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There’s Only One Way to Play ‘Legitimate Rape’: the Pinball Machine
The Missouri goober who last year was leading a senate race against the incumbent until he decided to mouth off about his personal concept of “legitimate rape” has been immortalized by a pinball machine. In France. And in keeping with Todd Akin’s dumbfuck worldview, it’s ball out, every time. You may recall that Akin was…
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Tell Me More About Zombie Free Hug Girl, Dead Ahead
Dead Ahead, released last week on iTunes, is awonderful litttle endless runner-style game in which a pleasantly pixelated protagonist escapes from hordes of zombies on a motorcycle. It’s got a wonderful style, mostly solid controls, and it’s a heck of a lot of fun to play, but that’s not what’s important right now. She’s what’s…
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Sonic The Hedgehog‘s “Ultimate Life Form” Doesn’t Deserve This Statue
Has First4Figures really explored both the modern and classic eras of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise so fully that all they’re left with is Shadow the gun-toting misstep? Where is Amy Rose? Where is Cream the Rabbit? Heck, I’d even take Silver. To be honest, I really like Shadow’s design, with the striking black-and-red coloring…
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Here’s what’s going on at Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s reader-written blog: Heigham offers regrets for disposing of old console games, while keeping the consoles. And The Geek Empress compares the evolution of games’ visual sophistication with that of classical art’s. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in…
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Teen’s School Shooting Plan Included Call of Duty’s ‘No Russian’ Theme
The teenager accused of plotting a bombing attack on his school in Albany, Ore., wanted his car stereo to blare the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack—specifically, the song from the infamous “No Russian” mission—as he carried out his assault, according to his handwritten plans, police there said. At 11:10 a.m. on the day…
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Macklemore Makes One Of Chivalry‘s Worst Weapons F***ing Awesome
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, the first-person head-chopper combat game, is not something you should take seriously. It’s especially cruel when you use the sling, such a bad weapon that it deserved its own parody. The video uses Macklemore song “Thrift Shop”, rewritten with Chivalry style lyrics by the video creator, MattShea369 Sling Shot | A Chivalry…
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These are the 89 Best Buys Where You Can Play Nintendo’s E3 Games
Nintendo just released the list of more than 75 U.S. cities where Best Buy stores will be holding public, playable demonstrations of games the company will be showing off at E3. The demos will take place during four-hour blocks on two different days during the week of E3. The list of games to be shown…
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Nintendo’s President Is a One-Man GIF Generator
I always get excited for Nintendo Direct—not just because of the possible announcements, but because Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata always makes some adorable or funny thing that’s totally unexpected from a company president. Even if it’s a video game company. Here’s a look back at some of these memorable appearances, which show Iwata has a…
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This Company of Heroes 2 Trailer Likes to Get in Close and Personal
From somber to frentic to somber again. Company of Heroes 2, Relic’s followup to their 2006 real-time strategy game, will be released for the PC on June 25. Hopefully, actually playing it won’t be as much of an emotional rollercoaster as watching the trailer. [Thanks, DSOGaming!]
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Marvel Heroes Early Access Delayed Due to “Serious Issues” [UPDATE]
Diablo-like super hero MMO Marvel Heroes is having launch troubles. Namely, the game not being ready to launch yet. Early access players found that they were unable to log in, even though it was seven days before launch day—the advertised date Ultimate Pack buyers would have been able to start playing. On their blog, the…
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Adventure Games Are Much Better in Stop-Motion
Remember The Neverhood? The all-clay adventure game from 1996? Doug TenNapel, its creator, is joining forces with Pencil Test Studios to bring you Armikrog, a spiritual sequel starring a crash-landed alien and his talking dog. They’re raising $900,000 through Kickstarter. Good luck to them!
By András Neltz
