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The Surprising Messages In A ‘Sexist’ Game
When Hyperdimension Neptunia first made its way West from Japan in 2011, folks weren’t too happy with it. “Worthless” and “sexist” and “stereotypical” were the sentiments thrown around, because we were seeing cute anime girls being silly and wearing short skirts. But the stated purpose of the series is to make fun of the games…
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Special Edition Ouya Added To Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Rewards
The revival of Reading Rainbow is now one of the top 5 Kickstarter campaigns ever, and to celebrate the other four with that distinction are partnering with RR for special things. And Ouya is one of that select group. First off is new backer rewards that involve that “butterfly-in-the-sky” blue microconsole up there, of which…
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Let’s Remember The Vuvuzela Mod For Doom 2
It’s a slow news day, presumably because of some combination of the summer being a slow news season and that we’re all watching World Cup games (come on, Costa Rica, jeez UPDATE: CON-CA-CAF CON-CA-CAF) instead of normal summer Sunday activities. There are no vuvuzelas at this World Cup in Brazil, but at the 2010 South…
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DriveClub Is 30FPS For The Same Reason Other Games Are, Director Says
Evolution Studios’ PS4-exclusive DriveClub will run at 1080p and a regular-ass 30 frames per second. We’ve known this for a long time, but people keep asking them about it. So here’s another explanation for why it’s 30 instead of 60. It all comes down to, of course, prettiness. It always does, every time. But anyway…
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Somebody Is Making a ‘Real’ Dubstep Gun From Saints Row IV
DeviantArtist KazeXenami has built/is building a dubstep gun that should someday look like the one from Saints Row IV, and it appears that it could be kinda/sorta/theoretically partially functional, even. This dubstep gun does have speakers that are intended to work, but it’s difficult for my elderly eyes to figure out if it might cause…
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EA CEO Wilson: Dungeon Keeper Mobile Was ‘A Shame’
EA’s recent attempt to reboot Dungeon Keeper as a free-to-play mobile thing didn’t go so well, at least in terms of public perception, as the game carries a 42 on Metacritic and is generally considered to be the end of gaming. And when Eurogamer asked new EA CEO Andrew Wilson about it, the man owned…
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All The Info There is About The Original Doom In One Video
The good people at Did You Know Gaming have put together a new video all about the original Doom, that contains literally (not actually literally) 100 percent of everything there is to know about the classic shooter. Now’s a good time for this, especially if you’re going to QuakeCon next month and want to impress…
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Sniper Elite 3 Steam Codes Stolen, Resold To Innocent Buyers, Revoked
Developer Rebellion has admitted that some bad people have stolen a batch of Sniper Elite 3 Steam keys from a third-party vendor and then resold them on the cheap, and Steam has revoked all the stolen keys, to the chagrin of many burned buyers The PC market is a bit wild, and as a result…
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Game About Being A Jerk Cat Reaches Kickstarter Goal, Of Course
Catlateral Damage, also known informally around these parts as Jerk Cat Simulator as it has you play as a cat who knocks things over, has achieved its $40,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with 12 days to spare, and is now setting its sights on a PS4 version in addition to the PC and Ouya editions.…
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Phil Asks: What Games Do You Like That No One Else Does?
Hello, everyone! Phil Owen here, stepping in for Mike on this here Sunday. And I’ve got a question for all of you who are hanging around today. What games do you really, really like, secretly or not, that few other people enjoy? Being a contrarian of sorts, I have a whole list of these: Dragon…
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Why Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Is Better Than The Original
If you ask a bunch of folks which Star Wars video game is the best, more often than not you’ll be told Knights of the Old Republic. The first one, not the second, of course. I disagree. The first Knights of the Old Republic, developed by the acclaimed BioWare studio and released in 2003, feels…
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Our First Real Look At Sunset Overdrive
Insomniac, to put it bluntly, has something to prove right now. The renowned studio behind franchises like Spyro and Ratchet & Clank underwent what could very charitably be described as a dry spell after it released Resistance 3 in 2011 with a duo of unsatisfactory Ratchet & Clank titles and the thoroughly unremarkable co-op shooter…
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Star Wars Lore Is Changing—Here’s What That Means
The Star Wars universe as we know it is changing. To a lot of fans, Star Wars is far more than just the movies. The “Expanded Universe” includes novels, comic books and video games that, to many fans, define Star Wars even more than the films that started this phenomenon. But Disney and LucasFilm are…
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EsportsAn Inside Look At A Call of Duty Championship
As a four-man team of pro gamers was crowned world champion of Call of Duty in Los Angeles Sunday night, confetti swarmed and fans cheered and it was easy for me to forget, as I stood to the side, that this championship bout was not a public event. Sure, thousands or millions of people may…
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Six Games That Really Get Suicide
On my worst days, emotionally—you know, when my sense of purpose vanishes and not existing feels like the preferable option moving forward—I have a tendency to seek out movies or music that reflect how crappy I’m feeling. Escapism is great and all, but it doesn’t quite cut it when I’m sitting on the bathroom floor…
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PS3 Game Box Art Will Soon Look Like PS4 Box Art
Here in the new age, we must try to forget the old age, apparently; Sony is shifting the look of the PS3 game box art for the second time, now to bring it in line with the blue aesthetic of the PS4 and Vita box art styles. IGN noticed this change when given the art…
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Teaser Site Hints At Live-Action Titanfall Content
A website has appeared promising a collaboration between Respawn Entertainment and FX house Playfight on “live-action epic” Titanfall content. “We wanted to partner with Playfight, who has a history of delivering movies that meld gameplay, live action and stellar CG into truly entertaining media, for Titanfall,” reads a quote on the site attributed to Respawn’s…
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A Video To Help You Decide If Watch Dogs Got Uglier This Week
This week, Ubisoft finally gave us a new release date for Watch Dogs, and with it a new trailer and gameplay footage. That teaser caused a lot of teeth around the internet to chatter as folks discussed whether how it looks now is a downgrade from how it looked when it was announced at E3…
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