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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Out of curiosity, why don’t people give cards at Thanksgiving? Is it because we already give them at Christmas? And write thank-you notes by New Year’s? Hell, I say we just move all of it up to Thanksgiving and make that our major holiday. We get a big meal, and everyone gives everyone else a…
By Owen Good Published November 20, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Easy Does It
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 14.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 17.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good Published November 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Live Action Minecraft Wedding Proposal
Reader Matt writes in to tell us how he proposed to his girlfriend up on the big stage at MineCon, getting the wonderful folks at Mojang to play along in getting his future wife up on stage to pop the question. Congratulations guys, here’s to a lifetime of friendship, love and coop gaming. From Matt:…
By Brian Crecente Published November 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Shoppin’ Macy’s Winners
Sonic the Hedgehog’s inflated ego returns to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. That was more than enough inspiration for our pre-Black Friday ‘Shopping spree. We’ve got 20 winners, including WAFFO, inside! kobun (10) returns to the lineup after a long layoff, with a subject that is both timely and inappropriate. Notice the coaching…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Hits Shelves Tuesday — as a Novel
Borderlands has a novel due for release on Tuesday, entitled Borderlands: The Fallen. It’ll track the story of Roland, who represents the soldier class in the original game. From the writeup on Amazon: His name’s Roland. Soldier class, a former mercenary, he’s on a full-time mission to scrape a living out of the most dangerous…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Basketball’s Unhappy November Can’t Be Helped by March Madness
In between two of the most-watched college basketball games ever played in November, the NBA’s Doomsday Clock inched closer to midnight when its players rejected a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum and dissolved their union. It’s the nuclear winter scenario analysts imagined when they pegged worst-case losses at $40 million for NBA 2K12, the lone video game caught…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
‘Significant’ Battlefield 3 Patch Coming to PC Next Week
DICE promises that PC Battlefield 3 owners will see a major client update in the coming week, one that offers better stability, weapons balance, polish and other adjustments built on community feedback since the game’s Oct. 25 release. “Plus we’re removing the so called “negative mouse acceleration” that some of you have experienced,” DICE wrote…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Look Back at 20 Years of Music History with Sonic
Masato Nakamura says he composed the remix of Sonic the Hedgehog‘s Green Hill Zone theme the way he did the original: By imagining it as a film. The difference is he only had still photographs when he wrote the song 20 years ago. Now for source material has the advantage of full motion video—and, of…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Infinity Ward Bans 1,600 Modern Warfare 3 Cheaters, Asks What You’re Lookin’ At
Robert Bowling done tole you now son, so don’t sit there and act all surprised-like. Yesterday Bowling, the Infinity Ward creative strategist, tweeted that another 1,600 cheaters have been banned since Four Zero Two promised them a ass-busting back on release day. “Any attempt to cheat, hack, or glitch in #MW3 will not be tolerated.…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedCan You Punch a Dragon to Death in Skyrim?
I’m not going to spoil it, but ask yourself why I would be posting this video. Man, dragons are such pussies in this game. [Best in Slot Gaming. h/t Conor] You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
NFL Told EA Sports to Keep Late Hits Out of Blitz
When NFL Blitz was announced in October, I asked the game’s producer, Dave Ross, what kind of hitting action the game would feature, given the league’s increased sensitivity to violence and head injuries since the last version of the game was released in 2003. Ross said at the time they were still working through approvals…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedShepard Kicks Back with Casual Wear and a Dog in Mass Effect 3 Collector’s Edition
There’s lots of loot, and lots of it is downloadable content, inside the Mass Effect 3 “N7” collector’s edition, detailed in this here trailer that also cautions supplies will be “extremely limited.” Of course they will be. But if you plunk down a preorder for the $80 special edition, you’ll get a ton of in-game…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Skyward Savings Before Black Friday
Heading into the madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we’ve got deals and bonuses for WWE 12 and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword plus 37 bargains on digital downloads inside this week’s edition of The Moneysaver Software • Sunday release Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) is $45.99, free shipping from Buy.com. Elsewhere…
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedSkyrim Teaches Adorable Little Girl About Bullying
This 3-year-old girl is about to learn a tough life lesson: Never attack a villager in Skyrim or the guards will come and get you. That or, don’t be a bully. One of those. In the video the little girl gets annoyed when a villager tells her she has to leave. “NO!” she screams. Then…
By Brian Crecente Published November 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe WWE ’12 Launch Trailer Invites You to Challenge the Viper
The latest playable version of THQ’s grapple-happy sports entertainment franchise packs in more legends, ladders and leg drops than ever before. Not happy with the storylines on Monday Night Raw? Wish the some up-and-comer was getting a bigger push? You can make it happen for yourself when the game hits stores next week. You can…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Zelda Rap So Ridiculous It’s Amazing
I have always wanted to see Navi get stomped into the ground, not to mention a Link Vs Ganon rap battle. Check the video created by the guys at Smosh.com You can contact Chris Carolan, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter
By Chris Carolan Published November 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Observe World of Warcraft‘s Seventh Birthday with Free In-Game Items and a New Ad
World of Warcraft celebrates its seventh birthday on Nov. 23, and in observance, anyone logging in between Sunday and Saturday, Dec. 3 will get a free celebration item that temporarily grants an XP boost. The “Feat of Strength” and the celebration item also grant a special tabard and a reputation bonus, in addition to shooting…
By Owen Good Published November 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
An Incredibly Short Week in Gaming Apps
Welcome to three days in gaming apps, our weekly look back at five days of the best and worst of mobile gaming, give or take two days. Hey look, is that Superman? Isn’t he distracting? Yeah, so we’re a little short this week. It’s not our fault. Well, not all of our faults. If I’m…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Tuesday I fly home for Thanksgiving, so I have about 72 hours to get all the pre-holiday console gaming done that I want before those things go dark for a week. This is always a vexing proposition, as I really want to dive into something like Batman: Arkham City or Saints Row: The Third, but…
By Owen Good Published November 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Reggie Says Skyward Sword Will Forever Be the Best Game of All Time
Reggie Fils-Aime is not one to mince words, and while we also believe Skyward Sword is fantastic, he thinks it’s the best game ever. Not only that, he doesn’t think any other game will dethrone it from its lofty perch in the future. That quote, and other interesting ones, are taken from an interview with…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 18, 2011