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YouTuber Uses Kinect Mod To Play Mario 64 With A Trampoline

It turns out using motion controls to make Mario jump is hard work. YouTuber Super Louis 64, who you might remember from beating Halo 3 with a guitar or taking on Dark Souls 3 with a Ring Fit, is back again, this time with a bizarre new control scheme for Super Mario 64. Using a…

By Ethan Gach Published July 14, 2020

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Everything Is Cake Now, Including Dragon Ball Z Characters

He’s cake! He’s really cake! Memes hit a whole new level of galaxy brain over the weekend after a viral July 8 tweet showing all manner of objects being cut in half to reveal layer-cake inside changed how we think of reality: I think, therefore I am…cake? Maybe it’s the months of lockdown as a…

By Ethan Gach Published July 13, 2020

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Destiny 2 Players Speedrun The Game’s Mind-Bending Prophecy Dungeon In Minutes

Prophecy is a three-person mini-raid full of gorgeous skyboxes and fun puzzles, both of which are on full display in a recent speedrun in which players cleared the Destiny 2 dungeon in just over eight minutes. Added when Season of Arrivals launched in early June, Prophecy lets players dig a little deeper into some of…

By Ethan Gach Published July 13, 2020

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Someone Created A Roller Coaster That Syncs Perfectly With Bohemian Rhapsody

Move over Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, there’s a new music-themed roller coaster and it’s much cooler. Digitally created in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, this large coaster takes over six minutes to ride and is synced perfectly to the popular Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Creating a roller coaster ride that moves around in sync to a…

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 11, 2020

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Fortnite YouTubers Buy Mansion, Decorate It Like Sad Teenagers

Behold the One Percent Fortnite house, a mansion some gaming YouTubers bought and proceeded to turn into a vaguely fun-looking giant home office. It’s both a reminder that even when you’ve “made it” as an influencer the grind never stops, and also that most people have no idea how to decorate a home like a…

By Ethan Gach Published July 8, 2020

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The Full Adidas x Pokémon Collab Is So Good

While the odd piece has released through 2020—a pair of sneakers here, some slides there—what looks like the full range of Adidas’ Pokémon collab has dropped on the company’s Japanese store, and it’s great There are shirts, bags, shorts and tracksuits! There are multiple pairs of sneakers, stuff for men, women and kids too. I…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020

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Fan Builds His Own SNES x PS1 Hybrid

We’ve recently taken a very detailed look at the “Nintendo PlayStation”, perhaps the most notorious of all unreleased consoles, but something from the same era that’s even rarer is Nintendo’s repeated efforts to create a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES, which ultimately came to nothing. As Chris said at the conclusion of his feature, “the…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020

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The Last Jedi’s Director Made A Pokémon Go Trailer

Pokémon Go has made over $3 billion since launching back in 2016, and that kind of money means you can just walk out and hire Star Wars director Rian Johnson to direct a 30-second commercial for your phone game. Specifically it’s for Pokémon Go Fest 2020, and if you’re wondering whether this was a flex…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2020

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Dark Souls Is Presumably Easier With Assault Rifles

A crossbow is an elegant weapon for a more civilized age, but it also lacks the stopping power of, say, an M16. Via PC Gamer, this mod called Modern Firearm by Forsakensilver does what it says on the box: it replaces a bunch of Dark Souls’ ranged weapons with “modern” (though some examples are stretching…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2020

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That’s One Way To Make A Custom Switch Pinball Controller

Joy-Con shoulder buttons don’t make very comfortable pinball flipper controls. That’s why Nerds&Makers’ Tommy Williamson harnessed the power of creativity and 3D printing to create the SwitchPin, a TV-spanning Joy-Con dock the sole purpose of which is to turn two buttons into two other buttons. I am not disparaging Williamson’s pinball pursuits. Sometimes two buttons…

By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2020

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We Are Now Entering The “Animal Crossing Buttplug” Stage Of 2020

A lot of people around the world, especially in the US, are still stuck at home, away from friends and loved ones. Out of this isolation new ways of keeping in touch have emerged, including…buttplugs and vibrators that can sync with Animal Crossing and vibrate whenever the player swings a shovel. As Vice report, Kyle…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2020

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PS2 Hack Runs Games On Burned DVD Discs, No Mod Chip Required

Building on an idea he’s had since he was a kid, security software engineer CTurt has developed a way for people to play unofficial games on a PS2 console by burning them onto a DVD alongside an exploit. If you are down for a very technical explanation of how it all works, please check out…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2020

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Japanese Football Team Has A Thomas The Tank Engine Shirt

Japanese football side Kawasaki Frontale have released images of their new training kit for the upcoming season, and it has a British theme. In case the plaid didn’t spell that out clearly enough, a sleeve badge reveals the whole thing is actually a homage to Thomas The Tank Engine The idea behind the team’s training…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2020

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I Turned My Steam Profile Into A GeoCities Disaster

A new Steam rewards program that just launched lets players obtain Steam profile items and backgrounds using points earned by purchasing games. Some of these can turn your profile into an ugly mess. I decided to see just how ugly. As Jurassic Park’s Ian Malcolm might say, I was so preoccupied with whether or not…

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 26, 2020

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Famous Game Logos In Arabic

A few years ago we featured the work of Egyptian graphic designer Ibrahim Hamdi, who took a bunch of big game logos and translated them into Arabic. He’s now back with more, and these are even better. Volume 2 of Hamdi’s GLAM (Games Logo’s Arabic Matchmaking)features games like Fallout 76, Doom, Grand Theft Auto V,…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2020

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An Excerpt From Glengarry Glen Nook

“Let me have your attention for a moment. I wanna talk about something important. Put that lily-of-the-valley down. Lilies-of-the-valley are for checkers only. Do you think I’m Flip-ping with you? I am not Flip-ping with you. I’m here from Nook Inc. I’m here from Timmy and Tommy. And I’m here on a mission of mercy.…

By Ash Parrish Published June 25, 2020

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Grandpa Is Playing Pokémon Go In The Year 2173

We first wrote about Taiwanese grandpa Chen San-yuan back in 2018, when he was spotted with 11 phones strapped to his bike so he could play Pokémon Go. In the two years since, he has upped his game considerably. As The Verge report, Chen’s bike+ phone assemblage has slowly got more precarious, from 45 phones…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2020

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Can You Identify These Badly Described Classic Games?

Atari collectors all know about the so-called “Taiwan Cooper” line of bootleg cartridges that were sold around the world back in the ‘80s. They were knock-off copies of Atari 2600 games both popular (Space Invaders) and obscure (Bobby Is Going Home), with weird cover art and bizarre descriptions on the backs of the boxes. Nobody…

By Chris Kohler Published June 19, 2020

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The Demon’s Souls PS5 Trailer Might Hint At A Big New Level

Souls fans’ greatest wish has finally been answered: Sony has announced a remake of the original Demon’s Souls for the PlayStation 5. We didn’t learn much about the game during Sony’s live stream this week. Or did we? Some of those short clips seem to imply some big news for the remake. Near and Dear…

John Learned Published June 12, 2020

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Animal Crossing: The Last Airbender

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony, until the Fire Nation ruined everything, the jerks. Don’t worry, YouTube’s The Nooksters bring all four elements back together for an outstanding remake of the Avatar: The Last Airbender intro in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Utilizing the amazing costumes put together by…

By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2020