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I Love Playing Magic: The Gathering. Just Not With Other People.
I love Magic: The Gathering. I’ve loved the card game since it first showed up back in the early 90s. The depth of strategy present in these bits of colored card stock is astounding, and the work Wizards of the Coast has put into building an empire based on them inspiring. I love Magic: The…
By Mike Fahey Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
Your Secret Home For High-Res Box Art Images
There are plenty of times you need nice high-res box art images. Maybe you need to print a replacement. Maybe you want to do some photoshop work. Maybe you just want some new desktop wallpaper. Whatever your reasons, an enterprising soul over on NeoGAF has found a sneaky solution that lets you pull big, clean…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2013 - Culture
All The Street Fighters, Fighting, All At Once
Magnus Rex is an art crew that specialises in content development. Meaning, they’re contracted by companies to help create worlds, whether that be building all-new IP, concept art and/or character design. I showed youtheir Kickstarter book project yesterday, but today we’re looking at their day job stuff, which has seen them work for game series…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedMan Finds 1983 Homebrew Star Wars Game, Is Awesome
We’ve all had stories of finding lost games before – my copy of Rogue Galaxy had been missing since 2009 before I found it hiding in a drawer – but you don’t hear many like this, where stuff has been missing for over 30 years Weird Paul here made a bunch of primitive stuff for…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedOh Man, Outcast Is Coming Back
In 1999, a game called Outcast was released. It was a God-damn revolution, one of the most ambitious games ever released, though one that’s sadly been almost forgotten in the years since. So it’s about time for a comeback! The founders of the original game’s development studio, Yann Robert, Franck Sauer and Yves Grolet, have…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedSkyrim Is For Kids. This Is Real-Life Role-Playing.
Avegost is a live-action role-playing (LARP) event held in Georgia. If you think you know LARP, and think it’s just people using foam swords and screaming “LIGHTNING BOLT“, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Beginning as a humble tabletop gathering, it’s grown into what’s described as a “full-immersion” LARP, which means the entire event is done…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Out Of Nowhere, Nintendo Announces New Chibi-Robo Game
Chibi-Robo! was one of the most underrated games on Nintendo’s GameCube, so it’s nice to see the robot of the same name find a new lease of life in a 3DS title, freshly-announced by Nintendo Japan. It’s an augmented reality photography game, where you’re given shapes that you have to find in the real world.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Is Under The Dome Kinda Just Under The Dumb?
“Chester’s Mill is a place like any other… at least it used to be, until we were cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious dome.” Yes, that is the actual pre-credits exposition we got at the start of episode two of Under the Dome. A straightforward intro for a straightforward show,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Most Intense Way To Play Minecraft
Couple Minecraft with the Oculus Rift headset andthe Omni,that virtual reality treadmill which allows you to walk around naturally in a game, and you’re bound to get one of the most immerse experiences (currently) possible in video games. You can see what playing with that sort of set-up would be like in this video by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Do you want to dress your Animal Crossing: New Leaf character up like a child combatant from Battle Royale? Of course you do! And you’re in luck: Depthakote has posted several versions of the film’s bloody school uniforms, with QR codes for each one. Great, now I want to rewatch Battle Royale. (Via Tiny Cartridge)
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s Every Single Pokemon Fusion Possible
You can spend a ton of time on Alex Onsager’s amusing Pokemon fusion website, trying out as many Frankenstein combinations as you can think of. Or, if you’d like, you can take a look at the work of Redditor B_Stiles, who took the liberty of making every single combination possible for you. If that sounds…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedIt’s Probably Okay That GTA V Won’t Be This Photorealistic
Because otherwise it’d be a bit… goofy. We all are hoping that Grand Theft Auto V will get a graphical facelift from past games in the series. But I think that, after watching this silly (and quite well-done) video from Ty Green, we can all agree that it’s good that GTA V won’t be too…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Somehow, Tim Schafer’s Adventure Game Needs More Money
Double Fine’s adventure game Kickstarter was one of 2012’s great success stories, bringing in over $3 million in community funding. A year later, though, it turns out that wasn’t enough money to get the game finished. In a lengthy and honest message to backers sent earlier today, Double Fine boss Tim Schafer explains that, basically,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedFox Hosts Support Gamer Facing Prison Time, Are Kind Of Jerks About It
Some days, solidarity comes from the unlikeliest places, with the unlikeliest of tones. Sometimes your most ardent defendants can be a total dicks about it. For one gamer facing prison time, that happened this morning. You may remember the 19-year-old League of Legends player from Texas that is facing 8 years in prison for Facebook…
By Chris Person Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
American McGee Wants Your Help Securing the Film Rights for Alice
American McGee’s twisted take on Alice in Wonderland has been capturing the imagination of fans since the original game debuted back in 2000. The movie rights to his vision have been bouncing around for nearly as long. Now McGee wants them back, but he can’t do it alone. The good news is that while McGee’s…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Maddening Quest To Get My Animal Crossing Villagers To Move Out
The town of OVOXO is a quaint, idyllic town. Lots of greenery. Right by the beach. It’d be perfect, except there’s one problem: I have two penguin villagers. …yeah, this is about to get ridiculous, but it’s a true story of how I’ve lost my bearings trying to get two villagers to move out of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Most Deadpool Moments From Deadpool, Now In Motion
This is how Deadpool deals with the baddiesin the beat ’em up game he stars in. The Deadpool game is basically one big comedy show, ripe for GIF-making. The game is full of madness so we couldn’t put up everything, but be sure to hit the comments and share those GIFs and videos that are…
By Gergo Vas Published July 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Moral Ambiguities In The Last Of Us
I wasn’t always sure how to feel about the things I witnessed in The Last Of Us We’re about to enter a world of spoilerhurt. Proceed with caution. Joel is a good man. After everything we’ve been through, as player and avatar, I still whole-heartedly believe that. I kind of have to believe that. Because…
By Tina Amini Published July 2, 2013