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Hitting The Streets To See If A New Action Figure Really “Makes a Mockery Of Slavery”

Django Unchained has action figures. Hardly unsurprising, given nearly everything gets an action figure these days, but what’s topical about Django’s are that Al Sharpton’s “National Action Network” has called for a nationwide boycott of the toys Why? Because “The movie is for adults, but these are action figures that appeal to children. We don’t…

These Star Wars Cosplayers Don’t Give A F**K

Not all cosplay needs to be about “realism”. Sometimes humour can carry the day, sometimes bravado can do the job, and sometimes you can combine the two for something really special. I’m having a hard time picking my favourite. Fred Durstwalker is great, yeah, but the “classic dame” C-3PO seems to be channelling the inner…

Turning Half-Life Into a Dragonball Z Fighting Game

Earth’s Special Forces is a mod for the original Half-Life’s engine (not Half-Life 2’s Source) that transforms Valve’s shooter into a massive arena for Dragonball Z battles. It’s a third-person fighting game with a few different modes (you can team up for deathmatches, etc). Being a mod it’s a constant work-in-progress, and comes with a…

Wild Conspiracy Theories Abound In Death Of FPS Russia Producer

Last week, a body was discovered in Carnesville, Georgia. It belonged to 32-year-old Keith Ratliff, who was a producer on the YouTube series FPS Russia. Ratliff had died of a single bullet wound, execution-style, to the back of the head. FPS Russia has not posted a new video since. FPS Russia is a massive online…

Call Of Duty Survey Hints At Next-Gen Console Downloads

Call of Duty fansite Charlie INTEL is claiming that it managed to get hold of some screengrabs, taken while users were completing a survey for Activision on the future of the series. What’s interesting about these surveys is that they mention what could possibly be a next-gen console feature. While the site has edited the…

Steam’s New Built-In Game FAQs Are Pretty Good!

First announced last month, Valve today announced the formal release of its Game Guides Feature, adding the ability for users to compile their own guides to games (or parts of games), then have other users enjoy and rate them. While there’s not exactly a tome of reference material there now, what is there shows the…

This Really Is How The Hobbit Should’ve Ended

I’m so happy to learn, watching this funny video from How It Should Have Ended, that I’m not the only one who wonders: “Why doesn’t Gandalf get everywhere flying on an eagle?” And then to ask, “Why didn’t they just fly into Mordor straight-off, on eagles?” How’s everyone’s week wrapping up? Good? Cool. Talk about…

Enormous LEGO Metal Gear Rex Is Looking For Tiny Plastic Men To Crush

Not to be outdone by a toy company selling models that are already finished, LEGO builder Rags naRock has his own version of Metal Gear Rex to share. And I dare say it’s more impressive. Using around $900 worth of LEGO parts, the thing is enormous, and if the scale isn’t enough to knock your…

DmC‘s Killer PC Version Will Be Worth The Wait

If you’re a console-owning hack ‘n slash ‘n juggle fan, you’ve probably already got Ninja Theory’s DmC on Xbox 360 or PS3. (And good for you: It’s a fun game.) But if you’re holding off and can wait another week, you should strongly consider waiting for the PC version, which comes out on January 25,…

Yeaaaaahhh! Final Fantasy‘s Lightning Has A CSI Moment

Every time someone puts on sunglasses and utters a pithy remark, a “Won’t Get Fooled Again” scream gets its wings. This video Chris made may have required reverse-engineering a clip from the latest trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, but hey, the clip was kind of begging for it. For full effect, picture David…

Tell Us Your Favorite Final Fantasy Music

Last week, we asked you all to tell us your favorite Zelda music. The ensuing playlist was outstanding. This week, I thought I’d keep the idea going with another storied video game series: Final Fantasy. Between the lackluster preview event for Lightning Returns and the bizarre new Final Fantasy mobile game, it’s easy to forget…

Footballer Makes Million-Dollar Move After Playing a Video Game With His New Boss

Queens Park Rangers offered a club-record sum to acquire Loïc Rémy, the French international footballer, from Marseille, but to hear the striker tell of it, the money wasn’t the deciding factor; it was a video game. Specifically, EA Sports’ FIFA. After a four-hour talk with QPR chairman Tony Fernandes, the two played some FIFA. Console…

These Guys Want The White House To Ban Console Region-Locking

NeoGAF frequenter and helpful Japanese translator Cheesemeister has started a petition to ask the White House to ban region-locking Region-locking, the practice of restricting game consoles to one specific country or region and only that specific country or region, has been criticized by gamers for decades now. If a console is region-locked, you can’t use…

Starhawk‘s Emmett Graves joins PlayStation All-Stars on Feb. 12. The download is free. Kat of Gravity Rush is included.

In Defense of the Camper

They hide in the shadows, in the corners. They’re waiting with a high power weapon out, waiting for you. The plan is to gun you down before you have a chance to react. I’m talking about the most hated player in a game, next to a cheater: the camper. Campers play multiplayer games, typically shooters,…

6 GIFs From That Semi-New Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Trailer

You won’t get many answers to your questions about Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII today, but we will happily supply you with some new GIFs. Enjoy! Here’s that “new,” extended trailer. The game will be out this fall for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Location-based fantasy RPG Life is Magic has completed the arduous journey to the land of Android

Not All Of Black Ops II’s Emblems Are Penis Swastikas, You Know

The emblems in Call of Duty get such a bad rap. People would have you think it’s a wasteland of genitalia, particularly penis swastikas. Sure, sure. Those types of emblems happen sometimes. Most of what I’ve come across aren’t penis swastikas though. Actually, folks are using the 32 layer capacity of the emblem editor in…

Thanks to Sega, We Now Have A Team Fortress 2 Kart Racer, Sort Of

Team Fortress 2‘s Heavy, Pyro and Spy will all be playable characters in the PC version of Sega kart-racer Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. We didn’t like the game all that much, but many readers did, so… this is good news, PC/Valve-loving folks! The game will be out on PC at the end of the…

We like to round up the silliest, cutest, and downright weirdest things we’ve seen in various Miiverse communities.