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The Legend of Zelda: The Movie (Posters)

Mercifully, The Legend of Zelda series has never the opportunity to be ruined by Hollywood. Perhaps in celebration of this (or maybe just because he thought it would look cool), artist Marinko Milosevski has drawn these posters. There’s one for Ocarina, one for Majora’s Mask and one for Wind Waker. And at the site below,…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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Hey Mean Cop, Don’t Choke the Dude in the Anime Shirt!

Don’t choke anybody actually. Snapped by photographer Paul Weiskel, this photo was taken at a, deep breath, pseudo-Occupy protest against an anti-LGBT Tea Party rally. An individual wearing a Neon Genesis Evangelion shirt. Are police allowed to chokehold unarmed protestors? That purple wig is no weapon. Photo [Flickr via Albotas] (Top photo: Paul Weiskel |…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2012

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Now This is How a Mass Effect Action Figure Should Look

DC’s line of Mass Effect figures were fine, I guess, but this upcoming batch of three toys from Square Enix, all of them based on Mass Effect 3, look much better. Available in August, the three available will be Commander Shepard (Male), Garrus (duh) and Ashley. Interestingly, Ashley’s face sculpt from the front makes her…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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Two Dudes Try and Sing a Final Fantasy Song (That Doesn’t Have Words)

Your Final Fantasy VII experience begins with its haunting score, and your Tuesday is about to begin with this A cappella cover of Nobuo Uematsu’s The Shinra Corporation It should be less intimidating since it’s being performed by two dudes and not an evil corporation, but somehow, it ends up being just as oppressive. Maybe…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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Bet You Never Imagined the Guy From Journey Taking a Dump

Part of the beauty of PSN game Journey is the fact there’s nothing to the world. There’s you, another person, some flying carpets and…something else. And that’s it! No back-story, no expanded universe, no codex Let’s imagine, though, just for a moment, that Journey was indeed weighed down with things like that. With the mundane.…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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The Joy and Sadness of Nintendo’s Life-Destroyer, Captured in Comic Form

True story: in 2003, I very nearly failed a whole bunch of university courses, which in Australia is a very difficult thing to do. It wasn’t because I was drinking too much, or partying too hard. It was because of Animal Crossing The GameCube original destroyed me. Housemates would come back from a day’s hard…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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The Amazing Portal-Themed Mini-Golf Hole (With Bonus Minecraft)

Internet superstar Tom Scott (who we were only talking about a few weeks back) wanted to play some mini-golf for his birthday. So he had a course built. One incorporating elements of Minecraft, Portal and…Wheel of Fortune? There’s even one where you control a labyrinth with a Wii Remote’s nunchuk. The Portal hole is a…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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Bethesda’s Lawyers Threaten Guy Giving Away Free Fallout Posters

Late last year, artist Erling Løken Andersen thought it would be a nice idea to set up a website for his Fallout fan art. It was lovely art, coming in the form of posters based on those found on the walls in Fallout games, and in a nice touch, Andersen even uploaded incredibly high-resolution (and…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2012

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Road Blaster, You Have Stolen My Heart

It’s not often I come across a game I’ve never even heard of putting this feature together, but that happened yesterday with Road Prosecutor. Which means, yes, I’d never heard of its arcade original Road Blaster either. Man, I wish I had. All these years I’ve wasted without having seen this clip. So, first things…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2012

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Norwegian Shooter’s Court Case Shows Off His World of Warcraft Character

The trial of Anders Behring Breivik’s is currently underway, and already there has been talk of video games and their influence on Brehvik’s behaviour, which is troubling to say the least. Almost as troubling as this picture of his World of Warcraft character – how he managed to play with that user interface I’ll never…

Mark Serrels Published April 16, 2012

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This Acid-Trip Game Looks Amazing, Even When I’m Playing It Wrong

I’ve never experimented acid or done any kind of psychedelics. People say it’s great, except for all the flashbacks and stuff. From my never-tripped point-of-view, Dyad looks like it simulates an chemically altered mindstate pretty damn well. It’s got a lot more going for it than just that, though. Shawn McGrath is making Dyad and,…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2012

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Minecraft Creator Likes My Little Pony, But Not Like That

Len Peralta just has a way of bringing out the pony fan in today’s most respected video game developers. After outing Valve’s Gabe Newell as a certified brony, Minecraft‘s Markus “Notch” Persson admits his My Little Pony Admiration on the latest Geek a Week podcast. Now Notch wouldn’t call himself a brony per se, but…

By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012

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Report: Apple Working on a New Games Console?

A report on website Cult of Mac claims that, in addition to Apple’s widely-expected foray into the world of TV sets later this year, the company will also be trying its hand (again) at the video game console market. The site’s sources say that “Apple is working on a television set with an iTunes-integrated touch…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2012

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From Space Combat to Build-and-Battle in a Single Starhawk Mission

How does Starhawk for the PlayStation 3 seamlessly transition between twitchy spaceship shooter to strategic ground-based build-and-battle gameplay? Lightbox Interactive’s Dylan Jobe talks us through an entire single-player mission. I might need to hire a friend to help me play Starhawk. When it comes to space sims, I am at the top of my game,…

By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012

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SSX Downloadable Content Goes Retro

As people pretty much already guessed, the upcoming DLC for EA’s latest SSX title is retro-themed, with a “TRICKY inspired” track, throwback characters and even some old music. [SSX]

By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2012

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Guy Wants $26k To Build All Of Mario Level 1-1 In Legos

A crazy maniac budding entrepreneur is looking to Kickstarter to raise $26,400 so he can buy a whole bunch of Lego bricks With those Lego bricks, the Portland, Oregon-based Zachary Pollock hopes to recreate level 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. in its entirety. The whole thing. Pollock estimates that the whole project will take “780,000…

By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012

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Deadmaus Contributes Happy, Blippy Audio to Sound Shapes

Deadmaus loves video games. He’s got giant helmets and tattoos—including one of Shigeru Miyamoto’s signature—to testify to that fact. But the world-famous DJ’s gamer cred will reach an all-new level when PS Vita game Sound Shapes comes out this summer The official PlayStation blog revealed glimpses of the Sound Shapes levels that will feature audio…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2012

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Now You Can Even Play DotA In Minecraft

Sick of waiting for the final version of Valve’s upcoming Dota 2? You can play a totally unique version of the popular strategy game in this ridiculously detailed Minecraft map, inspired by League of Legends and chock full of towers, upgrades, shops, and other goodies. The best part? You don’t even need to mod your…

By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012

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It Takes A Global Effort To Drain New Infinity Blade II Boss’ Billion Health Points

At 9:15 am Thursday morning, Donald Mustard, the creative director at Chair Studios, sits next to me on a couch in a hotel in San Francisco. He unfurls a laundry list of the features from Infinity Blade II‘s new multiplayer component, but it becomes clear after a few minutes he is distracted. He’s actually nervous.…

Douglass C. Perry Published April 16, 2012

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Who Wants to Get Drunk League of Legends Style?

When League of Legends characters aren’t flinging crackling balls of energy at one another on the battlefield you’ll probably find them working on their bartending license. Those energy balls can also be turned into a lovely looking drink, proved by the images up top—taken from Nimhain’s blog AlcoLol As an obvious fan of LoL Nimhain…

By Elyas Gorogo-Baker Published April 16, 2012