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Classic PC Games Site Will Return — With Activision’s Authorization
Though the front of Sarien.net still says the site hosting classic Sierra PC games has gone dark, its owner, Martin Kool, says that it’s secured permission from Activision and will “become an authorized game portal with a bright future.” Sarien.net had operated without attracting attention since 2009, hosting Space Quest, Police Quest, King’s Quest and…
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The Moneysaver: The Day After Friday
I grab a deal. I choke him and I kick the shit out of him. All day long got my foot up a deal’s ass. Just bang, bang, bang up his ass. That’s my pleasure. I love good story-of-a-day movies. Fifteen years ago this month I was fired from my job, like Craig Jones/Ice Cube.…
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Old Sierra Games Host Gets C&D From Activision
Sarien.net is formerly the site where you could play, for free, classic Sierra games, such as Police Quest, in your browser. We say “formerly” because Activision owns that stuff now, and its lawyer-mans sent them a letter. “Well folks, that’s that. It was a blast,” reads the site’s front page. “So long and thanks for…
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Drunkémon — Gotta Regret ‘Em All
Apparently in the throes of a bad breakup, one artist did what we all do in times of disappointment and distress: Seek medication in the form of that good, good likker. Then he made up some Pokémons. Kevin Nguyen, an editor of The Bygone Bureau, drew this, saying it was inspired by a breakup. We’re…
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This Guy Wants His Video Game Back
But first he has to put on some makeup. With a Sharpie. And then find his sword. Folks, meet Ricky Lee Kalichun, of Evansville, Ind. Cops say that last Wednesday he confronted a former roommate at his apartment building and requested the return of a television, a games console, and games. Sounds reasonable, except for…
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Woe Betide He Whose Gamertag Appears In A Black Ops Trailer
An ordinary gamer is cleaning his Xbox Live inbox of dozens of friend requests each day, most of them containing a mercy plea from some Call of Duty cheater. What happened? His gamertag was shown in a Black Ops trailer. The trailer for Black Ops’ First Strike downloadable content pack hit on Monday, and at…
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Minecraft Makes The Dark Descent
Yesterday, Minecraft brought to you the Lockout map from Halo 2. Today, it’s the first two rooms of the PC survival horror title Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Minecraftized. Minecraftizied? Minecraftified? Minecraftufactured? Whatever, here’s the video. The mapmaker, the user GamerDuality on YouTube, says it took roughly 20 hours to build. Half of that was…
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How A Randy Robot and a Bit of Team Fortress Showed up in Monday Night Combat
It started with a lunchtime brainstorm by the guys who make Monday Night Combat: Maybe Valve would like to do a Team Fortress crossover? That began a process that required all of a 15-minute drive and a handshake. No money changing hands, no strings attached. “For us, it was like, ‘Really? That’s it?'” said Chandana…
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Image-ine This
You’ll have to. Technical difficulties are preventing some pictures and video thumbnails from hitting our front page. If pictures are worth a thousand words, we need to all pitch in and get a-writin’. The Onion gives the anarchy symbol a facelift; it’ll just be a little harder to spray-paint. Know those pork-barrel “bets” where politicians…
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A Comic Book Game Restores A Feeling Of Power
Finishing off Giganta in D.C. Universe Online this week, I was treated to this scene, and a reminder that no matter how much the medium matures, comic books’ emotional attachments are made in your youngest and most vulnerable years. For those not playing this video game, in D.C. Universe Online you create a super character,…
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So I Went To A Hockey Fight And Punch-Out!! Broke Out …
Fighting in hockey is awesome. It’s more than tolerated – the NHL has no problem with fighting on the ice, nor in the video games it licenses. Know what makes a hockey fight more awesome? Punch-Out!! music. This is Zack Stortini of the Edmonton Oilers and Chris Barch of the Dallas Stars getting rough Tuesday…
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Is Minecraft’s Halo Homage A Remake Or A De-Make?
Super Mario Bros.? Check. Portal? Check. What’s next for Minecraft? Halo, inevitably. Here’s “Halocraft,” a PvP arena homage to Halo 2’s Lockout map. Modified textures and sounds, if not the graphics, complete the look and feel of the original. The World Of Halo And Minecraft Collide For Some PVP Action [Hot Blooded Gaming]
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Minor League Team Parties Like It’s NHL ’94
Like Tecmo Bowl and RBI Baseball, NHL ’94 is a sports video game that transcended its genre. Anyone who played a Genesis or Super Nintendo in the 1990s remembers its goal celebration – every player rushing the scorer, sticks raised. Hardly unique to NHL ’94 – many other games signified scores in similar ways –…
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Like Tapper With a Soccer Ball — And Zombies, Of Course
Pro Zombie Soccer got a special iPad version – the “Apocalypse Edition” this past week; today we’ll take a look at the just-a-buck original which combines a single simple gameplay mechanic with that winningest of themes, the undead. PZS is like a country music song that thinks up a catchy chorus and then writes the…
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APB’s Getting The Beta-Testing Band Back Together
Beta-testing invitations for APB: Reloaded, the free-to-play reboot of the cops-and-robbers MMO, have gone out, apparently to beta testers of the original ill-fated MMO. Beta players will return to San Paro, with their old characters intact. Closed beta invites were sent to us by three different readers. “If you don’t sign up, you won’t have…
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Slightly Disturbed Baseball Player To Pimp Video Game On Talk Show
Brian Wilson, the eccentric, bearded reliever of the San Francisco Giants, hits the talk show circuit this evening to pimp MLB 2K11 and unveil a short film he’s written. Queries as to whether “The Machine”/Pat Burrell would also appear were avoided outright. Whatever it is will be on “Lopez Tonight”, midnight EST, 11 p.m. CST.
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Are Games Art? Well, They Now Belong In A Museum …
More than 300 exhibits comprise Computerspielemuseum, The Computer Game Museum, which opened Friday in Berlin. New consoles join old friends like Pong, plus what looks like a 1980s Imagic game manipulated by a giant joystick. More images inside. [images by Getty]
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Tetris Makes World Spending A Little More Understandable
Last night President Obama delivered the State of the Union. Written for posterity, perhaps, it’s still a policy speech, and policy costs. Here’s “Debtris,” reminding everyone that, a bilion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Debtris, produced last month by Information is Beautful, arranges spending figures in relative sizes to…
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Watch A Grown-Ass Man Losing His Mind Playing NBA 2K11
Remember our foul-mouthed Street Fighter IV friend? Anything he can do, our NBA 2K11 player can do better. Both spew words of the F- MF- (and N-) variety, but our hoopster does it to DMX. Bitch, eat that. Ho. NSFW. The first 90 seconds are mostly random profanity, insults of Ron Artest’s manhood and LeBron…
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