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French Presidential Candidate’s Website Hides an 8-Bit Konami Code Surprise
Democratic Movement president François Bayrou may be a longshot in next week’s French presidential election, but he’s won my nonexistent vote with a secret NES-era message hidden in his official website via the Konami Code. Or perhaps my vote should go to whoever created his official website. I’m not sure how politics work in France,…
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8-Bit Inspired Disney Toon Wreck-It Ralph Features Villains from Real Video Games
Last month, we first saw concept art from Disney’s upcoming animated feature Wreck-It Ralph. Set inside the world of video games, the film features a game villain — the titular Ralph — in his quest to become more than the sum of his pixelated parts. Disney today released the first teaser poster for the film,…
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UncategorizedIt’s Silly When Video Games Try To Be Real
Video games can be pretty silly when you think about it. Save systems, over-the-top fashion designs, even entire concepts that a game is based on can make no sense outside of the video game world we’re familiar with. What would happen if you made a video game real? Well, Final Fantasy VII‘s Cloud would probably…
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UncategorizedWhich of These 15 Draw Something Player Types Fits You?
After playing Draw Something on the iPhone or iPad for any amount of time, you begin to mentally file your partners by type. Lihay Kalvo created this video to help you properly identify which category you fall into. Me? I fall somewhere between the one that can’t draw and the artist that saves the word…
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UncategorizedHere’s the Cast of Mass Effect 3 As You’ve Never Seen
In another round of uncensored video games, Mass Effect 3 characters say some pretty odd things. I love the dialogue in BioWare’s games, but the funny, uncensored twist is great for laughs. Definitely breaks the tension of that whole “end of the world,” “the Reapers are coming” thing. Thanks, Mathue!
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Gamers Watch Over 3 Billion Minutes of Competitive Gaming Per Month
Thinking of “CBS” and “sports” conjures up images of quiet rounds of golf, or the contained frenzy of a college basketball game. Now, however, CBS Interactive is throwing its hat into the world of virtual competitions, focusing its energies on the rapidly growing world of eSports. Competitive gaming is growing rapidly, here in the early…
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The Cutest Street Fighter Tournament Ever
Forget all the competitive, professional tournaments. This is the tournament I want to watch. NeoGAF user TheFightingFish uploaded this picture of his two adorable children, dressed up as Chun-Li and Ryu and fighting as Chun-Li versus Ryu. Although he didn’t win the arcade stick photo contest the photo originally appeared in, they win the day…
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I Sunk 40 Extra Hours Into Mass Effect 2 To Salvage My Relationship With Thane
I haven’t played Mass Effect 3 yet. As a big fan of the franchise, I’ve been meaning to. But I had a very important task at hand before tackling the last game in the trilogy. I needed to replay Mass Effect 2 (Mass Effect 2 spoilers ahead.) In my first playthrough of the sequel, I…
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Red Pandaren Males Don’t Get Fluffy Tails? World of Warcraft is Dead to Me
What kind of World of Warcraft does Blizzard expect us to live in when the red male Pandaren doesn’t have a long floofy tail? It just doesn’t make sense. I was cautiously optimistic that the Mists of Pandaria expansion would feature enough new content to keep the game interesting for another couple of years. Now…
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