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  If You Like He-Man, TMNT or Dark Souls, You Need to see These Amazing Paintings

  If ever you were going to get a man to do the paintings that would cover the house of your dreams, artist Dave Rapoza is your man. In the gallery above you’ll see a selection of his best works, covering subjects like Dark Souls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Akira, He-Man and other things people aged…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2011
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  If Only Xbox Japan Was as Popular as This Girl

  Rena Matsui isn’t the one percent. She’s the less than one percent. As far as idols go, she’s quickly shot to the top of the group she belongs to, SKE48. No wonder Microsoft roped her into promote Kinect in Japan. Shame that didn’t exactly work out. SKE48 is a Nagoya-based spin-off of AKB48, Japan’s most…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 17, 2011
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  You’ve Got a Date for Next Valentine’s Day

  Nintendo 3DS title New Love Plus, Konami’s latest dating sim, won’t be out Dec. 8 in Japan. Instead it will be released Feb. 14, giving the developers extra time to finish the game. Valentine’s Day—how fitting! [Kotaku Japan]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 17, 2011
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  This Lady’s ’71 Camaro is now In Gran Turismo

  Mary Pozzi owns a sweet 1971 Camaro. It’s so sweet, in fact, that Gran Turismo 5 developers Polyphony Digital have decided to put it in their video game. She was given that honour as part of the annual Gran Turismo Awards, held last week in Las Vegas, which are part-giant party, part-car show where auto…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2011
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  Belgian Lolitas Dancing. Belgians Wearing Funny Costumes. Belgians Kicking Ass

  The Japan Expo Belgium 2011 was held in Belgium, with folks dressing up like Japanese anime and game characters. And other people beating the crap out of each other. In the above video, Belgian Lolitas play Just Dance. In the other clips, folks cosplay. Not all their costumes are based on Japanese created characters, which…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 17, 2011
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  These Parents Actually Named Their Kid Dovahkiin / Dragonborn

  Look, I’m all for people being really into games. But as with everything in life, there is a line, and naming your son after a fantasy video game character is, well, yeah. To win a competition held by Skyrim developers Bethesda (the same one reader Spenny was denied entry), Megan and Eric Kellermeyer named their…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2011
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  Next Xbox Due In 2012, Ubisoft, EA Already Working On It

  According to Edge, Ubisoft’s Montreal studio is already working with “target boxes” based on the design of the next Xbox console, and “all signs point to” this machine going on sale in late 2012. A target box, basically a PC built to the expected specs of the console in question, is something studios can use…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2011
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  Your Guide to Getting Skyrim Looking, And Playing, Better

  If you’ve got the 360 or PS3 versions of Skyrim, you’ve got a very fine game on your hands. If you’ve got the PC version, though, the game you’ve got is just the beginning. In the years to come there will be mods, tweaks and cheats you can use to dramatically transform the game, Bethesda’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2011
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  Guillermo del Toro Says His Video Game is Still ‘Two-and-a-Half or Three Years Away’

  Director Guillermo del Toro vows that production on his video game trilogy inSane continues apace even with the attention required for Pacific Rim, his next big cinematic effort. “Up until the end of pre-production on Pacific Rim, we were still going up to Chicago, to Champaign, Illinois, to work with the developer,” Del Toro tells…

  By Owen Good Published November 16, 2011
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  WWE 12 Delivers Fanfare for the Macho Man

  Randy “Macho Man” Savage died in a car wreck in May, two months after ending an estrangement with the WWE/F by appearing in THQ’s WWE Superstars. Savage, one of the greatest superstars in professional wrestling history, will also appear in the series’ flagship video game WWE 12 when it releases its Legends stable of wrestlers…

  By Owen Good Published November 16, 2011
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  Some Sound Advice For a Neglected Skyrim Girlfriend

  The brothers McElroy, Justin and Griffin of Joystiq, don’t just write about video games—they also run the advice show My Brother, My Brother and Me along with their third brother Travis. On it, the McElroys answer questions posed to Yahoo! Answers and Forumspring by random internet users. It’s an unspeakably wonderful show—the advice they give…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011
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  If Only There Were Actually Video Game Awards This Funny

  Today, the nominees for the annual Spike TV VGA Awards were announced. It is a God-given right for people to bitch endlessly about awards shows, and so the moment the nominees were announced, a huge number of people jumped on twitter to joke, complain, and generally carry on about them. (For example: The outrageous snub…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011
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  Jilted Boyfriend Hocks Engagement Ring for Halo Armor

  When his fiancée suddenly dumped him, Eric Smith of Geekadelphia decided that simply selling off the engagement ring he bought her wasn’t good enough. The cash from that transaction also had to be expurgated as well. Thus Smith used it to acquire a suit of badass Spartan MJOLNIR armor to shield his heart from the…

  By Owen Good Published November 16, 2011
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  Innovation Has Never Been the Cornerstone of the Video Game Industry

  As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a huge seller and is breaking all kinds of sales records. It’s been parodied on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and is being blamed for the loss of the Louisville Cardinals this past weekend. The game has its fans and it has its critics, and…

  Scott Patterson Published November 16, 2011
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  Black Ops Finally Surrenders Top Slot on Xbox Live—to Modern Warfare 3

  Fending off challenges from Gears of War 3 and Battlefield 3 during their launch weeks, Call of Duty: Black Ops at last met its match this past week—in its successor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Xbox Live’s Major Nelson reports Modern Warfare 3 was the console service’s most popular game for the past week,…

  By Owen Good Published November 16, 2011
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  In Saints Row: The Third, Always Bet on Zombie

  This week, I’ve been sharing some videos of Volition’s new (tremendously fun) open-world crime game Saints Row: The Third. On Monday, we saw how I start each day in Steelport, and yesterday I showed a cool refinement of its custom radio stations That second video was fairly low-key, so today I thought I’d delve a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011
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  These Are the Most Interesting New Comic Books This Week, with a Dash of Valve and a Sprinkling of Mass Effect

  Man, it’s late. You should have gone to the comic shop by now. It is Wednesday, you know. That’s when new comics come out. And I have recommendations about which ones you should buy. Sorry they’re late, but, hey, the shop will be open tomorrow, too. And you could always download at least some of…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 16, 2011
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  Lovecraftian Cover Art

  Majicka | A glimpse of the cover art for the upcoming Magicka “The Stars Are Left” expansion tweeted out by Magickagame Skyrim Lands 50 Perfect Reviews, Will Likely Earn More than $450M at Launch The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim garnered more than 50 perfect reviews and it looks like it also sold a lot of…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 16, 2011
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  Skyrim: Now With (More) Bears

  The problem isn’t so much that Skyrim doesn’t have enough bears. Lord, no. In fact, sometimes it feels like the game is bears all the way down. No, the problem is that the game does have spiders. Big ones. In fact, one of the first encounters you’ll have is a big ol’ room full of…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011
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  He-Man, G.I. Joe, and Transformers Collide in Saturday Morning RPG

  Coming soon to iOS-powered devices from the wonderfully named and logo’d Mighty Rabbit Studios, Saturday Morning RPG might be the only turn-based role-playing game in which the protagonist can transform into a truck and ram faux Cobra troopers. Color me intrigued, but not the official colors so I don’t get sued. Noticing I am somewhat…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2011