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You Can Pick Up In-Game Health At a Real-World Pharmacy in Robert Bowling’s New Game
If you needed first-aid supplies, you’d probably go to your local pharmacy or drugstore, right? It only makes sense. And when you’re playing a character in a video game, if that character needs first-aid supplies, you tend to loot them from a hospital or pharmacy. It makes a post-apocalyptic kind of sense. Of course, there…
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This is the Ultimate Custom Arcade Fight Stick… for StarCraft II
Fighting game fans go great lengths to create their own custom arcade controllers, personalized weapons carved from raw passion to wage a war against all comers. What if the same ingenuity and passion were applied to a non-fighting game like StarCraft II? I think it would go a little something like this. Created by the…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
With The Secret World, Funcom has Mastered the Art of the Buggy MMO Launch
In June of 2001, Norwegian video game developer Funcom released its first massively-multiplayer online game, Anarchy Online. It is considered by many to be the worst buggy MMO launch in the history of the genre. This week sees the release of Funcom’s third MMO, and it might be the best buggy MMO launch of all…
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UncategorizedSome People Don’t Like DayZ. This Live-Action Video Is Here To Explain Why.
Not everyone gets overly excited while playing DayZ, ArmA II zombie mod. Not everyone gets a chance to live-tweet their kidnapping in DayZ Some people just can’t get into the game, and the reasons probably look something like the video posted above.
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Marvel Vs. Capcom: Origins is Two Classic Fighters in One Downloadable Package
Never has the subtitle “Origins” been as appropriate as it is with Marvel Vs. Capcom: Origins, an online-enabled double-shot of Capcom’s Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, coming September to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
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UncategorizedWatch What Left 4 Dead Looks Like Running On Your Vita
It’s not Valve-official by any means, but with the power of button mapping, playing Left 4 Dead is possible on your Vita. With dual joysticks and motion-sensing accuracy, I’d say playing a few rounds of L4D on Sony’s newest handheld device doesn’t look too shabby. Thanks Kenneth!
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A Scene From The Professional Recreated Using Team Fortress 2 Characters
This awesome scene from The Professional starring Jean Reno is pretty gripping. But it’s even cooler when done to the theme of Team Fortress 2 using the Sniper and Spy characters. Take a look at the screengrab from the movie down below for comparison. Professionals [deviantART via Blue Dog’s eyes]
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Diablo III “Item Hunt” Is Not a Sustainable End-Game, Blizzard Admits
Diablo III inhabits a sort of strange hybrid new position in games. Neither entirely single-player nor an MMO, it straddles the world between the two, using its constant internet connection both to connect players to each other in a social experience and to make some cash As such, Diablo III finds itself in an unusual…
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UncategorizedI’m Going To Bounce On Toilet Paper While Roleplaying As A Cat All Day
Are you telling me there’s an iOS game called Rainbow Tissue Cat and you think I wouldn’t choose it as my Gaming App of the Day? In Rainbow Tissue Cat, you bounce around on platforms and off the tops of birds’ heads as Mr. Tibbles who sits atop a roll of bouncy toilet paper. Meowji…
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