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UncategorizedBuild Your Own Lego Overwatch D.Va Mech
It’s time to stop looking at other people’s awesome Lego Overwatch creations and start building your own . . . versions of their awesome Lego Overwatch creations. Nick Brick’s Legendary B.Va skin mech tutorial is a fine place to start. Let’s face it, Lego is never going to make official Overwatch sets. Their rules against…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2017 - Uncategorized
Professional Kojima BFF Geoff Keighley is hosting an event this year called E3 Coliseum, he announced today. Taking place at L.A. Live on June 13 and June 14 (the Tuesday and Wednesday of E3), the event will be a live-streamed set of “panels, conversations, talks, and other surprises.” Should be fun.
By Jason Schreier Published May 4, 2017 -
Kotaku EastSurprise Your Date By Beating Up Fake Bad Guys At Japanese Theme Park
At Hirakata Park in Osaka, there is an unusual service: You can hire fake bad guys to pretend punch to impress and surprise others. According to website Lmaga, these flashmob performances are akin to quick “threepenny plays,” with you as the star. It seems you don’t actually walk through the park with the word “shuyaku”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Top 30 Selling Games In Japan Are Dominated By Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Last week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was way out in front in the Japanese sales chart, surprising absolutely no one. Some of the entries, however, might catch you off guard. Via Famitsu, here are the top 30 selling games from April 24 to April 30. 30. Final Fantasy XV (PS4): 2,220 copies Total: 975,104 copies…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2017 - CultureCosplay
This is Acdramon with a custom-coloured Genji from Overwatch.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2017 - Uncategorized
CG Artist has Made An Image Every Day For 10 years
That’s over 3600 days in a row. I can’t even write shitty blog posts for five days without needing two days off. As Vice reports, Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann, a professional CG artist who has released a ton of animated shorts and worked with musicians like Flying Lotus and deadmau5, started a project a decade ago…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2017 -
UncategorizedA Card Game That’ll Help You Freestyle Rap
Vers is a card game designed to feed you words and context so that you—yes you, likely a person who in reality can not write rhymes—can create your own raps that do not suck. It’s kind of like Cards Against Humanity, only in reverse: instead of giving you sentences with words missing, it’s giving you…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2017 - Uncategorized
Bethesda Asks For Indie Game’s Name To Be Changed Because It Has ‘Prey’ In it
Prey for the Gods, an indie PC game paying homage to Shadow of the Colossus, now has a new name courtesy of some pressure from Bethesda, publishers of the upcoming Prey In a post mostly about updates made to the game following its successful Kickstarter, No Matter Studios also announce that the project will now…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2017 - Uncategorized
Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code And Returns It To Blizzard, Gets Free Trip To BlizzCon
Last month, Reddit user Khemist49 made a truly unlikely find: a gold master source code disc of the original StarCraft. From 1998. At first, he didn’t know what to do with it. Ultimately, he sent it to Blizzard, who was very grateful to have it back. Khemist49 first came across the disc in a “box…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 3, 2017 - Esports
Professional Smite Player And Caster Dies Of Cancer At Age 25
David “Allied” Hance, professional Smite player and caster, passed away this afternoon at 25 years old after a year-long battle with cancer, according to a post by LeafreTV, a colleague and friend. One year ago, Allied announced his cancer diagnosis. In response, the Smite developers at Hi-Rez Studios held marathon gaming streams to raise money…
By Maddy Myers Published May 3, 2017 -
ReviewsVolta V Wooden PC Review: An Heirloom Gaming Machine
I’ve spent the past few weeks gaming, working and pretending to work on theVolta V, the world’s first commercially-produced handcrafted wooden computer. It feels like it’s part of the family. There was a time when most of our electronic entertainment equipment was either made of wood or, at the very least, stylized to look as…
By Mike Fahey Published May 3, 2017 - Culture
The Only Five Valve News Stories That You Ever Read
A wise person once defined insanity as “watching Valve do the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.” Once a quiet enigma, popping out an all-time classic video game once every handful of years, Valve now does a bunch of stuff—largely centered around hardware and updating Steam—announcing these efforts without much in the…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 3, 2017 -
CultureA New World Record For Beating Fallout: New Vegas Fast
Watch in awe as speedrunner Kungkobra destroys Fallout: New Vegas in a mere 13:45. The last time we wrote about New Vegas speedruns, the “any percentage” record was just under 20 minutes. Since then, a handful of minutes have been shaved off, yes, but the central mechanics have also changed a bit, too: Those who…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 3, 2017