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Marriage is a Sacrament (and Also an 800-Point Achievement)
There are nerd weddings, then there are nerd weddings. This one is obviously the latter. We can only hope that the MC thought to play the sound when their lips locked Nerd Wedding [CollegeHumor]
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Get a Good Look at This Year’s New Mass Effect, Hitman, Metal Gear & Devil May Cry Action Figures
As you should know by now, Square Enix’s Play Arts studio have the rights to make action figures for more than just Square Enix properties. Which is why the cool toys you’re about to see come from all sorts of publishers, franchises and games. The figures in the gallery below constitute the upcoming slate for…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedStar Command, Keep on Looking Awesome, OK?
Yup. I’m about to get excited about Star Command all over again. Sorry if that…actually, you know what, no. I’m not sorry. If you can’t get excited about the idea of XCOM meeting Star Trek with adorable graphics then I don’t want to talk to you. The above clip goes on for thirteen minutes, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedOnly the Mighty Catzilla Can Tell You if Your PC is Any Good
A handy way to test the strength of your PC for gaming purposes is to run a benchmark program. See how quickly your rig can render something boring like a waterfall or something clichéd like a dungeon. No thanks. I’d rather see how well it can handle the mighty Catzilla, which rather than being the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
You’re Getting a (Slightly) New Xbox 360 Dashboard Today
Unlike some of its more drastic overhauls, today’s Xbox 360 dashboard update is a relatively subtle one. Alongside the introduction of Xbox Music and, finally, a console version of Internet Explorer, perhaps the most notable changes include the ability to “pin” your favourite programs to the home menu screen and the fact 12 new languages/accents…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 - Culture
In the Future, Lady Robots Will Ride Regular Robots
Xiao Biao “Bill” Xuis, aka rd7, is an artist currently working at Redsteam, a concept art studio in Shanghai. His speciality? Awesome images of sci-fi settings, mechs and people wearing highly impractical body armour. If you like the stuff you see in the gallery below, you should check out more on rd7’s CGHub page, or…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
After Twelve Days, WoW Player Hits Level 90 Without Killing Anything
Meet Irenic, a Tauren Druid. Irenic is a level 90, the new maximum a World of Warcraft character can reach. And Irenic did it without killing a single thing. Sure, this sort of thing has been done before. But that was only to level 85. This is to level 90. That’s five more levels of…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedSorry Nolan North, My Gaming Voice Hero is Dave Fennoy
Quick. Name your favourite video game voice-over artist. If it’s not Nolan North, it’s most likely…that guy who played..that guy. Or that lady who was that woman in that one series I really like. It’s sad that so few of these talented artists are recognised for their work, so I figured today I’d shine the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
First DayZ Screenshots Are…Well, There’s No Zombies
The upcoming standalone version of DayZ, currently a mod for military sim ArmA II, won’t look too different from the original. As you’ll see from these screenshots, the first released for the project. There’s no people. No zombies. No buses. Just empty buildings, which look a lot like those already found in the game, albeit…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt Ain’t “The Greatest Event In Television History,” But It Is Pretty Funny
Even I, a person who has never seen Simon & Simon a single time, got a kick out of this incredibly elaborate shot-for-shot remake of the opening credits. Created as a goof for Adult Swim, it stars Paul Rudd, Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm and Parks & Recreation‘s Adam Scott, and, well… it’s kind of hard…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Play Halo 4 Early, Get Banned From Xbox Live. Forever.
With Halo 4 not out until the first week of November, the fact people are playing it now—and getting banned from Xbox Live for doing so—all but confirms the suspicion that copies of the game have been leaked According to a report on MCV, Xbox Live users found playing the game are being given permanent…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
5 Ways Dishonored Shines On PC
In a season of outstanding PC ports, each new game has begun to arrive accompanied by the same question: Will this one kick ass on PC, as well? Arkane’s Dishonored is fantastic. It’s also rooted in what some would call a holy triumvirate of of PC gaming: Deus Ex, Thief and Half-Life 2. It stands…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
In A World Full of Fantastic Fictions to Try, Guild Wars 2 Players Remain Fixated On Humans
Guild Wars, the first game, didn’t offer a whole array of character races for players to choose from. Players were always human, even while free to play with variations on appearance. And it seems that Guild Wars players who got used to their looks have brought that bias with them into Guild Wars 2 GW2,…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Game Is Called Dudebro. That’s Pretty Much All You Need To Know.
Actually, the full name of this game is Dudebro™ – My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It’s Straight-Up Dawg Time. Yes. It’s a PC game that’s been in development for some time by some folks from NeoGAF as well as Grimoire Assembly Forge. It’s a parody of all the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Player Is Insanely Good At Stringing Dishonored Attacks Together
Dishonored spoilers follow in video. Ok ok, I know earlier today I said I love to play games stealthy. And then I showed you guys a video of Corvo showing the guards of Dunwall who makes the decisions around here. Forceful decisions. Ones that result in many deaths. But this sequence of deaths might be…
By Tina Amini Published October 15, 2012 - Culture
What Dr. Horrible Can Teach Nerds (And Everyone Else) About Love
Does anyone represent the trials and tribulations of the modern day nerd quite as much as Dr. Horrible? He wants what we all want: to build a fairer, more just and equitable society. To be recognized and valued for his gifts and contributions to the world at large. To get through the day without being…
by Harris O'Malley Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zynga Sues Former CityVille Director For Stealing Trade Secrets When He Left
Zynga filed a lawsuit Friday against Alan Patmore, former general manager of CityVille, alleging that Patmore stole trade secrets and confidential information when he left the company. As VentureBeat and others report, Patmore left Zynga on August 16 of this year. Court documents filed in the California Superior Court in San Francisco claim that immediately…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Video Game Screenshots are Here!
It’s is absolutely ridiculous how excited I got when I saw an email in my inbox from Gameloft with the subject line “New My Little Pony screens”. I’ve built villages on my iPhone. I’ve played character-driven mini-games on my Android tablet. These are not new things. I have not, however, built my own Ponyville, nor…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012