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This Guy Wrote A Program That Teaches Itself To Play NES Games
This is amazing. Tom Murphy created a computer program that actually learns how to play classic NES games on its own, with a little instruction from Tom. You can see the computer’s progress (which begins near 6:10, after Tom’s explanation of the program) in learning how to play Super Mario Bros. (and other games) in…
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What Can You Glean From This Dark Souls II Fact Sheet?
You saw a bit of Dark Souls II yesterday, thanks to IGN’s stream of a 12-minute demo. I saw that same demo a few weeks ago, and was given some screenshots and a trailer (below) to show to you today. But the screenshots are all what you’ve seen in video form already. I was also,…
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There is a dating sim called Jurrassic Heart where you go on a date with a T-Rex. He plays the ukelele, but he’s shy about it because he once dropped it and couldn’t pick it back up again. Because he’s a friggin’ tyrannosaurus rex with tiny arms. Unfortunately it’s only about one scene long. (via…
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I Lost My Mass Effect Save, So I Gave Up On Finishing The Series
I used to feel like a Mass Effect fan. Like part of that community that gushed about their crush on Garrus, or commiserated over those lengthy elevator rides. I used to talk strategies and relationships and dialogue tree options with fellow fans, scrutinizing decisions with one another and theorizing about what would happen next. Even…
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Seeing Through The Eyes Of A BioShock Infinite Villain
(This post has spoilers. Not for the ending of BioShock Infinite, but for things that happen near the end. Proceed with high caution.) The first time you meet him is before you even see him. It’s the shrill call that grabs your attention, a striking pitch that you know can only mean imminent danger. The…
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Ah, The Beautiful, Serene Experience Of Journey‘s Rocket Death Match DLC Prank
Journey is a beautiful, sometimes somber travel against wind, snow, and loneliness. Your silent interactions with strangers are poetic and more meaningful than exchanged words. And now it comes with rocket-equipped death matches. Or at least that’s what this April Fools’ prank from thatgamecompany would have you believe. I, uh, I would actually play this…
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An 8-Bit, Co-Op Deus Ex Game Is A Cruel, Cruel April Fools’ Joke
The problem with April Fools’ jokes is that 50% of the time I wish the prank product was actually real. Eidos Montreal contributes to the problem with their version of a prank: the “reveal” of an 8-bit Deus Ex game. This 8-bit game, called Human Defiance, features Jensen again, with new weapons and sweet augmentations…
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Tim Schafer Is Very 80s, And So Are These Other Movers And Shakers
This week at the Game Developers Conference iam8bit put together a great photo shoot opportunity for attendees where you could get done up in 80s fashion. They even had hair and makeup on hand to put it all together. The results are nothing short of fantastic. There are three galleries-worth of Facebook photos you can…
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Old Spice Commercials Mashed With Super Mario Bros. And…WTF Did I Just Watch?
Uhhhhhhh wait a minute. I have a question about this. This’ll just take a second, bear with me. Um: What? The video above video, uploaded by Mowtendoo in celebration of a million views on this… …equally confusing video, is a little over a month old, but I couldn’t help but share it with you so…
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In 70 Or So Years, The Game Grumps Will Be The Game Gramps And This Is Both Funny And Depressing
Are you guys aware of the Game Grumps, a team made up of YouTube personalities Arin (known as egoraptor) and Jon (known as JonTron)? They’re great. They play through (mostly) old and horrible games and record their shenanigans for the Internet. And, sometimes, animators and Source filmmakers recreate these shenanigans in even more hilarious ways…
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Gearbox posted some details about that level cap increase update coming to Borderlands 2 next week on April 2 (which also includes a new New Game Plus mode). Details include the usual bug fixes, storage upgrades (including for Eridium), new relics, the return of the Pearlescent tier of weapons, and YES FINALLY another upgrade level…
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This Sure Looks Like A Knockoff Borderlands Game For Your iOS Device
And it’s not half bad! Well, I might actually call it half bad, half good. The game is called Star Warfare: Black Dawn, made by Freyr. It seems to be their latest addition to their Star Warfare series. They’re calling it the “first RPG-FPS” game, but that can’t be true. That’s kind of what Borderlands‘…
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The Elder Scrolls Online Isn’t Like Those MMOs You’re Used To
I’ll admit that I, too, thought The Elder Scrolls Online looked a hell of a lot like World of Warcraft and any other generic MMO when the first few promotional materials and screenshots were released. I was expecting the game to end up feeling a lot like WoW, too. So I was pleasantly surprised when…
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Maybe Other Publishers Should Start Combining Their Upcoming Games, Too
Imagine waking up one morning and reading a Kotaku story that reads something like: Following Hideo Kojima’s suit, EA decides to put two of their games together and announces DragonField 4 Hey, sure, why not. You’re a bunch of marines in a first-person shooter game fighting…dragons. And maybe there are a few archers and mages…
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Uh, Pac-Man? Pac-Man, Are You Ok?
Yeesh, that was probably traumatizing. Can you imagine living life as one of the ghosts from Pac-Man? I always imagined them as villainous characters, but maybe they’re just misunderstood (and a little prone to temper tantrums) like Ricepirates visualizes them in this video.
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