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  A Portal Bathroom Would Probably Call You Fat

  Cartoonist Stephen Lester is “currently on a mission to fill his home with vintage video games and video game memorabilia”. Part of that involves his guest bathroom, which is becoming a themed shrine to Valve’s Portal series. Colour-coded and filled with merch, it’s… certainly… something. Especially since I’m pretty sure that’s a talking Cave Johnson…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2013
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  Sweet Dark Souls Posters Look Suitably Satisfying

  Crowsmack has the walls of Dark Souls fans in mind with these two vintage-inspired posters based on the game, which are available as prints here

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2013
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  Concept Art That Goes From Halo 4 To Guild Wars 2 And Back Again

  Dave Bolton is a concept artist who has worked for 343 Studios, ArenaNet and Hourglass Studios. So we’re about to get a look at some fantastic art from, among other things, Halo 4 and Guild Wars If you like what you see, you can check out loads more at Dave’s personal site and CGHub page…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2013
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  Zelda X Pokémon, If It Looked Like This, Would Probably Shift A Unit Or Two

  Artist Finni Chang does what Nintendon’t. Pairing the pocket monsters with Nobunaga’s Ambition was a total waste when they could have been combined with Zelda instead. These sweet-as-pie illustrations are, if you’re that into them, also available as prints. $15 will get you one, while $25 will get you all three. Legend of Zelda x…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2013
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  Amazing Camera Footage From John Carmack’s Latest Rocket Launch

  id Software legend John Carmack doesn’t just work technical wonders and make great games. He also spends a lot of time (and money) on Armadillo Aerospace, an amateur outfit that is trying to make a space rocket that, instead of flying into space never to be seen again, can be re-used. Last month, Armadillo’s latest…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2013
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  You Can Take One Game With You To A Desert Island. What Is It?

  My wife asked me this the other day, and what I thought was a pretty inane question actually turned into an absolute mind-tearer. Why? Because I wouldn’t take my favourite game. That game is Wind Waker. I love it with every ounce of my heart, but faced with the prospect of playing only one game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2013
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  Avengers… Assemble! And Play With Your Fancy Custom Xbox 360s.

  Zachariah Cruse, the same guy responsible for that awesome replica Zelda chest from a few years back, has built plenty more cool nerd props, from working Pip-Boy 3000s to custom Game Boys. My favourites, though, might be these Avengers Xbox 360 mods, turning Microsoft’s console into something Captain America and Iron Man could enjoy. Not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2013
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  A 24-Hour Movie Made Of 24 Hours’ Worth Of Movie Clocks

  Yep, there have been enough movies to do something like this. In 2010, Multimedia artist Christian Marclay created “The Clock,” a 24-hour long film installation cut together from clips of time passing in movies. This clip, via Boing Boing, was shot HLF Films at an exhibit of the piece. They make this suggestion: In order…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2013
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  Getting Fired From Groupon Is A Bit Like Playing Battletoads. Wait, What?

  Andrew Mason is the CEO and founder of Groupon, a deal-of-the-day website. Or well, he was—he was fired recently. Notifying the Groupon staff about his departure in an email, he made a ridiculously specific video game reference to Battletoads, which Wired breaks down for us. Mason wrote: I’m OK with having failed at this part…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published February 28, 2013
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  These Aren’t Photos Of Cars. They Are, Believe It Or Not, Screenshots.

  Below, you will find six images. As eyeballs on the internet, you may not believe it at first, but these are indeed screenshots from upcoming racer Project Cars I’ve been playing the game for a week or so, with an in-construction build (the game is constantly being added to and refined by the developers, with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2013
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  The Most Beautiful Opening Stages In Video Games

  A video game’s opening stage or starter zone has an extremely important role: it sets the tone for the rest of the game. Getting it right is essential. Below, we’ve collected some of the best-looking and most iconic starting zones, first stages and opening missions. Green Hill Zone in Sonic Central Highway in Mega Man…

  By Gergo Vas Published February 28, 2013
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  Every Single Thing We’ve Written About The PS4, All In One Place

  Ever try to drink out of a fire hose? Me neither, but I’d imagine that it might feel a little bit like trying to keep up with all the news that’s pouring out about the PlayStation 4. For the sake of anyone who prefers to drink their news in a slightly more dignified manner, here’s…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2013
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  This Guy Found Some Of The Real Life Inspirations Behind Grand Theft Auto V Screenshots

  Maybe you’ve seen some screenshots of Grand Theft Auto V. The game isn’t an exact recreation of LA, but it does take inspiration from it. Some places are comparable enough that, if you searched, you could find something uncannily similar in Los Angeles—as PlayStationAccess’s correspondent did here. That must be cool—to recognize the places you…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published February 28, 2013
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  Telltale Promises That Season 2 Of The Walking Dead Will Be Less Buggy

  Telltale’s Walking Dead adventure games tell a really great story. They also tell an awfully glitchy story. Save-game-erasing glitches almost ruined my experience with the game a few months ago, and I’m not the only one. Lots of people have asked for their money back So here’s a bit of good news. In an interview…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2013
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  For What It’s Worth, AVP: Evolution is the Best Aliens Game Released This Year

  Other than the eponymous xenomorphs, general bugginess and some laughable artificial intelligence, Angry Mob Games’ AVP: Evolution from iOS and Android has absolutely nothing in common with the train wreck that is Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines. In just about every other way the mobile game is superior to the console/PC title. That’s not saying AVP:…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2013
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  Faith Check: Will SimCity‘s Servers Hold Up Next Week?

  Keyboards plugged in? Mouses at the ready? Cool. We’re about to hit the launch of another big-deal PC game: Maxis’ SimCity, back from a long hiatus and looking pretty good But SimCity will also be the latest PC game to demand that users maintain a constant internet connection. We went into the similarly connection-demanding Diablo…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2013
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  Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Has Been Announced, So Let’s Photoshop Henry Rollins Into It

  So Ubisoft officially confirmed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag today. If you’re a weirdo like me, then you weren’t spending the majority of your time speculating on the gameplay or setting, but instead were wondering what level of involvement the American hardcore band Black Flag had in the process. The answer is none. I’m pretty…

  By Chris Person Published February 28, 2013
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  Crysis 3 Performance Test: Graphics Cards And CPUs

  Built with CryEngine2, the original Crysis raised the bar for PC gaming graphics in 2007 with stunningly detailed visuals that crippled even the fastest of rigs. Looking back at our first Crysis performance article, which was based on the game’s demo, the fastest GPU available at the time (the GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB) struggled to…

  by Steven Walton | TechSpot Published February 28, 2013
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  This Type Of Kill Cam Shows An Amazing Yet Lame Way To Die In Call of Duty

  Lame or anticlimactic kill cams aren’t so rare: in fact, I’d bet that most of the final kills we view at the end of multiplayer matches aren’t noteworthy at all. But there are weak endings to matches…and then there’s this. Dying by way of care package also isn’t new—heck, there are medals for it in…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published February 28, 2013
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  You Can’t Cut Pin-Up Girls in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. And Other Weird Stuff.

  Well, to be fair, she’s not a real girl. It’s a cardboard cut-out of a woman, which honestly should make it even easier for Raiden to slice into multiple parts. But the smiling advertisement is magically invulnerable to the edge of Raiden’s high-frequency blade. You saw the game’s bananas final boss fight yesterday but Revengenance…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2013