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Looks Like The Simpsons Just Lost The Voice Of Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders
Harry Shearer, who for decades has worked as one of the stars of The Simpsons—lending his voice to characters like Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner and Waylon Smithers—has seemingly announced he will no longer be working on the show. A story on TMZ over the weekend claimed that attempts to renew the long-running cartoon…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2015 - Culture
Time For Some Badass Art
Maciej Kuciara was last featured solo (there have been cameos) here on Fine Art over two years ago, which is too damn long. So here’s an update, with a ton of amazing art. In those two years he’s been busy, working on everything from Jupiter Ascending to The Last of Us. You can see more…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Well, someone’s pretty psyched about the return of the Nintendo World Champs
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2015 -
CultureMalebolgia Is Dark Souls‘ Frustration Without Dark Souls‘ Fun
Should I care about Malebolgia? I wish I could say yes. It’s a Dark Souls-alike with its own intriguing world and atmosphere, but it feels awful to play and treats the player like garbage. What’s it about? I was gonna put its Steam description here, but its a monster-sized hairball of untanglable lore. Basically though,…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Sweet Counter-Strike Wallpaper
This series of wallpapers by drizzly shows some of Counter-Strikes most iconic map spots, and recreates them in a cute isometric style. The longer I look at this, the more I’d love to see a Counter-Strike game that takes most of the pages out of Hitman Go’s playbook. There are phone versions of the wallpapers…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedGo Behind The Scenes On One Of The Best Star Wars Games Ever Made
Star Wars: Republic Commando is one of the greatest Star Wars games of all, and is easily the best game based on the prequel trilogy. I’ve got a whole new appreciation for it, though, after watching this developer playthrough, hosted by the game’s lead programmer Brett Douville. As people who don’t make games, it’s always…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA V Mod Overhauls Police, Calls In The Army
The wanted levels in GTA V kind of suck. You’ve got a police force that is half-psychic, half robocop. When you hit max stars, there are no tanks anymore. What gives? Enter modders. The Crime and Police Rebalance & Enhancement mod, as shown in this video by The XXI, reworks the entire crime system in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
Troll Ruins Kickstarter Campaign After Withdrawing €7000 Pledge
2Awesome Studio, the team behind a Kickstarter campaign for the shooter Dimension Drive, just had their hearts put through the ringer. With their time almost up, and with thousands remaining to hit their goal, a single backer appeared out of nowhere and pledged €7000. The devs were, unsurprisingly, thrilled. But then, heartbreak. The clock has…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2015 - Culture
Valve Isn’t Evil, They Just Don’t Understand People
In recent times, people have taken to calling Valve “evil.” Not negligent, not out of touch with their fans, but evil. I do not think Valve is evil. But I think it matters that people have started to view them—once gaming’s do-no-wrong golden child—that way. I think Valve’s brand of “evil” comes from a place…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedHere’s the first trailer for Madden 16. Sadly, Gronk did not make the front cover
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedSteam’s Latest Top Seller Is A Cool Surprise
Windward is not a survival game in early access. It’s not a shooter. It’s not a roguelike. Really, it’s not much like the typical games you always see tearing up the Steam charts at all—and thank kraken for that! Instead, Windward is a top-down sailing game with a procedurally generated world. You can do stuff…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 13, 2015 -
CultureAssassin’s Creed Guy Seems Fine Without A Head
On today’s Highlight Reel we have Call of Duty sprees, grenade throws, headshots, headless (yet alive) guillotine victims and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Bloodborne – Bloodborne Clerical…
By Chris Person Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
I’m Sick Of This ‘Cat Lady’ Bullshit
Look, I like cats. I grew up with them. I own one. I’ll chase them down on the street to try and pet them. But just because I have a cat, that does not make me a cat lady. Frankly, I haven’t personally been accused of being one either. But I’m still sick of people…
By Tina Amini Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
League of Legends’ New Champion Ekko Can Bend Time
When Riot revealed it was adding a champion into League of Legends who can travel through time, some important questions were left unanswered. Namely: how do you incorporate time travel into a real-time multiplayer game? Now we have an explanation and boy does this Ekko guy sound cool. In a lengthy primer on Ekko published…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 13, 2015 -
ReviewsSnacktaku Eats The Painfully Spicy Doritos Roulette
The idea behind Doritos Roulette is roughly the same idea as putting one bullet in the chamber of a revolver, spinning it, putting the barrel in your mouth and pulling the trigger. Before we get into it, I’d like to welcome viewers back to the Snacktaku video review. I’ve been on hiatus for a bit…
By Mike Fahey Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
The New Female Thor Continues an Excellent Run of Thunder God Comics
Months ago, Marvel Comics passed the mantles of some of their most popular heroes to newcomers. Sam Wilson, a.k.a. The Falcon, became Captain America. And someone new—a mysterious masked woman—started swinging Thor’s hammer. Now, we know who she is. Let’s see why she’s worthy. (Spoilers follow. Hover over the top left of each image and…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 13, 2015 - Uncategorized
I Like How Heroes Of The Storm Cheers You Up When You’re Losing
I noticed something about Heroes of the Storm the other night. It’s a small detail, but an important one. The game actually tries to lift your spirits when a match isn’t going well. During any given game of Heroes of the Storm, player characters chatter with one another. The game draws from Blizzard’s historic game…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 13, 2015 -
CultureFallout: New Vegas, Turned Into A Hardcore Survival Game
No quests, no factions, people and places you knew and loved reduced to ash. This is a new Wasteland. This is a meaner Wasteland. One of the things I loved about Fallout 3 was how hostile the wasteland felt when you first emerged from the comfy, radroach-infested confines of your Vault—even on lower difficulties. The…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 13, 2015 -
UncategorizedYouTube’s 10 Most Popular Games Of All Time
According to the people at YouTube, they are: Minecraft Grand Theft Auto (series) League of Legends Call of Duty (series) FIFA (series) Garry’s Mod The Sims (series) Five Nights at Freddy’s (series) Puzzles & Dragons Dota 2 A press release hyping YouTube’s 10 anniversary says that list is based on “watchtime.” Not many surprises here,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2015