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Sunday Comics: Closed Beta
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Jan. 25. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Jan. 23. Read more of…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Torso Distortion: The Winners
Dead Island‘s meatheaded special edition premium—a butchered big-boobed torso—provided the laughs for this week’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Among the finalists inside you will find Manti Te’o, the Major Award, Chewbacca (a very, very close runner up) and overall winner Nude_Eskimo! BigMike McCarthy billysan Docherty iconoclast24 Nude_Eskimo Pan_1da7 robish.w sciteach sciteach (again) Sr.Muffin theRealBlitzFire911 VanguardRose WellbutrinXL300
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This Startup’s New Hire Application is a Custom Portal Level
Those wanting to work for WibiData better have impeccable Portal problem solving skills. Part of the application process for the San Francisco tech startup involves completing a custom level, based on the company’s offices, says the New York Times A teaser of the custom level can be seen above. WibiData, a computer engineering firm, created…
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Jonathan Coulton ‘Covers’ Glee‘s Ripoff of ‘Baby Got Back,’ Puts It on iTunes, Proceeds Go to Charity
Unable to get any satisfaction from Glee, 20th Century Fox Television, or its lawyers, Jonathan Coulton has put his version of of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” on iTunes, called it “my cover of Glee’s cover of my cover,” and will give proceeds from its sale through February to charity. Coulton put the song on…
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Tim Schafer, Creator of Psychonauts, Shaves His Beard
Tim Schafer, founder and CEO of Double Fine Productions, today shaved off his beard. This event was shown live to more than 700 viewers Schafer yesterday tweeted that he would remove his facial hair. The beard’s demise evidently was tied to a weight loss goal. He had been on a “green juice fast” since the…
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When the Game has No Name, All Are to Blame
Evidently, removing scary scary violent video games from arcades is a trend now. So reports the Associated Press which, quite typically, can’t be bothered to name any of the video games involved. The AP brings up the news from earlier in the month when Massachusetts yanked some light gun games from arcades in rest stops…
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The Moneysaver: Triple-A Battery
Amazon throws some pre-order bait with bonus credit offers on big titles coming out in the next couple of months. Meantime, GreenMan Gaming’s own 25 percent off coupon is still going, along with Microsoft Store’s offer of $20 worth of Microsoft Points on 11 titles there. Those deals highlight more than 100 in all in…
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Disney CEO Vows to Examine the Company’s Violent Video Games, If Any Exist
In America’s wrenching argument over how and why we have so many mass shootings, such as the ones at Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo., many have pointed the finger at video game makers to demand they take a good hard look at what they sell and its effect on impressionable young minds. And one CEO…
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Resident Evil: Revelations on Consoles Looks Better but Still Sounds About the Same
On one hand, this is the first trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles and PC. That lets you see the game (which released on the 3DS a year ago) as you’ve never seen it before. On the other, that means you’re seeing something that looks like BioShock, starring Davy Jones’ bad guys from Pirates…
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SimCity‘s Visual Filters Mean No Colorblind Gamer is Left Behind
If you have it, color blindness is extremely frustrating to a video gamer. I’ve written about this before. No, it’s not a debilitating condition, nor does designing games for a perfectly color-sighted majority constitute a moral injustice or the worst insensitivity video gaming shows to its diverse constituency. But man, in minimaps, friendly/hostile apparel, puzzles,…
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You Can’t Be Serious—You Can Not Be Serious—Playing Tennis in the Face
My father has been a tennis umpire for more than 25 years. He’s seen and penalized plenty of bad behavior, both professional and college. But I doubt he’s ever seen anything like Pete Pagassi, the protagonist of Tennis in the Face “If a player hits a ball at a court official or a ballkid, is…
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Leland Yee, Who Wrote Unconstitutional Anti-Game Law, Tells Gamers ‘Quiet Down.’
Remember the law California passed in 2005 criminalizing the sale of violent video games to kids? The one that got thrown out in 2011 by the Supreme Court? The thing that led to the Supreme Court declaring games were protected speech, an artistic expression? Right. Well, the author of that legislation has something to say…
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Tecmo Bowl Simulation Says Take the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII
Vegas says San Francisco is a 3.5-point favorite in the Super Bowl, and Tecmo Super Bowl, the 1991 classic for the NES, says the 49ers are a 31-17 winner over the Baltimore Ravens, thanks to this CPU vs. CPU simulation of the game using a modified roster file from the TecmoBowl.org community. In this super-scientific…
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“Home Turf” for DC Universe Online Lets You Build Your Own Super Hideout
It’s been a good long while since I last logged into DC Universe Online. I forget where I left my villain—he’s probably standing in the rafters at Club L’Excellence. Home Turf, however, a DLC expansion SOE announced yesterday with this video, might get me to return. And the good news is that, despite what that…
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Colonial Marines Proudly Wear the Title of ‘Baddest MFers in the Galaxy’ [UPDATE]
Warning: NSFW language in the above trailer Assuming I did carry all that firepower and could use it without being a danger to myself and my squadmates, I still wouldn’t be thrilled about fighting things that can tear my limbs off and impregnate me by jamming an alien egg down my mouth. So, that’s probably…
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