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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  It’s a beautiful day and the sun is shining! You’d better play it safe and stay inside. After all, sunny days are just a sunburn waiting to happen. So as long as your stuck inside why not talk about video games? A very special thank you to Inzoum for this very buggy TAYpic. To get…

  By Sam Winstrom Published July 12, 2011
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  The Rollicking Pulp Magazine Covers of Trenched

  The loading screens for Double Fine’s triple-fine Xbox Live Arcade mech game Trenched are spot-on parodies of early 20th-century pulp magazine covers. Unfortunately (or fortunately), they go by too quickly to be properly enjoyed. Double Fine kindly provided all but one cover—that one had a spoiler—so that you can chuckle at their overt manliness at…

  By Joshua Rivera Published July 12, 2011
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  The King of Fighters-i Takes on the iPhone.

  Something to get out of the way: I hate virtual joysticks. Hate them. That being said, I liked The King of Fighters-i, virtual joystick and all. The King of Fighters-i is SNK Playmore’s latest effort at bringing its arcade sensibility to smartphones. And for what it is, The King of Fighters-i is serviceable and more.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  Hey Spaceman, I Saw a Rainbow!

  Blast Off | CAPE CANAVERAL, FL: Atlantis sits on the launchpad as rainbow colors the sky (Photo: Win McNamee | Getty) The Real Story Behind Sim City’s Arcologies Despite the fact they only appeared in one game (Sim City 2000), arcologies remain an iconic symbol of the Sim City series. But just what the hell…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  When Giant Girls Attack

  Released last December, Ogon Musokyoku started out as a fan-made versus fighting game that’s a spin-off of a mystery visual novel. This fall, it’s now being ported to the Xbox 360! Ogon Musokyoku was created by 07th Expansion, best known for another murder mystery visual novel it also created, Higurashi When They Cry Check out…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  More 3D Video Coming to the Nintendo 3DS

  Starting tomorrow, Nintendo is launching another free video service for the 3DS. This latest one is called “Nintendo Video”. Confused? Don’t be! The 3D video service already offered by the 3DS is a collaboration with Japanese television broadcasters Fuji TV and Nippon TV. This new service isn’t Moreover, Nintendo Video isn’t updated regularly like the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  Think of This as a Thundercats Appetizer

  You may not know his name, but you’ve played his games. Jerry O’Flaherty made his name as Gears of War‘s Art Director. He also co-founded Ion Storm and worked on Daikatana. Next up, a movie! O’Flaherty signed on to do the feature film version of Thundercats. In 2007. Hollywood moves slowly, and that flick is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  The Double Fine Art of Lee Petty

  As one of the most imaginative video game developers in the business, it’s a pleasure today to highlight the work of one of the artists at Double Fine, the studio behind games like Brutal Legend, Psychonauts and Trenched These images and paintings are the work of Lee Petty, who after serving on projects like 2005…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  The Wii’s Last Great RPG Gets an Early Mark

  Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles, originally not due out in Europe until September, is having its release slid up not by a few days, but by a few weeks. It’ll now be out on August 19. Developed by Monolith, Xenoblade Chronicles was released in Japan last year. There are currently no plans for a North American…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  You’ve Been in Three Uwe Boll Films. Any Regrets?

  Natassia Malthe starred in BloodRayne II: Deliverance, BloodRayne 3: the Third Reich, and In the Name of the King 2. That’s three films from infamous filmmaker Uwe Boll! Does Malthe have any regrets? Yes, but not about working with Boll. Malthe told Fangoria that Boll is “totally misunderstood”. According to her, “People are jealous of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  Turning Screenshots Into Photographs

  Brazilian artist Leonardo Sang has started up a project called VRP, or “Virtual Reality Photography”. The aim is to use “video games as platforms for everyday photography”. Using Grand Theft Auto IV as his foundation, Sang has taken a number of screenshots from the game and composed them so they look more like actual photographs.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  How About Another Life-Sized Gundam Statue?

  In 2009, a life-sized Gundam statue (pictured) was erected. At the time, people said, if only there was a life-sized Zaku. Turns out, there might be. A volunteer team in Mibu, Japan is setting out to erect a life-sized, 59-foot Zaku. In Gundam, Zaku is piloted by Char Aznable, one of the main Gundam antagonists.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  Make Your House Look Like Rapture With These Awesome Posters

  Artist Stefan Petit has spent the last six months working on a pet project: recreate all the posters featured on the walls of Rapture, the decaying city-state featured in 2007 shooter BioShock. He’s now done! There are dozens of images, which he’s actually done in massive, print-quality sizes, though sadly (for fear of litigation) all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  Don’t Expect the Latest BioShock on Wii U Anytime Soon

  Despite appearing on stage at E3 to talk up the Wii U, BioShock designer Ken Levine has now told IGN this about the console: “Just to be clear, there are no plans. I’m not saying it can’t happen, but we have no plans to do any games for that platform.” Oh. [IGN]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  Correction: Xbox Music Brings 11 Million Songs to Your 360 This Fall

  According to a report on Business Insider, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer revealed plans yesterday for a new service called Xbox Music. Business Insider has since issues a correction for their original story. I’ve pasted it in its entirely below. With the Zune brand on death’s doorstep, this is shaping up to be a replacement for…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  The Captain America Game You Can Play for Free

  Remember that free Thor game that was pretty great? Well, there’s one for Captain America. It’s also got old-school 2D platforming and some totally cute sprite art. From what I’ve played so far, it also seems pretty great! So do check it out in the link below. Captain America: Shield of Justice [Marvel]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  A Machine That Changes Xbox 360 Discs For You

  My TV has a remote. Ditto my surround sound. My Xbox 360 can be turned on remotely with my control pad. And yet, when I want to change the disc, I have to get up. On my feet. Which is never where I want to be. To help overthrow the tyranny of distance, master console…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  The Father of the PlayStation and Japan’s Secret Koreans

  In Japan, South Korea is now cool. Speaking and singing the local lingo, Korean popstars like Girls’ Generation rule the charts and appear on Japanese variety shows and in commercials. It wasn’t always that way. Japan and South Korea have a long, shared, and bloody history, with Japan recently colonizing the country. At the turn…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2011
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  Microsoft, This Isn’t Helping Win PC Gamers Over

  Perhaps realising it wasn’t exactly popular with gamers as a standalone marketplace, Microsoft recently decided to shift Games for Windows over to Xbox.com. That move has now taken place, and…it’s gone about as well as you’d expect from Microsoft and PC gaming. The image above is where you’ll find now find PC gaming on Xbox.com.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011
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  This is the Best Star Wars Game We’ve Seen In a Long Time

  Forget everything you know about Star Wars games. The ones that used control pads, mice or keyboards. Because Fleet Commander, a student project, might just blow them all out the airlock. It’s been developed by Arthur Nishimoto, a student at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Initially designed in 2009…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2011