life fan films on the internet, but the thing is, most of them are based on the second game in the series. Not many are based on the first. This one is, though, and it’s pretty good! It doesn’t really get the feel of the game’s intro, but for fan…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2011 -
This Call of Duty Music Video Uses Guns to Make Beautiful Music
Gun effects, soundbytes and a healthy dose of dubstep. Oh, and Call of Duty. By all accounts this clip should be tough to watch, but it’s actually damn catchy. Modern Warfare 3 Dubstep [Gamefreaks] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2011 -
These are the Men and Women who Bring Skyrim to Life
One very valid complaint that was levelled against Elder Scrolls IV is that it often felt like there were only three people voicing the game’s entire cast. In Skyrim, for the most part, that’s been fixed. And then some. Even when you get past the token celebrity voice actors, you see there’s a vast, talented…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2011 -
Shooting Robots On the iPhone Never Looked so Good
It’s easy to look at Epoch in action and think it’s trying to be Gears of War for the iPhone. Easy, and thankfully, wrong. While the game is a shooter (of sorts), and is built around the idea of juggling between shooting at enemies popping out from cover and taking cover yourself, its controls are…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Esports
The Biggest LAN Party In the World Looked Amazing
Over the weekend, Dreamhack Winter 2011—the largest LAN party in the world—went down in Sweden. Here’s what it looked like. To give you an idea of the scale of the event, over 12,000 people turned up with PCs in tow, to not only play the LAN games of their choosing but also take part in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Vega! Morrigan! Raiden! Vega!
Wonderful. I complain regularly here that there’s not enough quality male cosplay, and what do I get this week for my troubles? Vega. And not just Vega. An awesome Vega. He is, of course, joined by a score of other great cosplay artists in our weekly round-up, featuring characters from franchises as diverse as Dynasty…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Buy Your Own Stuffed Dragonborn Helmet
So you want to look like Skyrim’s Dragonborn but don’t want to go to the snow, get beat up and punch a lot of wolves in the face. Next best thing? Buying a plush Dragonborn hat. Theese polar fleece pieces (with stuffed horns) are made to order, and cost $40. Worth it? If you look…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Nintendo’s Zelda Room Won’t Be Destroyed by the Moon in Three Days
Nintendo of America, as part of the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations for The Legend of Zelda, got the team at iam8bit to dress up a room in the fashion of the series. They didn’t disappoint. Look at those murals! The grass! The rupee cushions! Incidentally, did you know that Nintendo of America’s headquarters is split…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Argh, This Disney Kids Game Just Got Gruesomely Morbid
In 1994, Westwood—they of Command & Conquer fame—released a platforming adaptation of The Lion King. It was pretty great! Westwood had no part in the bootleg Chinese version of the game, though, which added a few extra scenes. Lion King 5, for the Famicom, is like many other Chinese games of the time in that…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
The Secret Nicknames of Shadow of the Colossus
They’re some of the most memorable opponents/victims in all of gaming, but the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus don’t actually have official names. All this time you’ve been calling them “sword guy” and “flying thing” (or things presumed to be more official), but turns out those aren’t canon. They’re officially nameless. They do, however,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Skyrim’s Tough When You’re a Midget
Actually, this guy isn’t even a midget. He’s more like a Fraggle. With a sword. YouTube user DoctorMelon messed around with his copy of Skyrim on the PC and changed the size of his hero. He now finds horses terrifying. Towns go from reasonably-sized to monstrous. And let’s not even think about dragons You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Let the Xbox 720 Concepts Begin!
Now that rumours about the next Xbox console are flying thick and fast, those with an eye towards the future and a hand on their mouse are dreaming up concepts of what the next machine will look like. Here’s the first credible one I’ve seen in the wake of the recent rumours, which is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
The Whore of the Orient is the Next Game From LA Noire’s Creator
Brendan McNamara, whose LA Noire project resulted in a good game and a shuttered studio, has ended up at the same place many of his ex-employees did: filmmaker George Miller’s KMM Studios. He’s there to develop a game called Whore of the Orient, which has been described as “one of the great untold stories of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
CultureTotal Recall
So, Who Exactly Could Be In a Sony Fighting Game?
There’s a rumour going around that Sony is set to take on Nintendo’s Smash Bros. series with a fighting game franchise of its own. Interestingly, a lot of the early sentiment I picked up on over the weekend was people wondering whether the PlayStation brand had a strong enough roster to support such a game.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Is Sony Working On its Own Smash Bros. Game?
It seems Sony could well be working on its own take on Smash Bros., Nintendo’s beloved first-party fighting game series. Called (or at least code-named) Title Fight, the project, supposedly in development at SuperBot Entertainment, features a range of Sony’s first-party mascosts squaring off against each other in a fighting game. Some of the characters…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2011 -
Gamers Pepper Sprayed During Black Friday “Competitive Shopping”
Customers shopping for games at the Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch, San Fernando Valley got a little more than they bargained for last night when they were blasted with pepper spray amidst scenes of commercial chaos. Here’s the thing, though; the spraying wasn’t done by police or security. It was the result of one crazy woman,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 -
Ghost Recon Game Skipping PC Because of, you Guessed it, Piracy
There’s a shiny big Ghost Recon game, Future Soldier, coming to consoles. It won’t be coming to PC, though. PC users instead get a free-to-play game called Ghost Recon Online. Why? It’s Ubisoft. Take a guess. “We are giving away most of the content for free because there’s no barrier to entry”, Ubisoft’s Sébastien Arnoult…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 -
Batman: Arkham City’s Guest Appearance On The Simpsons
Fan artist Dean Fraser, who specialises in turning pop culture icons into characters from The Simpsons, has spent the week giving Batman: Arkham City his (or, well, Matt Groening’s) signature treatment. We’ve featured his work before, when he’s done characters from Half-Life, Street Fighter and Zelda, but this is the first time in a while…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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