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  I Assure You This is a Fully Armed and Armored Female Berserker Statue

  True story—during my time playing En Masse Entertainment’s MMO Tera, my guild and I were attempting to recreate the trailer for the film 300 in-game for some silly reason. When it came time to capture video for the Oracle scene, we went with a series of sultry and mildly demonic Castanic females dancing by a…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2013
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  This Guy “Hacks” The Human Body, Turning It Into An Involuntary Musical Instrument

  This is Japanese artist Daito Manabe, who “uses electrical impulses as an artistic medium”. Translation: you’re about to see human bodies wired up and shocked, turning muscle movements into a weird kind of musical instrument. It’s equal parts gross and fascinating. The video itself is another in the excellent “Creators Project” series, an earlier episode…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2013
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  There’s a Second “Surprisingly Unsexy” Commander Shepard Statue Coming

  I was surprised back in September when a new entry in Kotobukiya’s line of “Bishoujo” figures—normally a little on the revealing side—played it demure when it came to Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard. Ditto for this second version of the piece, which changes weapons and haircuts. There’ll only be 2000 made available, and the front hand…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2013
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  That, Sir, Is One Good-Looking Robot

  These awesome robots and moody rooms? They’re by Benoit Godde, a French concept artist at Quantic Dream who’s worked on games such as Heavy Rain, Beyond and the cancelled Eight Days If you like what you see here, there’s plenty more to see on Benoit’s personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2013
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  Sorry Buddy, This Horse Needs To Make A Quick Getaway

  You’d think the horse stealing the car would be the funniest bit. But no. I like the dude’s obvious disappointment at the overall outcome at the very end. “aaww”. For more horse-in-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV madness, see here Horse [Premium Gifs]

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2013
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  Rumor: Pre-Owned Wii U Consoles Let You Download Someone Else’s Games For Free

  It wasn’t until the Wii U launched that we found out accounts and information registered on that console would be staying on that console. Sounded bad at the time, but there might be a bright side to the whole mess. There obviously haven’t been too many people buying one of the machines pre-owned in its…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2013
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  Princess Leia Is Now An X-Wing Fighter Pilot

  There’s a short piece up on Wired about a new Star Wars comic book series. There’s something new in it: Leia is a pilot. Like, an X-Wing pilot, in the orange jumpsuit and everything. Series writer Brian Wood (of DMZ fame, and formerly of Rockstar Games) did a pretty good job of explaining how/why the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  Luke’s Top Ten Games Of 2012

  I played a lot of games this year, and sadly, most of them were forgettable. It’s just been one of those years. Luckily, not everything landed between the ranges of “awful” and “mediocre”. Some games landed between “pretty good” and “fucking incredible”. Like these ten which, in no particular order, are my absolute favourite games…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  This Hilarious New Year’s Eve Special Is A Class-Five Flaming Disaster

  It’s okay to get a little bit sloppy on New Year’s Eve, but this goes above and beyond. At the end of 2012, the Los Angeles station KDOC aired the special above, featuring Jamie Kennedy, Shannon Elizabeth, a totally lit Macy Gray, and a list of additional stars so scattered that it feels like parody.…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 3, 2013
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  The WarZ’s Servers Were Attacked, Game Brought Down

  Zombie survival rip-off The WarZ which, outside of a bizarrely fanatical fanbase hasn’t exactly endeared itself to the wider community, has for the past few days been the subject of attacks on the game’s servers. That’s according to the game’s community manager Kwerk, who wrote earlier in the week “First we were hit with an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  Kirk’s Top 11 Games Of 2012

  I played more games in 2012 than any other year of my life. It was a weird—but thoroughly wonderful—year, and one that upset a lot of my expectations. Games I’d assumed would be amazing fell short of the mark, while others came out of nowhere to become fast favorites. This being a time well-suited for…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 3, 2013
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  Are We Being Unfair When We Say That Grinding Sucks?

  I hate feeling like a cog in the machine—like my actions don’t matter, like I’m wading through tedium before I can get to the ‘meaningful’ part. Tedium exasperates me, makes me start thinking about depressing things like not reaching my true potential. This is true in both real life as well as in games. So…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2013
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  Thank The Wolfman: The Historical Murder-Fest Dreadline Still Exists

  Back in May, we caught wind of Dreadline, a game in which famous monsters travel through time to equally famous tragedies and kill everyone before they would’ve died anyway It’s an enjoyably goofy premise, and given that the game is headed up by former Harmonix and Irrational developers Bryn Bennett and Steve Kimura, it’s got…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 3, 2013
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  How Many ‘Easter Eggs’ Can You Find in MLB 13 The Show‘s Latest Trailer?

  Sony released this trailer today for MLB 13 The Show, and producer Ramone Russell vowed that “about 10 Easter Eggs are included in it.” Operation Sports’s community has gone dissecting it frame-by-frame; here are some of their readers’ guesses: • “So RttS and HRD now both have some “personal lock on ball” view with a…

  By Owen Good Published January 3, 2013
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  This Moronic Sandy Hook ‘Game’ Is Probably Fake [UPDATE]

  People wasted no time last month following the tragic events at Sandy Hook, judging from the existence of a dev blog that purports to show screenshots of Sandy Hook: The Game. According to the website, the game is the “official video game of the sandy hook massacre, you play as Adam Lanza.” Not much is…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2013
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  In Case You Forgot, Get All the Ugly Details of the 38 Studios Debacle in Seven Minutes

  The spectacular crash of Curt Schilling’s video game development studio was one of the most stunning—and heart-wrenchingly sad—news stories of last year. The downward spiral of the company that made Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has been well-documented but this news report by Reason does a nice job of laying out the stakes, motivations and consequences…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 3, 2013
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  Watch This Silly Source Filmmaker Re-Creation Of Two YouTubers Absolutely Losing It

  Sonic The Hedgehog released in 2006 sure is a terrible game. The duo known as Game Grumps learned this the hard way, and broadcasted their experience playing the game for their audience about a month ago. The original, which you can watch down below, is pretty funny on its own. But it also inspired possibly…

  By Tina Amini Published January 3, 2013
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  I Don’t Envy What Xbox Support Has to Put Up With

  Xbox support has a Twitter account—it’s very helpful and responsive, in my experience! But sometimes, the stuff they have to put up with is so idiotic that I can’t believe how patient they are. I know I couldn’t be after this exchange on Twitter. [View the story "Xbox Support" on Storify] A bigger picture of…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2013
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  A Handy 2013 Calendar For Gamers

  Start flipping open those cute puppy calendars your parents bought you, and pull out your Sharpies, because it’s time to get down to the temporal nitty gritty on entertainment in 2013. We’ve got a ton of (hopefully) great, big games, movies, and more to look forward to this year. My wallet cringes at the thought.…

  By Holden Miller Published January 3, 2013
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  Rumors of PS4 Restricting Used Games Send GameStop Stock Tumbling

  GameStop’s stock price closed lower by $1.30—a five percent loss overall—after word this morning that Sony had applied for a patent on technology that could restrict how used games are played on its next console. Used games are, of course, a cornerstone of the GameStop customer experience, whether trading them in for store credit toward…

  By Owen Good Published January 3, 2013