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UncategorizedSquare’s Scarygirl is Anything But Scary, All Sorts of Fun
What if I told you Square Enix and Tik games were coming out with a game based on the celebrated and psychedelic characters of Nathan Jurevicious next week? What if I told you I’ve played it and it was a ton of fun? What if I told you it reminded me of one of my…
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
THQ Wipes Out Games Planned for 2014 to Ready Itself for Sale, Says Games Insider [Update]
Rumor spreading fast via Twitter on Sunday holds that THQ has canceled its entire 2014 slate of releases to position the company for sale. Kevin Dent, a games industry veteran, tweeted late yesterday that THQ had canceled an MMO it was developing under license from The Games Workshop, meaning Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millenium Online (pictured…
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UncategorizedSomeone Got Duke Nukem in My Minecraft!
Hail to the king of Minecraft, baby! No, not Notch. Duke Nukem! Thanks to Mutt’s World we now know what a day in the life of the Duke is like in Minecraft With videos like this making the rounds, it’s no wonder Minecraft has 20 million registered users Carry on.
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
XCOM FPS Pushed to 2013, Firaxis Strategy Reboot Still Set for 2012
As someone who was quite fond of what we saw of the re-imagined XCOM at E3 this past year, but who’s also excited about the Firaxis strategy reboot of the franchise, I am somewhat conflicted by this news. We haven’t heard much about the XCOM FPS as of late, but have seen and heard plenty…
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
Half-Knife
There’s trolling, counter-trolling, and counter-counter-trolling. And then there’s “STFU about Half-Life 3 or I will cut you,” as Valve boss Gabe Newell seemed to say in this display of his knife collection. But what does it all mean? That’s where you guys come in with this week’s ‘Shop Contest challenge. Gabe is a regular ’round…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Talk is cheap. But Talk Amongst Yourselves? Priceless. Welcome to your morning call to discuss all things video games amongst yourselves. While you’d do it anyway, I’d like to think that giving you my permission to do so is what makes it special. Big thanks to Mr Marsu for today’s TAYpic. Join in the fun…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics: Blow Me
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 Jan. 9.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Jan. 11.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
This is What Razer Thinks of SOPA
Earlier today we reported that Bungie and even The White House came out to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act better known as SOPA. Well, now you can count Razer among the opposition. They’ve even created a lovely visual representation of their feelings on the subject. Classy. They’ve also released this statement on their Facebook…
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
Notch Says Minecraft Now Has 20 Million Registered Users
That’s right. 20 million. Dang. Notch released this information not long ago via Twitter So what have we learned here today? When he’s not busy opposing SOPA, Notch is raking in the dough. Want to see what all the fuss is about? Head on over to Minecraft.net
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
Fallout Wiki Founder Banned From Wikia for Promoting Curse
Anyone who’s anyone in the Fallout community knows Pawel “Ausir” Dembowski. Founder of The Vault wiki which contains over 15,000 pages of Fallout lore, Pawel is a human encyclopedia of gaming’s favorite post apocalyptic franchise. Let me put it this way. When Chris Avellone has a question about Fallout, he asks Pawel. Moreover, if you’ve…
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UncategorizedBodycount Developer Details “Unlawful” Working Conditions, Codemasters Responds
Semi Essessi, who was unfortunate enough to have worked on Codemasters’ abysmal first person shooter Bodycount, says that wasn’t the worst part of his job. Essessi spilled the beans to Eurogamer earlier this week, detailing what he claims were “unlawful” working conditions. He says that he was not compensated for over 400 hours of overtime…
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
Bullet Blender: The Winners
Yes, yes, yes, I know that’s a mixer, not a blender. Look, I play video games and write about sports, I’m not the goddamn chef de cuisine. Anyway, we asked you to blend that mixer with some twisted humor, and we’ve got 20 winners inside, including overall champ Ryan! Getting started, power_overwhelming (14) became an…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Surprise Surprise, Mass Effect 3 Requires Origin, Won’t Launch On Steam
In today’s edition of, “News You Saw Coming a Mile Away”, BioWare’s Community Coordinator, Chris Priestly, has told Mass Effect fans that Commander Shepard’s epic quest to save Earth from the Reapers will not take place on Steam due to the set of “restrictive terms of service” which also led to EA pulling titles like…
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UncategorizedWant to Play Skyrim on a Tablet? There’s an App for That
This past week at CES, Nvidia and ASUS teamed up to show off The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim running on ASUS’ latest and greatest tablet – the Transformer Prime How’d they do it? There’s an app for that. An app called Splashtop THD. Splashtop THD is the new and improved (but not yet available) version…
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
What Can You Expect From Nyko for the Vita? Whatever Sold for the PSP
When it comes to mobile gaming, first party acessories can get damn expensive. That’s where Nyko comes in. When it comes to third party gaming accessories, nobody is as prolific and nobody gets their gear to market faster. This week at CES Nyko let it be known that they’d be releasing a few choice accessories…
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UncategorizedMore Big (and Small) Game Developers Sound Off Against SOPA
More and more game developers are voicing their displeasure with the Stop Online Piracy Act better known as SOPA. We’ve already heard from the likes of Epic Games, Riot Games and Red 5 Studios. Well, this week Bungie has come out against SOPA and proclaimed that they, “All agree that SOPA sucks.” Well said gents.…
By Dave Oshry - Uncategorized
This SWTOR PC Case is Fast Enough For You, Old Man
If you’re a Star Wars fan and a PC Gamer, there’s a good chance that The Old Republic has consumed your life for the past month or so. Well, if the fine folks over at iBUYPOWER have anything so say about it, this is the PC case you’ve been looking for. Now, I know what…
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UncategorizedBang Your Head to This Metal Cover of “The Dragonborn Comes”
Not long ago, the world was treated to this amazing cover of “The Dragonborn Comes” from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim courtesy of the lovely Malukah. It became so popular that many PC gamers have even replaced the game’s main theme with her magnificent and soul stirring rendition Today we have a quite different, yet…
By Dave Oshry