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Two Years Later, I’ve Found A Diablo III Class That I Really Like
It’s not that I have anything against monks, per se. They seem like cool enough people. And my Diablo III monk, Shan, was a cool dude. He just wasn’t a demon hunter, you know? Shan fought his way to the final boss of Diablo III, won the day, got some kind of cool unique staff…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Doom/Myst 20 Years After Poster
Poster by James Harvey for an upcoming talk by the creators of Doom and Myst. See the entire poster and details about the show below: Doom Myst 20 Years After at NYU: There are few games as important or influential as DOOM and MYST. While DOOM founded what would become one of the defining genres…
By John Struan Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
2048 Is Harder When You Play It With Other People
Forget ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon.’ Now there’s another madness-inducing multiplayer take on a game that was never meant to be played by more than one person. Normally, you play 2048 as a puzzle game where you try to combine tiles that are multiples of 2. In this version, you still do that, only you have to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s How To Play Tetris And Asteroids On Lab Equipment
Reddit user IAmAHiggsBoson stumbled onto a little easter egg on his oscilloscope: apparently if you press the right series of buttons, you can play Tetris instead of measuring voltages, or doing some other kind of boring “actual work”. So if you find yourself bored at work, you can follow the instructions in the imgur album…
By Steve Marinconz Published April 7, 2014 -
CultureAnd Then X-Men’s Quicksilver Ate A Carl’s Jr. Biscuit Really Fast
In an effort to make me hate the Days of Future Past version of speedy mutant Quicksilver even more, fast food chain Carl’s Jr. went and did this. Note the X-tra bacon. Carl’s Jr., aka Hardee’s, has teamed up with some of the actors from X-Men: Days of Future Past to help promote its new…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Can Play Titanfall In Minecraft
If it exists, it’ll get recreated in Minecraft—and Titanfall is no exception. Technically, this Minecraft mini-game isn’t called Titanfall—it’s called Ironfall. The mini-game, which you can see in action in the above footage from BrenyBeast – Minecraft, takes all of its inspirations from Titanfall—from the guns to the maps to titans themselves (only the titans…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
IMAX Exclusive Poster For The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Here is the just-revealed poster by Matt Taylor that you can get by attending May 1st 7:00 PM IMAX screenings of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. See the entire poster below: The poster is described as a collaboration between Marvel, IMAX, Mondo, and Sony. Previously: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Happy Meal Toys You are now looking…
By John Struan Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Bullseye And Deadpool Heroclix
Bullseye is the latest Heroclix reveal. See the rules for him, as well as for the just-revealed Evil Deadpool and Senator Robert Kelly below: Previously: Zombie Galactus Heroclix revealed You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s A New Google Glass, So Let’s Shoot It With A Machine gun
The new version of Google Glass looks pretty stylish. It also holds up well when dropped on grass, concrete, and in water. Not so well when shot with a 1200 round per minute Vector submachine gun. Google Glass 2.0 vs Vector Submachine Gun [RatedRR]
By Steve Marinconz Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Piranha Plant Recycling Dumpster
JRYU JRYU turned a dumpster into a Piranha Plant for Global Inheritance’s upcoming art show at Coachella. It’s still functional—bottles can be thrown into the plant’s mouth. Below, see prior exhibits by Global Inheritance, including human-powered slot cars and the Recyclosaurus Rex. Recyclosaurus Rex from Coachella 2013. Human-powered slot cars from Solar Decathalon 2013. Wall-E…
By John Struan Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Sniper Rifle Has Never Been So Romantic
Forget about the items you’ve found inside Team Fortress 2 Mann Co. supply crates—there’s no way those items are as sweet as the stuff inside this real-life Mann Co. crate. That’s because this is a special crate, created by MrHackworth when he wanted to ask his sweetheart’s hand in marriage. “After four amazing years, I…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Free Walking Dead #1, B2G1 Free Games, Playstation Plus [Deals]
Target has the $450 Xbox One Titanfall Bundle with a free year of Xbox LIVE thrown in, effectively bringing the price down to $390. This is the best deal on the Xbox One so far. This deal also applies to the “standard” Forza 5 Xbox One Bundle. Update: It’s over. The Hobbit: The Desolation of…
By Shane Roberts Published April 7, 2014 -
Uncategorized30 Minutes Of Being Trapped In A Nightmare
What happens when your crazy backwards music game is a commercial failure? For Matt Gilgenbach, the answer was depression and nightmares. So like any good game developer, he made it into a game, which put us in a series of situations inspired by his nightmares. Neverending Nightmares is an adventure game with no HUD, no…
By Steve Marinconz Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Scrabble For Cheaters Fundraiser Featuring Peter Dinklage
It’s time to sign up support a team in the Seventh Annual Scrabble for Cheaters fundraiser to benefit 826NYC. As always the list of cheats you can buy to use in the tournament are fun: On Saturday, May 3rd, join Peter Dinklage and Jonathan Marc Sherman for Scrabble for Cheaters 2014, an elimination Scrabble tournament,…
By John Struan Published April 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedDoraemon Meets Akira In This Bleak Vision of the Future
Japan has selected the adorable robot cat Doraemon as its special ambassador for its 2020 Olympic bid. And as we all know, Akira predicted the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That can mean only one thing… From animator Aleix Pitarch comes a brief glimpse into the horrible, inevitable dystopia that will surely envelop Neo-Tokyo in a few…
By Chris Person Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Playstation Plus 1-Year Memberships are 20% off on eBay (Newegg) right now. Won’t last. [eBay (Newegg) via 9to5Toys] This post is brought to you by the Commerce Team, a dedicated group of deal hunters and product enthusiasts. We operate independently of Editorial to bring you the best bargains every day, share our favorite products with…
By Shane Roberts Published April 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Mario Kart 8
“Nintendo, man,” my friend Jeremy said to me. “You’ll fall in love with them. But then they’ll break your heart.” I had just shown up at his apartment to lend him my Wii U for the week or so I was going to be in California last month. Watching as I opened my bag and…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Microsoft’s Big Plans for Xbox TV
Remember the Xbox One reveal? There was a lot of talk about TV, wasn’t there? Now Microsoft’s new console is out and all that TV-centric chatter has died down. But there’s a lot of work happening to produce and deliver original shows directly to Xbox users. Microsoft clearly wants Xbox Live to become the next…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 7, 2014