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Only The Power Of The Game Boy Can Slay This Ancient Evil
When the going gets tough, the tough bring chiptunes. Minor epilepsy warning — there are flashing lights. The relentless retro music video above is a collaboration between artist m7kenji and chiptune artist TORIENA. It features unrequited love, giant demons, and bears ordering speakers over the internet. It also makes me wish that Pulse Fighter Toriena…
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Oh Crap, Zombies On Motorcycles
Zombies on motorcycles? Yep, zombies on motorcycles. The short film Horde by BRUTUS Collective is an interesting take on the zombie genre. It’s essentially like a spooky, undead version of the motorbike scene from Akira, but with the look and cast of The Walking Dead. Great stuff! Dammit, now I really want a zombie biker…
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Reminder: Never Trust Anyone in Dark Souls II
Hi everybody! Here’s your daily reminder that the Souls games are engineered to cause pain and misery, even from people you trust. Never trust anybody! Ahar Ance went out and griefed the living hell out of Blue Sentinels in Dark Souls II, placing items precariously next to cliffs for people who were there to help…
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A Critical Analysis Of This Sonic/Cammy Fanfic Video
A friend of mine sent me a really bizare Sonic fanfic video and I was not prepared for how entertaining it was. Here are the notes I took as I watched it. This post contains heavy spoilers about Sonic’s adventure. I can’t get over the fact that Sonic is German (Update: The creator is from…
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Kotaku EastSee How An Anime Master Manipulated Space And Time
The late Satoshi Kon — director of Paprika and Paranoia Agent — was one of the greatest animators to ever walk this earth, and the impact his body of work had on cinema is so rich and dense, we’re only now fully unpacking it. If you don’t believe me, see for yourself: In this excellent…
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Hacking In 80s Movies Was Super Cheesy
Movies have never been that good at accurately representing interfacing with computers, especially in the early days. But it’s still a riot to watch what people thought it looked like. Founditemclothing put together a montage of some of the cheesiest hacking and computer moments in 1980s cinema. Of course, a bunch of them involve Matthew…
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James Joyce is Back, In VR Form
James Joyce’s Ulysses is a classic novel (I hear), but you know what could make it better (I assume)? Virtual reality (hopefully)! Look, I haven’t finished Ulysses. And that’s okay! Even nerds that celebrate Bloomsday can agree that it can be a daunting novel. Which is why Dublin filmmaker Eoghan Kidney is trying to make…
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Everything Dark Souls II Gets Wrong
Despite its shortcomings, I like Dark Souls II a lot. Not everyone agrees. In the video above, the very smart critic Matt Lees gives his comprehensive take on where he felt that Dark Souls II failed and succeeded. On a lot of points, I’m totally there with him. The texturing and lighting belies a game…
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Up Close With Valve’s First, Unfinished Game
The inner workings of Valve are shrouded in mystery, particularly when it comes to game development. Consider the unfinished game that Valve was working on at the same time as the original Half-Life: Prospero ValveTime.net took the time to unpack everything we know about the long lost game. They get into the nitty gritty about…
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Minecraft’s Main Character Is Kind of A Jerk
When you think about it, Minecraft can be a bit of a jerk simulator. Most people in Minecraft go around killing animals, destroying the landscape and generally making a nuisance of themselves. Keshen8 knows this and made the video above. Chill out, Steve Minecraft in 20 Seconds via r/videos To contact the author of this…
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It Must Be Hard To Write Game of Thrones
When you write for a living, procrastination is a constant source of temptation. I bet A Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin gets distracted now and then. The folks at Mint Comedy envisioned what must go through George R.R. Martin’s head when he’s trying to get work done. They even nailed the laugh, too.…
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Here’s A Game About A Helicopter Attacking A Skeleton Realm
If you’re like me, you like weird stuff on the internet. Boy are you in for a treat then. Someone adapted one of my favoirte werid internet videos into a game. Peaceful Skeleton Realm: ABH is an adaptation of the classic peaceful skeleton realm attacked by helicopter by coolnue. Play it. Love it. Shoot some…
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9 Games About Ghosts You Can Play For Free
Ghosts! They’re cute and spooky and a little bit dead. And now here are a bunch of free games you can play about them. The group Devchat had a game jam recently and the theme was g-g-g-g-ghosts. More specifically “ghost wheel?”. The games were all made in a 48-hours span. Carnighoul Take Space Invaders, and…
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Nintendo, Your Cat Mario Show Is Weird
Yesterday Nintendo premiered the Cat Mario Show on the eShop in Europe. It’s an edutainment show aimed at kids who want to learn facts about Nintendo properties. It’s also mildly terrifying for reasons I can’t quite explain. Here are some things I learned from The Cat Mario Show 1. Cat Mario and Cat Peach are…
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Jedi Battle For Charity
Who is the biggest Star Wars nerd: Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert? I guess there’s only one way to find out — Jedi battle! The production might not be top notch as far as Star Wars YouTube videos go, but it’s for a good cause and at least we get to see Stewart in a…
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This Is The Stupidest Dark Souls II Video Ever And I Love It
I love the Dark Souls community, in part because of their unwavering commitment to really stupid jokes. The video above is a brilliant example of that. I can’t believe I watched that whole damn thing. Like, twice. THANK YOU Poblanster Poblanster via r/DarkSouls2 To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find…
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Game Of Thrones‘ Most Enduring Fan Theory, Explained
Some fan theories wilt and die while others linger and persist. One Game of Thrones theory—you probably already know which one—just seems too good not to be true. Warning: This theory contains spoilers for both the TV show and books, and possibly for some things that haven’t even happened yet in the books, so don’t…
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Futurama In 3D is Strangely Breathtaking
Look, I don’t want a 3D Futurama movie and neither do you. But I’ll be damned if this test shot doesn’t give me the shivers. In the clip above, artist Alexy Zakharov rendered the iconic skyline from the intro of Futurama in glorious, heartbreaking 3D using 3Dsmax, Nuke, Photoshop and After Effects. He also made…
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