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UncategorizedStreet Fighter Player Knocked Out By Booger
Birdie, from Street Fighter V, has an idle animation where he picks his nose and flicks a booger at his opponent. Which is cute, but the thing is, it also does a teeny bit of damage when it hits. As EventHubs reports, this is rarely if ever a big deal, just a fun piece of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
Boston Police Arrest Two Pokémon Players After Apparent Gun Threat Against World Championships
Two men who drove from Iowa to Boston for the Pokémon World Championships were arrested Friday after seemingly threatening violence over social media against attendees of the event, according to the Boston Police Department. Kevin Norton, 18, and James Stumbo, 27, were arrested on several firearm-related charges. The official Pokémon site lists Kevin Norton and…
By Phil Owen Published August 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Forgotten Narrative Innovation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Black Ops 2 did a rather strange thing with its campaign that no other Call of Duty has, and it’s a twist that made it one of my favorite games from the last generation just for the story (that Treyarch multiplayer isn’t the only reason I have affection for Blops). Black Ops 2 has a…
By Phil Owen Published August 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
Here’s a Handful of Awesomely Hypnotic Poly Bridge GIFs
As has been demonstrated on this venerable website previously, Poly Bridge players have made some weird and cool stuff. They haven’t stopped yet, and I haven’t stopped watching their GIFs. And you shouldn’t either. By Violets-Are-Blue by Bolt986 by Iwajira by Xotice by Charlbarl
By Phil Owen Published August 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedI Saw Hitman: Agent 47, and It Was Fine
Nobody likes Hitman: Agent 47. It’s one of the worst-reviewed movies of the year, and it’s not making much at the box office. But I saw the thing Friday night anyway, and I liked it. Video game movies exist in a weird place. They’re 90-to-120-minute adaptations of games that are probably like 15 or more…
By Phil Owen Published August 23, 2015 - Esports
The final match of the League of Legends LCS Summer Playoffs is today at 4pm ET at Madison Square Garden in New York. The scene yesterday for the third place match was wild (photo by Ben Gilbert for Tech Insider), with about 20,000 11,000 fans (a sellout) packing the place out as well as the…
By Phil Owen Published August 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
Deus Ex Propaganda Posters Spotted In The Wild
If you live in a big city you’ve probably seen many poster walls around that are plastered with an ever-changing sequence of ads, sometimes a whole row of the same thing and other times just a assortment of stuff or, when worse comes to worst, every Mortdecai character poster in sequence. It appears Square Enix…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Beta Is Good–Mostly
As I noted this morning, Call of Duty is one of those rare things I like. I like the campaigns because the stories are usually decently told and efficiently delivered—I can play through each new one in a couple sessions, and playing them again never feels like a daunting proposition. And I like the multiplayer…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Metal Gear Franchise, Sorta Explained In Under 12 Minutes
Metal Gear lore is remarkably complicated and goofy. Michael Huber at GameTrailers tries to quickly sift through it all and distill it down to the main points. I think it pretty much works! There’s a ton of noise in these games (I mean Para-Medic talked about movies so much, and that one guy kept shitting…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 - Esports
Today is day two (of three) of the Pokemon World Championships, which include both video game and TCG Pokemon, and you can watch all of what is sure to be madness right there on your electronic internet device via Twitch. I’ve got the stream embedded in this post as well.
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Alpha Protocol Is The Great RPG Of Last Gen
In the “objective video game review” sense, Alpha Protocol is pretty much the worst. It’s super irritating to play, and every time I speak with somebody from Obsidian, the studio that made it, they just shake their head. But on the Phil Owen “Was This A Big Waste Of Time?” Scale, however, Alpha Protocol comes…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Illegal Trade Offerings
QUOTE | “I wouldn’t even say the gap has closed… We’ve got a lot more exclusive games than any other platform.” – Microsoft VP Kudo Tsunoda, talking about why he believes the Xbox One is a much stronger platform now QUOTE | “When we say a consumer product, we mean a consumer price point… Grandma…
Steve Peterson Published August 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Welcome To The Philtaku Weekend of Positivity
Hi, it’s me, Phil Owen. The mean guy. I’m going to be hanging out here on this cool web site all weekend, and I’m going to try something new. As many of you know, I’m kinda a negative person. After my last stint here as guest editor, dear leader Stephen Totilo made a profound suggestion…
By Phil Owen Published August 22, 2015 -
CultureHorror Game The Flock Has A Killer Idea, But It Feels Unfinished
The Flock is a multiplayer horror game that ends after too many people die. Cool idea! The game itself? Freaky, but limited. Here’s how it works: you start out as a creepy gargoyle monster, one of the titular Flock. Your goal is to claim the Light Artifact, a fabled instrument from a time of eternal…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2015