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UncategorizedMaroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” is Much Better When It’s About Star Fox
YouTube artist Beau “EpicBeau” Brians doesn’t let the stoic people of Japan get in the way of shooting the public dancing-filled video for his Star Fox song parody “Use Bombs Wisely”. Once upon a time a young man named Beau Brians and his friends created a Super Smash Bros. parody of Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You”.…
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The Dorkly Weekly: Bowser is a Horrible Father
When I was a kid my dad would pick me up to spend the weekend at the house of whichever girlfriend he was living with at the time. It wasn’t pleasant, but at least he didn’t make me guard the airship from Mario. Super Mario Bros. 3 is a legendary game, but it didn’t do…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Fake Gamer of the Week: Don’t Laugh, She Never Learned How to Use a Couch
She’s a model. She’s a gamer. She’s a nuclear physicist. She’s an incredibly accomplished young woman. She just never learned how to sit on the couch. It’s not her fault. The youngest daughter in a family of professional stock photo models, growing up surrounded by flashbulbs and fashion doesn’t afford one many opportunities to sit…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
SimCity Social Is Not Exactly Sim City, But It Is Very Social
“Kate,” Mike Fahey announced proudly to Kotaku’s group chat, “I just made birds poop on your city.” I switched tabs to look and lo and behold, yes he had. Waves of seagulls appeared, dropping their ugly white bombs all across my otherwise-happy little hamlet. The war was on. I immediately went to Mike’s town and…
By Kate Cox - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Extended Ending DLC Available for Download Very Early Tomorrow Morning
When do you get to download and try out the new! improved! endings to Mass Effect 3? It depends what platform you’re on. According to a series of tweets from producer Michael Gamble, the DLC will likely be available in the early morning (around 5:00 a.m. Eastern time) for Xbox users, sometime in the afternoon…
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The Most Profitable Final Fantasy Game is the One Players are Still Paying For
In case anyone was wondering how ten-year-old Final Fantasy XI scored a brand new expansion pack while you’re still waiting for a Final Fantasy VII remake, consider which one makes Square Enix the most money. According to a picture-filled account of this weekend’s Vana Fest 2012 event at Famitsu (translated by Andriasang), Square Enix CEO…
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Two of the Men Behind LulzSec Attacks on Nintendo and Sony Plead Guilty
Two of the members of LulzSec behind last year’s attacks on other gaming websites, have plead guilty in a British court today. The Telegraph reports that Ryan Cleary and Jake Davis plead guilty to multiple charges of “conspiracy to do an unauthorized act or acts with intent to impair.” Davis is also facing charges in…
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UncategorizedPft, And They Said Watching TV Doesn’t Impact Your Actions
If this DayZ video proves anything, it’s that watching TV most certainly impacts your actions. At least your virtual, inconsequential ones, anyway. [spoiler]Remember that scene in The Walking Dead where Shane shoots Otis to escape the zombies chasing them?[end spoiler] This betrayal in a round of Arma II mod, DayZ, is pretty much the same…
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UncategorizedI Have No Idea What’s Going On In This Game, But I’m Fascinated
This stop-motion horror game is downright creepy. It reminds me a lot of Limbo, given this somewhat vague description from the student project: Candle is an experimental stop motion survival horror game. In Candle you play as a puppet boy made from wood, cloth and entrails. Trapped underground, you must tunnel your way out, all…
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