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  Pikmin 3 Won’t Have Online, Because, Um, Because…

  Just when you think Nintendo finally gets the internet, the Kyoto-based game maker does stuff like this. In a recent interview with website IGN, game designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the upcoming Pikmin 3, a launch title on the Wii U, will not have online. Because? According to Miyamoto: You have to be very careful…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012
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  Inside This Girly Bodysuit, There’s a Lady

  “Dollers”, as they are called in English, are traditionally men. They are men who wear full bodysuits, frilly dresses, and anime heads. But Miina is no dude. Miina is a female, but just don’t call her a doller. “I think that the dollers dress up as dolls by as an extension of cosplay and I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012
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  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012
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  Curious? You Can Blow $10,000 on this In-Game Clicker

  Game designer Peter Molyneux is launching a series of video game experiments. The first one is called “Curiosity”, and it has players chip away at a black cube to see the “truly amazing, absolutely unique” object inside. Molyneux is even offering a US$77,000 downloadable tool to help chip away at the cube. Even though “Curiosity”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012
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  The 3DS’ Circle Pad Pro Gets a Very Attractive Makeover

  Nintendo’s official 3DS Circle Pad Pro extension is, well, it’s not very pretty. It’s also getting hard to find. Thank the maker for Nyko, then, who have not only produced the world’s first third-party alternative, but have come up with something that looks much nicer than Nintendo’s offering. For $30, the Nyko Power Grip Pro…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  This Guy’s Portal Gun Actually Works, Turns His House Into a Test Chamber

  Jason Craft recently purchased a Portal Gun from Aperture Laboratories. Not a toy. A real one. You can see it in action in this video, where he tests it out with a few friends. Sure, it might look like fun and games in the game, but in the real world? These things are dangerous POrtal:…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  It’s-a Me, Sexy Mario

  If you thought porn star Ron Jeremy was the only sexy Mario, you are wrong. There are other Marios, sexy Marios who like to preen and pose for the camera in overalls and with mushrooms and fireballs. Hot. Say hello to this sexy Mario, who goes under the clever nickname “Sexy Mario”. All the photos…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012
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  Former NFL Player Recovers From Video Game Addiction, Returns to Pro Football

  Former All-American defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock was, in 2007, a high profile rookie on the Indianapolis Colts’ roster. By 2008, he was out of the NFL, not because his body was damaged, but because he was addicted to playing Call of Duty No, seriously. Pitcock’s inability to stop playing his Xbox 360, in particular Activision’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  Our Lady of the Mushroom Kingdom Turns Mario Into Religious Iconography

  French artist Soasig Chamaillard has taken some standard images of Catholic worship – statues of Mary – and jazzed them up a little, adding a pop culture focus to something that was once purely spiritual. While some may rightly find these a little offensive (you have been warned), others will find them oddly charming. Except…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  Star Wars Meets Total Recall in the Crossover of my Dreams

  Oh man. You know that Skyrim x Star Wars fantasy helmet from yesterday? The one for a charity drive? Take a look at this one, from the same showcase. It’s the same premise: take Boba Fett’s helmet and do something else with it. Only this one’s gone a little more left-field and has blended the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  The Beautiful Final Fantasy Art of Yoshitaka Amano

  Say the name “Yoshitaka Amano” to a longtime Final Fantasy fan and they may well go all weird behind the eyes, before telling you how much better the games were when he was designing things. I don’t know about that – the current “buckles on EVERYTHING” aesthetic has its fans as well – but there’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  Everything You Need to Know About the Wii U, at a Glance

  Need to know the fundamentals of Nintendo’s upcoming console but don’t like, I don’t know, scrolling? Or looking at tables? This infographic, listing all the Wii U’s publicly-released specs, has you covered. It comes courtesy of Nintendo Europe, and breaks down both exterior components as well as some of the console’s internal specs. Wii U…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  Awful Things Happen When You Try to Make a Video About Video Game Stereotypes

  Anita Sarkeesian thought it would be a good idea to make a video series called Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. It would be about, well, the tropes developers resort to when portraying women in video games. Stuff like armour that doesn’t actually cover anything To help market the idea, she set up a Kickstarter…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012
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  How Well do You Know Your 90s Video Games?

  Reader Saybox has made this terrific timewaster of a browser game, which tests your 90s game knowledge by asking you to “name that tune”. There are 93 games in total listed, and if you’re stuck, there are a limited number of hints you can get. I have little shame in saying I could get less…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2012
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  The Wii U’s Awesome Zombie Shooter is (Sort of) a Reboot of a 1986 PC Game

  ZombiU was one of the surprises of E3, taking the boring old zombie shooter idea and using the Wii U’s controller to make something new. The thing is, ZombiU might not be as new as you think. While Ubisoft didn’t trumpet the fact (only mentioning it briefly to attendees waiting for their E3 press conference…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2012
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  I Want to Have Dinner with Terry Gross

  Don’t you? Man, we would talk about the most interesting things, she would read excepts from my acclaimed book about jazz and video games, and I bet the food would be better than what I eat most days. In this video from a little while ago, Mike Birbiglia gets to live the dream, following the…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2012
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  Comparing Assassin’s Creed III on PS3 and Wii U

  That might seem an odd thing to ask given we’re still months away from the game’s release, but thanks to the fact Ubisoft showed the same level at E3 on the two consoles, we can actually get a good (if early, and imperfect) look at how the Wii U is shaping up as far as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2012
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  The First Official LEGO Haunted House Arrives in September, and It Is Glorious

  There has never been an official LEGO Haunted House before? That grievous oversight gets fixed this September with a $179.99 addition to the new LEGO Monster Hunters line. Behold its majesty Packed with more than 2,000 pieces including six ghastly minifigs, the “Haunted House” set is so massive (and expensive) it’ll only be available for…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2012
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  The Amish Are Gonna Be Furious When They Play the New Family Guy Game

  When the barns are done being raised and the butter churned, there’s nothing the Amish love doing more than settling down in front of their carved wooden televisions and acting out scenes from the latest video games. In Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse the joke’s on them, and boy will they be irate. Back…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2012
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  Falling in Love With Falling in Games

  “This isn’t flying. This is falling with style.” Gravity is a pernicious reminder of our physical limits. It’s the thing that keeps us rooted to the ground, it pulls our bodies downwards, makes us slow, ages us. The dream of flight, then, is a rejection of that limitation—see me? I can fly, man. I’m free,…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2012