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  Marvel Heroes Early Access Delayed Due to “Serious Issues” [UPDATE]

  Diablo-like super hero MMO Marvel Heroes is having launch troubles. Namely, the game not being ready to launch yet. Early access players found that they were unable to log in, even though it was seven days before launch day—the advertised date Ultimate Pack buyers would have been able to start playing. On their blog, the…

  By András Neltz Published May 29, 2013
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  Phony Iron Man Fighting Urinary Tract Infections in China

  Iron Man? More like Medicine Man. Or in this Chinese TV spot, Kang Zhi Ba Man. In China, Kang Zhi Ba is a brand of pharmaceuticals, and this commercial is for Norfloxacin capsules, which are used to treat urinary tract infections as well as typhoid fever, intestinal infections and gonorrhea. As recently noted by MIC…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2013
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  Outrageous Japanese Fashion Wants To Go Global

  Big hair. No, like, really big hair. Tanned skin. And incredibly long nails. Meet the young women of Black Diamond. They’re keen to go worldwide. In Japanese, this style of fashion is dubbed “gal” (ギャル or gyaru). The look flies in the face of traditional Japanese notions of feminine beauty: pale skin and black hair.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2013
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  Adventure Games Are Much Better in Stop-Motion

  Remember The Neverhood? The all-clay adventure game from 1996? Doug TenNapel, its creator, is joining forces with Pencil Test Studios to bring you Armikrog, a spiritual sequel starring a crash-landed alien and his talking dog. They’re raising $900,000 through Kickstarter. Good luck to them!

  By András Neltz Published May 29, 2013
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  This Music Game Cheat Sure Is Unusual

  When you think of Japanese music games, you probably think of people doing elaborate dance routines. If you want to rack up a high score, you need to move. Or do you? Above, you can see YouTube user Aicecream777 dancing her heart out while playing Dance Evolution Arcade, the Japanese arcade version of the Kinect…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2013
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  Make This Incredibly Realistic LEGO Gun

  You are looking at a replica 92FS built entirely of LEGO. Impressive, right? Well, you too can put together your own. Here’s how. This how to is from Jeff Boen’s The BrickGun Book, which is a building guide for life-sized LEGO handguns, including the 1911, the BG22 with Magazine, the Desert Eagle, the MAC-11, and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2013
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  Get So Close To An Xbox One You’ll Think You Can Touch It

  Seeing as precious few people on Earth have actually been up-close with an Xbox One in the flesh, why don’t you check out this 3D model of the console, which you can explore right here. You can rotate, pan and zoom to your heart’s content, getting close to all the lines, ridges and ports there…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  The Closest You’ll Ever Come To Seeing A Real Pokemon Museum

  Artist RJ Palmer has taken his “realistic” series of Pokemon illustrations and put them all on the one image, which is available as a poster. I am so in love with the “human silhouette for scale” bit it’s not funny. You knew you were onto a good thing as a kid when a dinosaur book…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  How To Build A Healthier PC Gaming Table For Under $200

  You love your PC. It’s a place you can work at, but more importantly, it’s a place you can game at. The thing is, if you’re using a traditional desk-and-chair setup, the more you game on the PC, the bigger the problem you’re creating for yourself. I don’t want to sound like your mother here,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  Because You Always Wanted A PC That Looked Like A Drone Terminal

  This is AIO’s DRN-STN. It is bonkers. Pitched as an all-in-one solution for a gaming PC, it’s essentially a desktop case (one that fits all standard components) with a 24″ monitor crammed in one side and an exterior designed like something you’d find in a multiplayer round of Battlefield. So, yeah, it’s PC gaming’s ugly…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  Far Cry 3’s Jason Brody, Standing Sadly In The Rain

  Herve Groussin is a senior concept artist at Eidos Montreal, the developers behind Deus Ex and the upcoming Thief reboot. He had until recently, however, been working at Ubisoft for a very long time, during which time he contributed on everything from Assassin’s Creed (where we’ve briefly featured him previously) to Far Cry 3. Before…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  Blizzard’s Next Big MMO Goes Back To The Drawing Board

  Blizzard’s follow-up to World of Warcraft, a project known only by its codename Titan, has been in development since 2006. And it’s going to be in development a lot longer, after the company announced today it was making some significant changes to both the game and the people working on it. Responding to a report…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  Video Game PR Issues Beautiful “No Comment” In Haiku

  The Yakuza games are some of the very best on the PS3, so Sega’s silence on a possible localisation of Yakuza 5 is killing me The publisher has since broken that silence, however, responding to a Yakuza fansite. In haiku. Like every single Japan-related PR communication should be. The poem, sent to Yakuza Fan, reads:…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  This Navi Is Not Annoying. Far From It.

  This is Madison Kimrey, and she’s eleven years old. She is also the first human on Earth to successfully cosplay as one of the most annoying characters in Nintendo’s long, storied history. Seriously, next time you play Ocarina, imagine that instead of a nondescript blue ball your sidekick was Madison, annoyance replaced with this slightly…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2013
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  One Does Not Simply Screw Up A LEGO Set This Badly

  One of the newest playsets in LEGO’s Lord of the Rings line is the Council of Elrond. A key moment in the events of the trilogy, it’s notable not just because it brings the Fellowship of the Ring together, but because the internet has transformed one line into perhaps the series’ most memorable. It’s crazy,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2013
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  These Guys Make The Best Damn Trailers In The Business

  They don’t use expensive pre-rendered cinematics. They don’t license famous old songs. They don’t play on TV during the NBA playoffs. But that doesn’t matter. Niche PC publisher Paradox Interactive still makes the best video game trailers in the world regardless. Above, you can see their latest, for the very hardcore, very PC game Crusader…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2013
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  All The Stuff The Green Lantern Movie Got Wrong

  You may be shocked to hear this, but the questionable 2011 Green Lantern film had some problems. In seven minutes and forty-nine seconds, the folks at CinemaSins went ahead and tallied the sins in the film. The final number is…. higher than you might be expecting, even if you were expecting a high number. How’s…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 28, 2013
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  ‘Texts From Zelda’ Imagines Hyrule Infested With iPhones

  In Ocarina of Time, heroic Link had a musical instrument that let him change day into night. But what if he’d had an iPhone? That’s the question asked by Texts From Zelda, and the answers they supply are outstanding. And of course… You can find more over at their site. (Thanks, Alex!)

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 28, 2013
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  Fuse: Day One Impressions

  Insomniac’s new game Fuse is out today in North America. We’ll have more in our full review later, but for now here are a few of my immediate impressions of the game — how it plays, how it looks and where it left me a little cold.

  By Chris Person Published May 28, 2013
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  Fire Emblem‘s Chrom Is Now Gaming’s Most Bootylicious Prince

  Chrom fans, rejoice! The handsomest prince in Ylisse now has a mousepad dedicated entirely to his most admirable… asset. The mousepad in the picture, made by Deviantartist Toonikun, is one of only two in the world, and you can own one of them. The spare pad will be given away to one person who reblogs…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 28, 2013