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​Teenagers Fight Each Other in the First Smash Bros. Game

“Wait, why are you wearing me?” Such is the power of Kirby, young one. You might expect the teenagers featured in the latest video from the Fine Brothers’ React channel to not know what they’re doing when playing Super Smash Bros. for N64. And that’s kind of true, since there’s a bunch of befuddlement on…

It Only Takes An Entire Server To Kill This Level 103 WoW Boss

The “Darkmoon Faire,” a classic week-long event in World of Warcraft, started yesterday with daily quests to do, exotic vendors to visit, mini-games to play and a level 103 world boss to kill. That might be tough with the current level cap of 90, but it’s not impossible. All you need is a lot of…

Huge LEGO Pirate Island Even Has A Functioning Waterfall

Two talented LEGO builders, Eli Willsea and Grant Davis built a a pirate-themed island for this year’s BrickCon and they didn’t mess around. It’s a gigantic build with old ruins, secret coves treasure and a brilliant working waterfall that flows with tiny bricks. And how does this work? The mechanics are deep inside the mountain…

So Far, the Chinese Xbox One Has Room for Improvement

I’m in a quiet room. My coworkers type away at their keyboards on a slow Saturday morning and then their attention is drawn towards me. They look at me with mix of disdain and bemusement. I was attempting to turn off an Xbox One with a voice command and nothing happened. Those feelings of disdain…

How the Resident Evil Movie Actors Compare to the Game Characters

There’s another Resident Evil film in the pipeline for next year. So now is as good a time as any to see how the previous films compare to the games. While not brand new, the image below was recently uploaded to 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum. It’s an excellent look at how the film actors…

Top League of Legends Player Worth Close To $1 Million

How much is a good League of Legends player worth? Well, if Korean media reports are correct, a cool million dollars. That’s supposedly how much is being offered for LoL super star Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok. Sina Games reports that Korean media has unearthed information that two Chinese media companies have tendered offers on players from…

Zombie Omelets Are Both Terrifying and Delicious

Rice omelets (オムライス or omuraisu) are one of Japan’s favorite dishes. But you know what makes them better? Zombies, that’s what. This is omurice. [Photo: Logsoku] If you’ve seen anime, you’ve probably seen omurice pop up somewhere. Often, people write messages in ketchup. [Photo: netamichelin] Sometimes the messages are romantic or cute. Sometimes, they’re funny.…

Nothing Says Funeral Like a Quick Time Event

In the early moments of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign mode, the player is given a choice — press or hold a button to pay their respects to a fallen comrade, or just sit there awkwardly watching the screen until they get bored and wander off. Not much of a choice, really. Circulating on…

​Super Smash Bros. Glitch Bans Players for 136 Years

That’s a long time, but maybe just wait until the Wii U version comes out in a few weeks? Recently, Japanese Twitter user Zenaorz1 uploaded this image of a 71,582,030 minute ban—which equals 136 years. The image has been retweeted over one thousand times, and Zenaorz1 was left wondering what caused this. [Photo: Zenaorz1] As…

League of Legends Player Retires, Now Makes $800k A Year…Streaming

Just like pro sports such as football, where athletes have little trouble landing themselves lucrative jobs in broadcasting when they retire, some esports competitors finding that life gets easier (and the money gets better) once they hang up their mouse and keyboard. While this is obviously an extreme case, one taking place in a market…

Unaired TV Show Is The Most 90s Thing Imaginable

Remember Nick Arcade? This is the show’s unaired pilot episode, filmed in 1991 and featuring a host that wasn’t Phil Moore. What it does feature, though, are some amazing haircuts, as well as one of the first public showings of a game called Sonic The Hedgehog. It’s pretty easy to see why host Neil Sherman,…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Fire Emblem

Whatever happened to Fire Emblem 64? What’s with Casual Mode? How come we had to wait so long for the Fire Emblem series to come West?Did You Know Gaming has the answers. It’s hard to imagine Nintendo’s flagship strategy role-playing game series had six games and thirteen years under its belt before it made its…