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UncategorizedBe Impressed By Her Amazing Ninja Gaiden Skills
A reader named Tim sent in a video of YouTube user Squidlocks playing through the original Ninja Gaiden for the NES, a game that kicked the ass of a much younger me many, many times. And here she is, playing through the first three levels without getting hit once. Not even the damn birds can…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The True Crime of Sleeping Dogs is These Solid Review Scores
Remember back when Activision canned United Front Studios’ True Crime Hong Kong and then Square Enix picked it up and released a game that’s currently got an 83 average on Metacritic. Man, those were crazy times. When I think about all the cash Activision sunk into that True Crime title. All that E3 promotion money,…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Geeky Cross-Stitch Is the Perfect Melding of Retro Game Art with Retro Crafting
Cross-stitch is the perfect medium for 8-bit and 16-bit fan art. Have you ever seen one of the patterns crafters use? They look like pixel art! They’re little grids of color, showing which block goes where, in what shades, to add up to a visible whole. And the craft itself is pretty retro, invoking images…
By Kate Cox - Uncategorized
Look At My Awesome Parking Job in Sleeping Dogs
This is what happens when you build enough Face in Sleeping Dogs. Or at least this is what happens for me. I use all that hard-earned reputation for flashy sports cars. And then drive at such high speeds that I can pull off a parking job like this. It was so awesome it had to…
By Tina Amini - Uncategorized
The Team That Made GoldenEye Was All For Adding That Famous Multiplayer Last Minute—They Just Didn’t Tell Their Bosses
Fellow gamers who came of age in the late 1990s may remember that any time four or more of their friends got together in one place, a round of GoldenEye was almost certain to break out. From 1997 through at least 1999, it seemed to be almost everywhere. Even players (like yours truly) who didn’t…
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UncategorizedGod of War: Ascension‘s Multiplayer Bloodbath is Getting a Beta Soon, and a Trailer Now
Adding a multiplayer component to a God of War game still sounds a little confusing. Earlier looks have been tantalizing, in that violent, kill-everything sort of way. Today, Sony shared a new trailer for the 4 vs 4 team bloodbath. They have also announced a multiplayer beta to run in the “near future.” Should you…
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