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The Rarest Video Game Treasures In America’s Coolest Game Store
Video Games New York is a tiny, cramped gaming store that is full of all sorts of treasures (we even used to host a video segment there!). Every nook and cranny is full of ultra-rare oddities that you can buy. Here are some of them: BuzzFeedVideo went to VGNY and freaked out looking at what…
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How To Humiliate Your Foe in Dark Souls II
It isn’t enough to kill your foe after a parry in Dark Souls II. In order to really make your opponent suffer, you have to embarrass the hell out of them before snuffing them out. Redpaint did just that while dueling, coming up with a series of hilarious and elaborate tricks to do after a…
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A Japanese Music Video That Will Beat Up Your Eyes With Polygons
Oh man, I hope you’re prepared for something super confusing and artsy, because this video sure as hell is that. I am not sure what is happening in [BRDG019] HiDM2_9, but I know that I like it. It’s a music video collaboration between Yasuyuki Yoshida and umio for BRDG. It looks like Maya3D had a…
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Watch These Fish Play Street Fighter
Sure, we all know that fish love playingPokémon, but did you know that they also throw down in Street Fighter II? Time to watch them fight! Of course they aren’t really fighting. Just like in Fish Plays Pokémon, the buttons are mapped to whatever part of the tank they happen to be swimming. Let’s watch…
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Battlefield 4 Screenshots Become Stunning Photographs
A game that’s been modded inside and out is sometimes indistinguishable from the game that was released, and Battlefield 4 is no different. The screenshots below are from Battlefield 4 player Berdu using SweetFX and Hattiwatti’s Cinematic tools. But the mods aren’t the only thing doing heavy lifting — Berdu has a fantastic eye for…
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What If Spelunky Was A Fantasy RPG…
Vagante, the fun but hard-as-heck dungeon crawler I played and enjoyed back in June, has been making some progress. And given what a charming little game it was when I first struggled to get through it, that’s a good thing. It looks like the folks atNuke Nine have been hard at work! You can check…
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Scientist Explains The Hulk And Captain America
Most superheroes aren’t scientifically accurate. That said, that doesn’t mean that we can’t let a biologist try to speculate how they might work in the real world. Watch as Stanford biologist Sebastian Alvarado tries to unravel the biological secrets behind two of Marvel’s top heroes — Captain America and the Hulk. Again, this is just…
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Mario Was Such a Jerk to Yoshi
We love to think that Mario and Yoshi were the best of chums, but when you examine the evidence in Super Mario World, it’s pretty clear that Mario was a really awful friend. Just look at the singalong video above, from the good folks at Fox ADHD. What kind of friend would ride you around,…
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If Tetris Were Made Out Of Pillows
Few things in video games are as mentally satisfying as the crunch of a Tetris piece falling right into place. That’s makes this physics test infuriating. Niko Schatz simulated what Tetris might look like if the tetrimos bounced liked inflatable pillows. Not only is it weird to see full lines forming without disappearing, but the…
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When Dark Souls II Hacking Becomes Art
Hacking in a game is often used for banal, selfish reasons. But when someone uses it for something wonderful, it deserves a little bit of credit. MrAlbinoLama hacked Dark Souls II to turn his magic projectiles into hypnotic, cascading shapes that are very soothing to watch. I am not saying you should do this —…
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Man, This Guy Is Pissed at Madden
Few things in life give me joy like watching a friend lose it because of a video game glitch. This guy, however, takes it to the next level. Watch as Nflpanthers07media flips out over a Madden play gone horribly wrong and starts screaming. To be fair, I’d be pissed too — the physics and the…
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What a Twin Peaks Video Game Might Have Looked Like
Ah yes, Twin Peaks — David Lynch’s famous psychological thriller. It’s such a shame it never got a video game. Well, it may not have ever gotten a game adaptation, the folks over at Filthy Frackers have tried to give us a taste of what that would be like, remaking the intro in 8-bit glory.…
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Finally, A Groot Toy That Can Boogie (Spoilers Ahead)
If you haven’t seen Guardians of the Galaxy and hate spoilers, turn back now. TURN BACK. You’re in spoiler town! Sometimes if you want a toy badly enough, you gotta make it yourself. That’s what Patrick Delahanty did — taking a “Movin’ & Groovin'” flower, hacking it apart and turning it into Groot’s dancing baby…
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Dragon Ball Z Scouter You’ve Always Wanted is Now Real
Dragon Ball Z fans are more than familiar with the scouter — the head mounted display that many characters in the series used to measure their opponent’s power level. Now, one hero tinkerer has made that prop a reality. Oh sure, it won’t be able to measure your real power level (for the record, it’s…
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CultureThis Tony Hawk Speedrun is Flat Out Bonkers
I was pretty solid at Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 in my day. But I don’t hold a candle to GeorgeThePlushie, who demolished the game in 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Take a look at it, and bathe in your game-playing inadequacies! See how fast he moves through the menus! George mentions that fraps was…
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Everyone Should Play A Dungeon Crawler With A DDR Pad
Crypt of the Necrodancer — the rhythm roguelike that lets you control the game with a dance pad — is out for PC and Mac on Steam early access, and while I’ve been really digging it in its early state, I wanted to see what other people think. In particular, the average person that hasn’t…
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A Brief History Of The Ninja Turtles
With the release of the Michael Bay-produced Ninja Turtles movie (which appears to be getting a critical stomping), now is as good a time as any to take a trip down memory lane to see where this all began. The people at Vulture put together a brief video refresher of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
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The Friendliest Dark Souls II Hack
What happens when you fuse the twisted magical art of pyromancy with positive thinking and technical know-how? Why, a Dark Souls II hack made in heaven. It appears as though Benzoin-Gum found a way to combine the Fire Whip pyromancy and the Very Good! Carving, forging a spell that’s as dangerous as it is friendly.…
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