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UncategorizedDude Opens Magic Card Deck, Finds $30,000 Card [UPDATE]
This video, made by a Magic: The Gathering fansite, was meant to show you some of the cards available in an old 1993 starter pack for the game. It was not meant to show you what happens when a grown man finds a Magic card inside it worth up to $30,000 As is explained at…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedIn The Future, Paid Promotions Are Scary
The recent Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor promotional scandal got me thinking: What would the future of YouTube be if this was allowed to continue? What’s the line between promotion and critique? It’s not fair to push YouTubers—or anyone, really—into advertising a game under the guise of a critical review. You can see more about why…
By Leo Wichtowski Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
I Bet Kanye West Uses Yoshi In Smash Bros., And Other Guesses
Whenever I talk to a Smash Bros. player, the first question that inevitably comes up is “who do you main?” The characters you pick and play the most, after all, reflect you and your playstyle. More than that, mains say something about your personality. People who play Captain Falcon, for example, are sort of doofy…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Samsung Tests New 5G Network That Delivers
If you’ve got a smartphone, chances are good that you’ve also got access to one of the many 4G networks. At the best of times, these networks can hit speeds of 10-20 megabit per second. But Samsung’s got a new experimental networkthat can push 1.2 gigabits per second at highway speeds That second part is…
By Dan Starkey Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Play This: A Horror Game About That Uncle Who Works For Nintendo
Remember when your best friend told you he or she had an uncle who worked for Nintendo, and that’s why he/she knew all about how Mario would be in the new Zelda game? Well, someone’s made a game about him. “The uncle who works for Nintendo,” a text-based horror game by programmer Michael Lutz and…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedPeople Already Figured Out How To Use Borderlands‘ ‘Unusable’ Gun
Remember that Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel gun nobody could figure out how to use? Yeah, well somebody figured out how to use it. That didn’t take long. Possible spoilers and all that. Admittedly the person in the above video, KnowledgeFX, went into the game file and tampered with their stats so they could yank Excalibastard from…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedArtificial Iron Man Hand Makes Kids Feel Like Tony Stark
It’s easy enough to feel alienated as a child without also needing a prosthesis — kids can be less than kind. Which is why I love what this inventor is trying to do to make an empowering superhero prostheses come to life. Pat Starce has three goals in mind for his child-sized Iron Man Prosthetic…
By Chris Person Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
You’ve Got To Really Love The Evil Within To Spend $300 On This Guy
I can understand a Skyrim statue, and those Doom plushies were about the cutest thing ever, but the latest fruit of Bethesda’s partnership with collectible maker Gaming Heads is a $300 statue of a man with a barbwire-wrapped safe spouting tentacles for a head. That’s not okay. Now I have not played The Evil Within…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedAlmost A Year Later, Pokémon X & Y’s Ghost Girl Is Still A Mystery
Pokémon X & Y are rather happy-go-lucky games—that is, with the exception of a mysterious ghost girl that managed to freak players out last November. You’d think that by now, almost a year after her discovery, we’d know what her deal is…but no. She’s still somewhat of an enigma. Some background, in case you’re not…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedIt Takes Almost An Hour To Fly Over 10,000 Holes in Desert Golfing
It was bound to happen eventually. Someone mapped out Desert Golfing, removing all the holes and stitching it into one long video. They did 10,000 holes, which is more than I needed to know existed. Warning, spoilers for Desert Golfing in the video! Patrick Winchell, an iOS game developer, wrote some custom code to find…
By Steve Marinconz Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
Oh My Gosh, Nintendo Gave Link A Motorcycle
If Zelda making its first appearance in Mario Kart wasn’t exciting enough, Nintendo sweetened the deal today. When Link (if that is his real name) arrives in Mario Kart 8 next month, the company said he’ll be bringing a new kart-friendly version of his trusty steed with him. Nintendo (sort of) revealed the Zelda-themed ride…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
It might not be an FPS, but 343 Industries just announced it’s got something Halo-related in the works. IGN reports the studio is planning to release a new twin-stick shooter called Halo: Spartan Strike in December. It’s a follow up to last year’s Spartan Assault, and is only confirmed for Steam and Windows platforms. via…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 15, 2014 -
CultureThe Secret Behind Dodging Destiny’s Goblins: Sitting
Goblins getting you down? Tired of dying over and over again? Just sit down and take a load off! Don’t worry, they won’t hurt you! 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.…
By Steve Marinconz Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedThis Stop-Motion Construx Short Is So Good
Lego has survived many battles in the great toy wars over the years, which probably helps explain why The Lego Movie finally came into existence earlier this year. If nothing else, this glorious short film by Adam Brown reminds us there are other types of plastic building toys out there with their own stories to…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Xbox One Bundle, PSN Ultimate Editions, and More Deals
The latest Xbox One Bundle option packs in Assassin’s Creed Unity, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Dance Central Spotlight and Xbox One with Kinect for $500. [Xbox One Kinect AC Bundle] Don’t want Kinect? There’s a version without for $400. [ Xbox One AC Bundle] Get your favorite gaming mouse and your favorite gaming keyboard…
By Shane Roberts Published October 15, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Next Justice League Movies Will Come Out In 2017
If you’ve been wondering about the exact timeline for when Warner Bros would be expanding their cinematic universe based off DC Comics, then wonder no longer. Movies based off of Suicide Squad, Justice League and Wonder Woman are coming in the next five years. At a Warner Bros. investor event today, where Wall Street Journal…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Best Thing About The New Vita Themes Is The Menu Music
For more than two and a half years we’ve been dealing with the same PlayStation Vita menu music. The last thing I wanted from the PlayStation TV was that same damn piece playing on my television set. Thanks to the recently-released Vita themes, I don’t have to hear it anymore. It seems like such a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedRemember The Flame in the Flood, that neat Kickstarter project by some ex-BioShock developers that looks like an arty version ofOregon Trail? Well, it met its $150,000 fundraising goal in a week. Now, as always, we just have to play the waiting game… via IGN
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedGTA V Jet Pilots Are The Best Jet Pilots
I know that the awesomeness of Grand Theft Auto V’s skilled daredevils is well established at this point. But when you see stunts this impressive, it certainly bears repeating: YouTuber Mario4LYF3, who’s been defying GTA V’s laws of nature for a while now, is pulling off a lot of the same high level stunts that…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 15, 2014 -
UncategorizedPoor Man Endlessly Assaulted By Street Fighter Quotes
An innocent man’s work life is wracked with terror, thanks to his coworker’s fiendish use of startling Street Fighter quotes. I’m so glad I work from home. Not because I think any of my coworkers would do something like this to me — they don’t have the stones. No, it would be me on the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2014