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Fan Video Justifies All The Hype For The Big Dota Tournament

Compared to Team Fortress 2, Dota 2 doesn’t have that many Source Filmmaker shorts. Too bad, because Dota Cinema’s and Lozeng3r‘s SFM serves as proof that these things really have potential. They’ve made the clip to hype us all for the finals of The International and, well, it’s safe to say that it works. The…

Wayforward has released their last Shantae platformer, Risky’s Revenge, on PC The game, which originally came out on the DS in 2010, comes with updated, HD artwork, Steam trading cards and achievements, and controller support. The two new Shantae games, Half-Genie Hero and The Pirate’s Curse, are still in development.

A Touching, Unexpected Tribute To Link’s Horse From Zelda

YouTuber Twin Perfect, probably inspired by the unlockable horse in the classic arcade racer Daytona USA, rewrote the lyrics of the memorable soundtrack of the game to include Link’s steed, Epona. And he also made an awesome video for it. Here’s the full edit. It’s full of surprises and late 90s feels: Epona Usa [Twin…

Flappy Bird Now Available on Floppy Disk for Apple II

Finally, you can now play Flappy Bird on 1977’s Apple II computer. It’s the work of Dagen Brock and can be downloaded for both 5.25” and 3.5” floppy disks. Whatever they are… This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK If, for some reason, you don’t have an Apple II and a floppy disc spare then…

Kendo Sure Looks Painful

Once upon a time, I thought about doing kendo. After watching this video, I have come to one conclusion: What the hell was I thinking? Co-directed by Vimeo user Simon Conlin, this video was created for the Canadian Kendo Federation to support the Canadian team when it competes in Tokyo next year. While kendo attacks…

Man in China Has Spent $32,000 Collecting Transformers

Transformers is quite popular in China. Heck, the latest film is set in the country. There are many diehard Chinese fans. One of them shelled out $32,000 for his collection. According to News 163 (via ShanghaiIst), retired soldier Zhang Wei has been collecting Transformers since 2002. So far, he and his wife have over 380…

You Know What Makes Blind Dates Better? Anime

Dating is tough. It’s not always easy to find a partner into the same things you are. Anime, for instance. Not everybody is into that. Wouldn’t it be great if there were blind dating events for anime lovers? In Japan, there are. Animax, the Japanese television network dedicated to anime broadcasting, is teaming up with…

Making Wolfenstein Move

Markus Hammarstedt worked as a senior animator on Wolfenstein: The New Order. So if you were ever wondering “gee, who actually animated those kinda gross bits where you stab a guy in the neck”, Markus is your guy. That’s his showreel for his work on the game. Below, you’ll find another clip, this time showcasing…

The Guy Behind Two Of League Of Legends’ Biggest Hacks [Update: Court Verdict]

In both 2011 and 2013, the servers of Riot Games, operators of League of Legends, were compromised. It’s easy to think the attacks were the work of a group of sophisticated criminals, but really, much of the work was done by a 21 year-old Australian. UPDATE: A 2016 court ruling has determined that Duffy did…

Still the best optional objectives of 2013.

Camera Crew Leaks Team’s Strategy At $10 Million Tournament

There are millions of dollars up for grabsin this year’s big DOTA 2 tournament, The International. So when a camera crew accidentally leaked one team’s strategy for the competition, that team was understandably pissed A crew from Chinese esports company Gamefy is at the tournament, and despite lacking permission from organisers Valve to do so,…