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In Borderlands 2, “I Love You” Is Pronounced “Poop Train”
Oh Krieg — dear, sweet Krieg. The Psycho Pack addition to Borderlands 2‘s roster had already won my admiration with his fire and axes. With this bittersweet peek at the man behind the madness, he’s won my heart. I’ve always wanted to get a heart tattoo on my arm, complete with a flowery banner that…
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If This Spring Breakers Parody Is Half As Good As The Film, I’m In
It’s Spring Gamers, starring Games Franco! This is a thing I want that I never knew I wanted. iam8bit is doing a parody film of the surprisingly amazing—aka not just stupidly amazing—Spring Breakers. The teaser scene you see above is a gamer’s recreation of the real scene where James Franco’s thugged-out character brags to his…
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I Freelanced On Halo 4. It’s Time For Gaming’s Contractors To Strike.
My name is Nathan (RC) Peters. In March 2011, I was hired on as a contract Quality Assurance tester to work at Certain Affinity studios in Austin, Texas. I worked on the multiplayer portion of Halo 4. Here is an inside look at the reality of being a contract worker within a video game company,…
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Here’s what’s going on at Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective flexes his gargantuan smallness at the digital versus physical conundrum, Jbronin puts the fate of the entire gaming industry in the hands of Sony and Microsoft, and Zarnyx calls for the community’s ideal anime waifus and husbandos. And you can always go join…
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Cosplaying QWOP Properly Is Much Harder Than Playing It
Anyone can strike a pose, but to properly cosplay the out-of-control virtual athlete of brilliant flash game QWOP, one has to be in total control of their real body, like this guy right here. The footage was captured by YouTube user ProTekProductions at Anime North 2013. Comparing the cosplayers’ performance to last year’s event, his…
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Assassins’ Creed IV Cosplay Begins With This McFarlane Toys Creation
Okay, any Assassins’ Creed cosplay is going to start with a white hood, but soon after that you’re going to need a weapon. Comic book legend Todd McFarlane provides, with a replica of Edward Kenway’s Hidden Blade Gauntlet so pretty you can barely tell it’s plastic. McFarlane Toys is doing lovely things with the Assassin’s…
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Naughty Dog To Retain The Uncharted Engine For Their PS4 Titles
The decision comes from a desire to avoid past mistakes, game director Bruce Straley told Digital Spy This isn’t the first time that Naughty Dog, the studio behind action-adventure franchises Uncharted and The Last of Us, have talked about the difficulties they faced when moving from the PS2 to PS3. Now, the lessons they’ve learned…
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This Space Sim Trailer Gives Me Warm Fuzzies of the Freelancer Variety
Above you can see Starlight Inception, Escape Hatch Entertainment’s successfully Kickstarted space simulator, coming out this August on PC, PS3, and Vita. With this, Kinetic Void, Elite: Dangerous and Star Citizen on the way, I’d say we’re looking at a full-scale Kickstarter-backed genre revival. And it is glorious
By András Neltz
