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Smash Mountain
No-brainers make for the best ‘Shop Contest ideas and this one was a lead-pipe lock as soon as it was spotted on Tuesday. This log flume full of Smash Bros aficionados takes the gold for best roller-coaster reaction shot of all time, but we’re going to make it better. The exploitable potential of this really…
By Owen Good Published September 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves: The Memdependabor Day Eve Edition
This year we had all three barbecue holidays in the U.S. fall on a Monday. Guess who’s already off on Mondays?! That would be me. Alas. But it is Sunday morning, which means to thine own selves, be talking. Big thanks to Brian H. May for his Fanboy Wars TAYpic submission. Want to be featured…
By Owen Good Published September 4, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Don’t Look a Yoshi in the Mouth
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 Aug. 29. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Aug. 31. – Read more of Nerf…
By Owen Good Published September 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Exhaustion Breeds Quality in the Dragon Con Day Two Cosplay Gallery
After three hours of baby-interrupted sleep, I trudged across town to Dragon Con 2011 again today, where I occupied a great many benches and attempted to stay awake. I was mostly successful. Being dead tired has its benefits, however. Were I full of energy, I would have run about the convention madly, taking shots of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Up on the Roof Winners
Last week, Stephen Totilo took you up on top of Nintendo of America’s roof to reveal quite the unusual growing operation there. We asked you to plant a couple acres of more funny on it. We’ve got the 20 best ‘Shop Contest submissions, plus winner Duck45, inside! You’ll have to forgive me, I may not…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Are Sports Video Games Worth Reviewing Any More?
Earlier this week I got several versions of a small talk question I always field this time of year: “I haven’t played Madden in X years. Should I buy it this year?” To me, that’s no longer even a relevant question for this or for any sports video game. The real question, and its answer,…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow You’ll ‘Connect’ to Others in Call of Duty Elite
Activision’s social network and stat-tracking service for the Call of Duty enthusiast, Call of Duty Elite, may become your preferred way to meet and play against your fellow first-person shooter fans. It does a whole lot more, but let’s take a look at what Elite’s Connect feature suite is all about. Connect is where Call…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty XP ‘Juggernaut Sumo’ Pits Grandpa vs. Grandson
One of the many activities on hand at this weekend’s Call of Duty XP event—activities that earn attendees badges of honor—is Juggernaut Sumo. The game? Put on a bulky fat suit gussied up to look vaguely like a Juggernaut from Modern Warfare 2‘s Spec Ops mode and… fight! Lines are long, rounds are short. You…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Batman Achievements Confirm New Game-Plus in Arkham City
Crack achievement investigators Xbox360Achievements.org are back in action, and they’ve sleuthed out the 50 Achievement/1000 Gamerscore set for Batman: Arkham City. Included are two achievements speaking to a New Game Plus mode, which will allow a second playthrough with your fully upgraded Batman. Pore over the others, and then see Kirk’s impressions from PAX and…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedFind Makarov: Operation Kingfish Is More Explosive Than Your Average Call of Duty Fan Film
Operation Kingfish is the sequel (of sorts) to Find Makarov, the fan-made short film based on the Modern Warfare series—the mini-movie that fooled us into thinking a Modern Warfare 3 announcement was imminent in February. (Oops!) Not sure we can call this over-the-top action packed short a fan film, though, as it has the official…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
BioWare Offers This Sneak Peak at Liara’s Figure in Exchange for Your Feedback
BioWare tossed up three images of Mass Effect‘s Liara in Kotobukiya Bushoujo statue form. Unpainted, unfinished, but they want feedback. So check out the three images and then complain here, or go provide it at the game’s official Facebook page. No word when this will go on sale, only that a preorder announcement is expected…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Valve’s Games Sold on Electronic Arts’ Origin [Corrected]
Electronic Arts’ Origin service is running a three-for-the-price-of-two sale, on selected titles, this weekend. Three of the eligible games are published by Valve. EA and Valve haven’t been very friendly of late, so perhaps this is a make-up gesture by Valve? [Correction] As everyone points out, EA was the distributor of these games’ retail versions.…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedWe’re Betting that Slavery: The Game is an Elaborate Troll
My guess is that, 10 seconds after Microsoft and Sony are made aware that their corporate symbols are endorsing a fake slavery RTS, seen at the end of this fake trailer, this offensive piece of attention-whoring is going to be abolished from YouTube. That, or the alleged Kentuckians allegedly making this game are stupid enough…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC Arrives in October
Earlier this week, code-crackers broke the secrets of a teaser site Eidos has put up for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, finding what appeared to be clues for the game’s first DLC extension (above). Eidos now has officially confirmed it will arrive in October. It’ll be called “The Missing Link.” According to a post yesterday on…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cumming Mom Vows Only to Buy New After Finding Dick Pic in Used Game
From Georgia, uh, comes the most pernicious piece of anti-used games propaganda I’ve ever seen. A mother of two small children says she will from now on buy new games because she found a hand-drawn pornographic picture inserted in the case of a used one bought at GameStop. The kicker? This all went down on…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedPoorly-Dubbed Trailer Lands Uncharted 3 in Trouble with Brazilians
As English-speakers, we take for granted a lot of things: One, that every game will either be originally published in our language or localized for it (and woe betide those that aren’t…) Two: That the voice acting, if incompetent, will at least sound poorly acted and not read off a page. As reported by Kotaku…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Have a Rendezvous with My Ass
Let’s face it, half the things we do are window dressing. Take running alongside that limousine: it’d take an anti-tank missile to put a dent in that damn thing. There we are, out for show, trying to make the President look more presidential. I don’t know if it was ad-libbed, but, “You have a rendezvous…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Woefully Inadequate, Apologetically Dramatic Dragon Con Day One Cosplay Gallery
My best camera lost its shutter button a year ago. My second best camera lost its button five shots into today’s Dragon Con day one cosplay harvest. My third best camera was purchased at Wal-Mart a half hour ago. I finally get the hang of my expensive Nikon camera, and it self-destructs on me. I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Deus Ex: Human Revolution, people! Alright, alright… I’ll probably be playing more Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this Labor Day weekend than I will Deus Ex, but I’ve gotta have something to break up the flood of CoD XP posts! In the in-between times, I’ll be alternating between some of the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty XP’s Real-Life Achievements and Badges of Honor
Activision has a long and storied history of making some of the best video game patches in the business. Or at least they did during the Atari 2600 era. At Call of Duty XP, Activision returned to its patch-making ways, rewarding XP attendees for braving real-life and virtual challenges. For example, should you wait in…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2011