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If You’re Going To Be A Cannibal, You’ve Got To Count Calories
Here at Snacktaku we’re all about portion control, so when science tells us a fully-cooked human cadaver would contain roughly 81,500 calories, we reach for the freezer bags. In an article for Popular Science magazine, which continues to try to get us to call it PopSci so it sounds cool (you are cool, Popular Science),…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2014 -
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Summer Games Done Quick: Watch It All Right Here
If you’re not spending this entire week watching people play video games really fast, what are you even doing with your life? Summer Games Done Quick, the annual speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, started yesterday, and the streaming continues all week, finishing off with a late-night Final Fantasy VI speedrun that will end…
By Jason Schreier Published June 28, 2014 -
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This Week In The Business: Putting The ‘F’ In Free-To-Play
QUOTE | “I was so fed up of people telling us we should do free-to-fucking-play, in-app-fucking purchases, whatever the fuck that is, and that consoles were dead. So fuck all of those people and their fucking shitty stance.” – Graeme Struthers of Devolver, talking about why he’s happy to see next-gen consoles doing well Elsewhere…
By Steve Peterson Published June 28, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: June 27, 2014
Today’s gaming highlights: New world record speedruns, defusing bombs right under terrorist noses, and more! Speedruns BananasaurusRex gets a new world record in 1001 Spikes, coming in at 17:31.91 Yesterday we posted about this Super Mario Bros speedrun. It tops the old world record time by about a second with help from a Bullet Bill…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 27, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
That’s one hell of a Dhalsim. Cosplay by Michael Vincent, photo by WJS
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2014 -
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It’s Kinda…Hellboy Meets Jet Set Radio Meets Tank Girl…
Adrian Meribault is a freelance artist who teaches through Cultura, and has worked in both video games and tabletop gaming. You can see more of Adrian’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2014 -
CultureThere Are Few Things As Impressive As Mega Man Speedruns
I’ve been watching Summer Games Done Quick all week, and though there have been a whole lot of great moments—Zelda: Oracle of Seasons was awesome!—my favorite runs so far are the Mega Mans. Between the crazy strategies and the tight little tricks that help these guys shave a few seconds off their final times, all…
By Jason Schreier Published June 26, 2014 -
CultureSuper Mario Bros. Beaten In Under Five Minutes, A New World Record
You’ve gotta watch this impressive Super Mario Bros. playthrough by speedrunner “Blubbler.” Blubbler beats the game in a bewildering 4:57.69. Previously, the world record for an “any percentage” completion run was held by andrewg, according to the SMB Leaderboards Wiki. The time? 4:58:09. A second can make all the difference in a speedrun! Here, the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 26, 2014 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To World of Warcraft’s New Dudes
World of Warcraft is getting a facelift—and yesterday, Blizzard unveiled the new models for human males. The update was met with a lot of playful snark, as folks dissected the goofier elements of the new models. You’ll notice that most reactions around the web focus on three things: the nipples (see the model on the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 26, 2014 -
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Cute Mech, You Look So Cute Bouncin’ Around Like That
Kelly Smith is an artist and animator at Capybara Games, the developers of games like Super Time Force. So yeah, this gonna get colourful, and it’s gonna get awesome. You can see more of Kelly’s work at her personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: June 25, 2014
Today’s gaming highlights: A Saving Private Ryan-style helicopter kill, a League of Legends pentakill, a tragic shot to the toe, and more! Battlefield 4 First up, TheMooclear was trying to take down a helicopter with his last stinger missile. When that didn’t work, he turned to his pistol: Next in “how to take down vehicles…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 25, 2014 -
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Reminder: charity speedrun marathon Summer Games Done Quick is full of people doing and showing amazing video game things. Right now, they’re playing 1993 Data East oddity Ninja Baseball Bat Man, a game where heroes have to “recover various artifacts stolen from the Baseball Hall of Fame, a task prescribed to them by the Commissioner…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 25, 2014 -
CultureMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Done Perfectly in Under Four Minutes
This is how Snake would handle things in real life. It’s a 3:54.870 run, to be exact, with an S Rank, so that means Mimalmo didn’t really make any mistakes and managed to finish the game perfectly. He says it’s the world record for an S Rank run, and while there are faster runs out…
By Gergo Vas Published June 25, 2014 -
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Tron, League Of Legends And Redheads
Joon Ahn, who has previously worked at Lucasarts and at Disney on the excellent Tron: Uprising, is now a senior concept artist at League of Legends developers Riot Games. You can see more of his work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
When Cosplay Goes From A Pastime To A Job
When Stacey Lee Feldman first saw Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in 1999, her life changed forever. And not in a “Star Wars will never be the same again” kind of way, either. [Top image: Peter Verrant] After seeing the film’s two Jedi protagonists spend most of the film wearing luxurious brown robes, Feldman instantly…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2014
