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Six Ways People React To Privacy Issues On The Internet
We’ve all learned by now to be at least a little more careful with what information we’re putting out on the Internet and where. But that doesn’t mean we all share the same opinions on how we feel about the definition of that privacy growing looser. xkcd presents those opinions succinctly, smartly, funnily in this…
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Please Stop Comparing Real Life To Video Games
“It’s a bizarre, surreal case of a young man almost acting like a real-life action video game,” said a judge in England earlier this week, regarding a 15-year-old boy involved in a bank robbery. Or maybe he was acting like a bank robber. There should really be rules for comparing real-life events to video games.…
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The Time Walter White Landed Himself In More Trouble Than Ever
Who knew The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad could fit together so seamlessly? College Humor knew, that’s who. It helps to get those few zombie lines in from those Breaking Bad characters that were gamers, too. Gamers: saving the day yet again. You’re welcome. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or…
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Persona 4 Arena Gets Three New Characters And A Killer Name Extension
Persona 4 Arena is a wonderful fighting game. Persona 4 Arena with an extended story, two new character from Persona 3 and one fresh face is Persona 4 Arena The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold. Hell yeah. Coming to Japanese arcades this winter, this update picks up the incredibly lengthy story where Persona 4 Arena left…
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Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Joshua Rivera shares similar hesitations with Evan about the newly announced Gotham prequel, DanimalCart explains what was so great about Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons‘ ending (so, obviously, spoilers), and DocSeuss has some thoughts on what would make for a good stealth game
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There’s An Unexpected StarCraft Mod For… Civilization V
There’s little in common between StarCraft II and Civilization V, yet a modder on Steam decided to add StarCraft units and lore to Civilization. Finally, we can beat up rival countries with Kerrigan’s psionic powers or with Terran siege tanks. Civilization modders are really into adding stuff from Blizzard games. This one’s less ambitious than…
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You’ve Got Lightning Returns In My Final Fantasy XIV
There is no greater power in the realm of Eorzea than cross-promotion, be it with Dragon Quest or the upcoming Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The pink-haired paladin of justice makes a trip to MMO-land to drop off clothes in a special event. They’re called Fates, public quests that spawn all over the open-world areas…
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The closest we can get to Street Fighter in Garry’s Mod, using Team Fortress 2 models and hats is… actually pretty close. I can’t remember Guile wearing a coat, but everything else fits really well. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we…
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Cut the Rope 2 is coming this holiday season. With more than 400 million downloads between the original Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope Experiments, Cut the Rope : Time Travel and Pudding Monsters, ZeptoLab is finally giving the candy-munching Om Nom a proper sequel, with a number and everything. Unfamiliar? The original was released for…
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Backers Livid Over Carmageddon Kickstarter [UPDATE: Dev Responds]
Good news, everyone: Carmageddon, the classic and highly violent crash racing series, is finally back. Its newest game, Reincarnation, is heading to Steam Early Access next year. However, not all fans are happy. In an update to the game’s Kickstarter project, which concluded last year, developer Stainless Games announced that the Early Access version of…
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GTA V Physics Look Even More Stupid In Real Life
There should really be a QWOP mini-game in GTA V; sometimes the physics are just as hilarious. And if you ever wondered what these failed parkour attempts would look like in real life, well, thanks to Vine your wish is now granted. Luckily the footage doesn’t involve vehicles, only two empty trash cans. GTA V…
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Let’s Face It: GTA V Is Basically Breaking Bad
I didn’t know there was a bad side to watching Breaking Bad, yet here’s Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon weighing in with his pros and cons. Los Santos County and Trevor’s little business in GTA V already have a lot in common with AMC’s drama, but this will end all doubts. The biggest con though—if there’s…
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Wind Waker’s Link Enters The Smash Bros. Fray, Knocks a Few Heads In
Call him Toon Link, Young Link, it doesn’t matter; Link is one badass swordsman in any shape or form. This new batch of screenshots for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS shows off what his Wind Waker iteration will look like in action. Here’s seven Wii U shots, in addition to the one on top: And…
By András Neltz
