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More Hatsune Miku Heading Stateside, Because Sega Loves Us
Last year Sega gambled on global love of Japan’s premiere virtual idol, releasing the Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F rhythm game in North America and Europe. That gamble must have paid off, because Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd is coming to the west later this year. I am so happy. With improved gameplay, 40…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin Rags On The Need For Speed Movie
No, really. He hated it. Including the bits with Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul. Although, Jeff Garlin did admit on Conan O’Brien’s show that he only lasted for about 20 minutes before needing to leave the theater, mouth agape. So maybe it got marginally better thereafter? I don’t know. I didn’t see it. The only…
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A Music Video With Some Ridiculous Ideas For Modern Arcade Games
What would happen if the news stories of today were turned into old video games? Probably like this video from the indie band Tokyo Police Club. In Hot Tonight (premiering right here!)—from their newest album that releases today, Forcefield—the band hangs around a bar playing some fictional retro games while drinking, having a good time,…
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One of Diablo III‘s Not-So-Smart Bosses In a Nutshell
While we’re all getting comfortable with Diablo III‘s first expansion, Reaper of Souls, let’s revisit Azmodan, the final boss of Act III, and his true weakness with Flamy507‘s machinima. Azmodan appeared many times during the third act of the game to spout off about story developments as a giant floating avatar. Now, in the clip…
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Guild Wars 2 Is Changing The Way Players Dress For Adventure
When the April 2014 Feature Pack for Guild Wars 2 drops next month, players are getting an account-wide wardrobe filled with every weapon and armor skin they’ve unlocked in the game. Then the dress-up parties begin. What your character is wearing is an important part of the MMORPG experience. In some games you can tell…
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The creators of the new Infamous game didn’t hesitate to put their other big series, Sly Cooper, and its characters into the game as tiny easter eggs—among other funny things you might miss. They’re all around the city as graffiti. Both pics via r/infamous Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…
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Cooking With Arnold Schwarzenegger Can Be Difficult
Arnold proves every week that he still got it. This time he was the guest of Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, and, well, he lost it when he found out there’s a vegetable chopper on the table. It brought back… old memories Also, this is how you promote your new movie (Sabotage) with old…
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The Speed of Light, Visualized With Minecraft
Is it too early for science? I don’t think so. YouTuber spumwack is here to show us that Minecraft can be an awesome tool for visualizing complicated subjects, like the mechanisms of light speed. It’s also a good way to learn that Minecraft worlds are actually really big: 32 million blocks from end to end,…
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Mapper Flawlessly Recreates Scene from Assassin’s Creed Unity Trailer
This is the result of, according to the creator, a “little over the weekend project.” I’d love to see what he could do with a whole game Upon seeing the new teaser trailer for Assassin’s Creed Unity—specifically, the ballroom shown in the first few seconds—freelance artist Christian Hecht immediately wanted to imagine what the whole…
By András Neltz
